On Friday night the Magic had a chance to avenge the season-opening smackdown that they suffered at the hands of the Spurs, this time from the comfort of their own homecourt. Unfortunately they remained winless on the season in Orlando, ultimately going down 102-89 in a clunky performance.
The Magic continued an early season trend by firing away from deep early and often, launching 8 attempts from deep in the game’s opening minutes. Unfortunately they weren’t very accurate, connecting just twice on their way to 30.8% field goal accuracy across the first quarter. Contributing to this wayward radar was that the team was also having difficulty finishing inside, a fact punctuated by Wendell Carter Jr.