Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup between the Magic and Heat, the schedule starts to ease up over the course of the next month for Orlando.
Although Jamahl Mosley‘s squad will play nine of its next 14 games on the road once Cup play is complete, a stretch that includes the team’s first West Coast trip of the season, the quality of opponent drops, compared to the first quarter of the year.
It’s a stretch that comes at a crucial time for the Magic, who are operating for the next two-to-four weeks without Franz Wagner (high left ankle sprain) and still reintegrating Paolo Banchero back into the starting lineup after he missed 10 games with a left groin strain.