Over the last month and a half, the Orlando Magic have seen their defense elude them on many nights, with the team struggling to string together stops and build any momentum. While some of that can be attributed to poor play offensively leading to poor energy on the defensive end, much is a case of just playing poorly, missing rotations and, at times, not appearing to care.
Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Hawks, the Magic looked re-energized, stifling the Hawks on the end that's doomed them so many times this season.
Through their first 25 games of the season, the Magic's defense gave up 98.