ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Celtics opened their five-game trip with a stumble. A bad one.
The Magic ran over and through the Celts, who thus suffered their second worst defeat of the year, 110-91.
Isaiah Thomas had 20 points, and Avery Bradley added 17, but Nikola Vucevic and Victor Oladipo bludgeoned the C's with an inside-out attack.
The game turned from reasonable to a rout in the third quarter.
The Celtics came out of halftime with an eight-point deficit and the hope that, with a little better execution on offense and more edge at the other end of the court, they could get themselves back into closer proximity.