The Magic also announced that tickets already purchased for a postponed game will be honored when the game is rescheduled. If games are not played or played in an empty-arena, fans will have the option to receive a credit for a future game or a refund.
Fans can log on to OrlandoMagic. The suspension of the season comes just as the Magic have started to play their best basketball of the season. Orlando beat the Grizzlies and superstar guard Ja Morant, , on Tuesday night in Memphis for its third straight win and its sixth victory in the past nine games.
Terrence Ross scored 24 points, Michael Carter-Williams had a season-best 20 points and Nikola Vucevic chipped in 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Magic rallied from a point deficit for the victory. Orlando is currently positioned at No. That is certainly a relief for a team that is dealing with lots of injuries and very little time to cement any changes to the way the team has to play. The Magic have played either back-to-back or every other day since the season began on Dec.
They were not planning on having consecutive days off again until Feb. So this pause is certainly welcome. Orlando completed its practice before the news of the postponement came down from the NBA. Clifford said the team used the day to review film and teach new concepts for what to do in different situations.
The Magic did not do a lot of live-action on-court work. It seemed mostly reviewing the offense the team has already installed and keeping things organized for different situations. Clifford mentioned specifically how difficult it was to play this many games in these few days, saying it was harder than even the lockout years.
He has been careful about pushing his players on the court and trying to save their legs for the games. Getting a little more time to go through them even in walk-throughs in practice will help them in games. Considering how meticulous Clifford usually is in his preparations, this is a necessary time for the team to improve and grow. And the expectation should be that a Clifford team will come off this break a lot more organized and prepared to play.
That has been the key to this whole season, especially since the injury to Markelle Fultz. The Magic have had to figure out how to play point guard and run the team without their star player and with a point guard in Cole Anthony who is clearly not wholly prepared to start and run the team.
Orlando absolutely needed this breath to get themselves better organized and prepared to play this way. Tuesday was a light day, but the Magic will surely now have the ability to have a regular practice to get comfortable and do drill work to be better organized and comfortable with the team. The Magic now have some options and the ability to get some real work in beyond film study and walkthroughs. That time is invaluable and a rarity in this pandemic season. The Magic are getting a needed break now to recoup and learn to prepare for the rest of the season.
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