Ty Jerome scored 20 points off the bench and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth straight game by steamrolling the Orlando Magic Tuesday night.
Tuesday's loss isn't as much about the gap between Orlando & Cleveland. Rather, it's the Magic that has to again find itself on the same page.
With the NBA postseason rapidly approaching, things could be better for the Orlando Magic, and star forward Paolo Banchero had something to say about it. On Tuesday, the Magic suffered their worst loss of the season, falling to the East’s No. 1 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers by a crushing 40 points in front of a national TV audience on TNT.
The Orlando Magic will have their hands full with the red-hot Golden State Warriors, who’ve won six of their last seven games, when the two teams square off at Kia Center on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
There is a rematch of a first round series from last season’s playoffs when the Orlando Magic host the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Kia Center in Orlando.
He opened their game-day shootaround by showing video clips from one of their greatest victories: last spring’s Game 6 win over the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. As Mosley told his guys, the footage illustrated the levels of energy, focus and intensity they needed to be successful, especially against a top-level opponent.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are set to begin their two-game road trip on Tuesday in Florida, facing off against the Orlando Magic.