Orlando Magic Power Rankings Roundup: Reasons to believe?
Jeremy Woo, Sports Illustrated
Golden State Warriors. 1. team. 41. Since losing to the Cavs on Christmas, the Warriors are 11–1, and this week’s convincing wins over Cleveland, Oklahoma City and Houston served plenty of notice. They’ve now won seven straight with an average victory margin of 19.4 points.. (38-6). Previous:
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38. Orlando’s now just 2–9 in January, Evan Fournier has missed five straight games, and they’re only a game up on the Sixers in the conference standings. So…that’s massively disappointing.. (18-28). Previous: . Orlando Magic. 28. team
20. The Lakers are on national TV so much that they’re basically a bad late-night variety show on the East Coast. Show up for Swaggy P once a week, turn on the fourth quarter for <strong><a rel=. (16-32). Previous: . Los Angeles Lakers. 29. team
Things did seem to go from bad to worse for the Orlando Magic this week with Evan Fournier’s injury popping up again — he remains questionable. Then Jodie Meeks dislocated his thumb and now D.J. Augustin sprained his ankle. The Magic are very thin on the wing and at the guard.
And the Magic were struggling there already.
Orlando still feels like it can turn the corner. But the time is running out very quickly. And the injuries are not helping matters at all.