MIAMI — Call it a sense of pressure. Or frustration. Or even disappointment.
A combination of those emotions would have been accurate to describe the Magic, who were riding a four-game losing streak heading into Wednesday’s matchup with the Heat at Kaseya Center.
Orlando knew how badly it needed to find a way to win at Miami as the outside noise only grew louder.
But by the end of a day that started out with national buzz surrounding a coach and his star player, it ended with the team recapturing its identity and joy on both ends of the court.