A showdown on the road against the league’s best team – on the second night of a back-to-back to boot – is a tough assignment for any side, let alone one at the bottom of the standings. So it was for the Magic, the side falling in the desert against a superior Suns side that simply ran them off the court. When the dust settled it was 132-105 in Phoenix’s favor, a dominant offensive display sending the Magic to their second loss of the weekend.
The contest started out at a hectic pace, the two sides getting out in transition and trading chances in a pretty wide open game of basketball.