ORLANDO Inspired by a post-practice speech from veteran swingman Gary Harris, the Orlando Magic showed much better focus and purpose of play in their last outing, a hard-fought effort against the Milwaukee Bucks. Now, the Magic will look to carry that same intensity when they go to visit the Atlanta Hawks, who recently clinched a playoff berth, at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.
ORLANDO Over the last two games, the Orlando Magic have played stretches of impressive basketball. However, slow starts to the second half in back-to-back contests have proved costly and resulted in losses to the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets.
Now, the Magic (18-39) will look to put together a complete performance when they visit the red-hot Atlanta Hawks (31-26), who’ve won eight of their last 10 games, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
“We played three out of four good quarters (on Sunday),” Magic Head Coach Steve Clifford explained. “The third quarter for the second game in a row, we just lost our juice that first three-and-a-half, four minutes. … We have to find a way to put forty-eight minutes together, obviously.”