Atlanta Hawks roll through Magic – Slow start dooms Orlando again
J.J. Redick – Celebrating or VERY upset? I bet you can guess…
The Orlando Magic fell behind 16-2 within the first 5:53 of the game and another slow start doomed the team to an 86-80 loss against the Atlanta Hawks. The Magic have now gone 3-12 against the Hawks since they swept them out of the playoffs in 2010.
Arron Afflalo led the team in scoring with 16 points on 6-16 shooting and J.J. Redick had 13 points.
Tonight’s recap in 10 tweets:
Despite trailing 16-2 early on, the Magic closed the 1st quarter on a 13-4 run to get back in the game.
— MagicBBallOnline (@MagicBasketball) December 13, 2012
A 34-point half for Orlando. Hawks by 12. #FightFor70
— Evan Dunlap (@BQRMagic) December 13, 2012
DeQuan may miss a lot of lay-ups and takes to the hoop, but at least he’s not nearly as timid as Harkless can be at times. #Magic
— Adam Papageorgiou (@adamosgp) December 13, 2012
With the way Harkless has played the last few games and the little bit we have seen of Jones tonight… #JustSuggestin‘
— Orlando Magic Daily (@OMagicDaily) December 13, 2012
No basket. The #Hawks will begin the 4th quarter ahead of the #Magic 72-60.
— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) December 13, 2012
Atlanta Hawks 86 – Orlando Magic 80. The Magic hung around until the end, but didn’t quite have the horses and bayonets to pull it out.
— MagicBBallOnline (@MagicBasketball) December 13, 2012
Vaughn deflects a question about whether he’d alter the starting lineup. Boilerplate we’ll-continue-to-evaluate-everything-as-a-staff answer
— Evan Dunlap (@BQRMagic) December 13, 2012
I asked Jacque if Harkless was playing with the energy and confidence that he expects of him. He answered with a lot of coach speak.
— MagicBBallOnline (@MagicBasketball) December 13, 2012
“The next game we WILL play with more focus and energy in the first quarter.” -Arron Afflalo
— MagicBBallOnline (@MagicBasketball) December 13, 2012
“We can’t afford to sleep walk into the game … That falls more on the five guys who start than anybody.” – @arronafflalo
— Dan Savage (@Dan_Savage) December 13, 2012
The Magic are back in action on Friday night against the Golden State Warriors. The game time was previously slated for 8:00 EST but it was moved to an hour earlier at 7:00 PM.
