Orlando Sentinel · Aug 22, 2020
Back to reality: Injury-ravaged Magic can’t compete with high-flying Bucks | Commentary
NBA Playoffs Magic vs. BucksBefore this season started, I asked former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, now an analyst for TNT and NBA TV, to give me a prediction on how the Magic would do this year after finally making the playoffs a season ago.
Stan said something that has unfortunately turned out to be profoundly prophetic. He pointed out that the Magic led a charmed existence with injuries last season when their top six players missed only 15 combined games. As Stan pointed out, that kind of good fortune is almost unprecedented in today’s NBA.