PORTLAND – While the Orlando Magic have certainly had their issues this season with elite teams, winning just one of those 14 games, they came into Friday having taken care of struggling foes for the most part.
On Friday in Portland, the Magic took on a disappointing Trail Blazers team with an identical record as theirs.
But as the sputtering Magic were reminded once again on Friday, not many NBA teams with losing records have as much dynamic firepower as the Trail Blazers do with superstar guards Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum.
Lillard scored 36 points and hit seven 3-pointers and McCollum added another 31 points and four threes and Orlando’s sputtering offense could hardly keep up in a dispiriting 118-103 loss to Portland at Moda Center.