The Orlando Magic needed a way to stop the bleeding. Especially when their bad habits seemed to be creeping in as their lead disintegrated and turnovers late put the game in doubt.
Nikola Vucevic went from goat to hero though in one quick moment. The mistakes he made down the stretch dissipated when he fired a jumper over Al Horford at the buzzer to deliver a 96-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
The Magic’s terrible fourth quarter and nearly frustrating ending nearly erased three quarters of brilliant basketball. Perhaps the Magic’s best basketball in quite some time.