Prior to the Orlando’s preseason finale on Thursday, Steve Clifford said he wanted his team to look “more like the Magic.”
Unfortunately, the Magic in some ways still resembled the team he saw in the last two preseason games rather than the first two.
The Magic, who did move the ball better than they had been, continued their ugly trend of giving possessions away as they fell to the Heat, 107-98. After starting the preseason 3-0, with all three wins on the road, the Magic finish at 3-3, with all three losses at home.
The Magic entered averaging 16.