Magic stumble out of the gate in Game 2, look to regroup upon return home
TORONTO — Terrence Ross’ post-mortem on Orlando’s lopsided loss to Toronto in Game 2 of their NBA playoff series Tuesday was short and not very sweet.
“We just played bad,” said Ross, a former Raptor.
The numbers backed him up. Orlando, which won the first game 104-101 on a late D.J. Augustin three-pointer, stumbled out of the gate Tuesday and never recovered.
The Magic had two early turnovers in the face of Toronto’s swarming defence, missed their first six shots and trailed 16-2. Orlando seemed to weather the storm, cutting the lead to six late in the first and early in the second but the game got away again and the Magic trailed 51-39 at the half.