An infuriating failure for the Magic

Regret must be important to Orlando. The Magic looking for a third win in a row and thirty minutes the necessary ingredients were put in place when receiving the Rockets. The team was solid, focused, and the Texans were robbed of their 3-point skills, as well as their offensive rebounding, slowly giving up the court.

So much so that by the middle of the third quarter it was 19 points and Jamal Mosley’s troops seemed to have both hands in the game. Only minutes later the Rockets would go on a 21-0 run and come full circle to start the final quarter.

“They have turned the tide and that must be emphasized”, he can only observeSorry, Coach Magic. “We lost the ball on a number of occasions, especially three in a row. They came back and after a timeout we missed a couple of saves and they were able to make a 3-pointer. Before that, we did a very good job of avoiding 3-pointers and contesting 2-point shots. When we lost the ball, they were able to find shots from behind the arc.

Jalen Suggs, a symbol of his team’s very poor run

The misery in Orlando is clearly a collective one, but one player is the focus of criticism: Jalen Suggs. They will lose three balls in a row, which will give the Rockets as much ammunition. After a week in the infirmary, the back part is back from the back problem. He missed his comeback, with two fouls in a few seconds after arriving on the floor, but above all, only 3 points on 1/6 shooting and 4 turnovers.

When he was on the floor for 13 minutes, Houston scored 11 points more than his opponent. “He’s trying to come back after missing a lot of time, he’s trying to find his rhythm, to be himself”, analyze Jamahl Mosley.

Houston will eventually prevailled by second-half scoring by Kevin Durant and Reid Shepard. But despite this heat wave and this newfound skill, Desmond Bane can’t help but think that the Magic did what was necessary to win. And that the Texas duo is not the only one responsible for this collapse.

We fought alone. We lost a few balls, we had a few lapses in defense.laments the former Grizzlies. “We were in a good position with +19. They are not the team they are by accident. They have two of the best half-court players in the NBA and they were given a chance.”