The Magic’s Western Conference road trip continued with a contest in Salt Lake City, the offensively potent Jazz standing in the way of an unlikely 2-0 start to the sojourn. Despite the result remaining in the balance well into the fourth quarter it was that very scoring punch that allowed Utah to close it out, Orlando falling 114-99 as they ran out of answers.
The first quarter was one marred by Magic miscues. 6 turnovers. 16 missed shots. 0.0% shooting from the free-throw line. A scoring drought that stretched for almost five full minutes. For much of the period Orlando were scoring at the glacial pace of less than a point a minute, only reaching a dozen when Wendell Carter Jr.