ORLANDO – Up five points with 2 minutes left in a season-opening game that had all the makings of the kind of feel-good victory they needed, the Orlando Magic showed yet again down the stretch that they are still a work in progress.
Not only did the Magic squander their late lead when their offense ground to a halt, but they also could only look on in horror as superstar guard John Wall once again gashed them for the game-winning points in Washington’s 88-87 defeat of Orlando.
For a Magic team that had endured so many heartbreaking losses over the last three seasons and hoped for better under new coach Scott Skiles, the defeat was especially disheartening.