After Orlando’s 114-106 win on Friday versus the Pacers, Frank Vogel had high praise for the reserve players that rescued the Magic in the second quarter.
“They were great. They changed the game completely around. Obviously, if you score 44 points in the second quarter, holding the other team to 23, that was probably the deciding run.”
Indeed, this was the second time in as many games that the bench unit has reversed Orlando’s fortunes after disastrous starts in the first quarters. On Wednesday against the Spurs, the Magic generated nearly no scoring beyond what Evan Fournier was able to supply, going down by 9 early in the second before the group of D.