Or maybe it’s the ghost of Grant Hill’s ankle or Penny Hardaway’s knee that is still hovering over and haunting the ill-fated franchise.
There’s no other way to explain what is happening to the Orlando Magic except to say they are cursed, bedeviled, star-crossed or snakebit.
“I don’t know how you would phrase it, but we’ve certainly had more than our share of both significant injuries and small injuries these last couple of years,” Magic coach Steve Clifford said Thursday, several hours after learning starting point guard Markelle Fultz was lost for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee suffered during Wednesday’s victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.