NBA teams typically don’t circle dates on the calendar, but the Orlando Magic understand the importance of their next three games.
As a daunting road trip looms, the Magic will face the Nuggets, Suns and Trail Blazers — three of the top teams in the Western Conference — this week at Amway Center. Orlando cannot look at one game as more important than another, but its postseason future likely will gain more clarity after this homestand.
Vucevic and the Magic will face the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers over the next four days.
The stretch begins at 7 p.