If you thought Thursday’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons was a less-than-savoury affair, well, the Orlando Magic came to town to show you — it can always be worse!
It was very much the same script, and same outcome, as Thursday: The Raptors fell behind early, fought back late, but couldn’t get over the hump — in fact the Raptors didn’t even get as close as they did on Thursday, only closing the Magic lead to seven into fourth, as the Magic hun on for the 103-97 win.
Where the two games differed though, is that Thursday featured too many whistles, and tonight featured too many bricks.