Victor Oladipo elevated his level of play tonight but another Magic cornerstone may have had a career worst performance in Orlando’s 107-94 loss to the Houston Rockets.
The Orlando Magic had their defense cooking in the third quarter. Victor Oladipo was outperforming MVP-candidate James Harden. It was a thing of beauty.
Then Josh Smith hit two 3-pointers at the end of the third quarter, the seven-point lead got cut to one before the end of the third quarter. Houston finished things off with some difficult shots and 3-pointers falling and the Orlando offense fell apart as things tend to do in the fourth quarter.
Let the frustration continue.