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Each morning we will gather Magic content from around the web and deliver it to you. Consider it one-stop shopping for all Magic headlines. But first...
Magic Tweet of the Day
The Magic lost to the worst team (Suns) in the NBA on Wednesday.
— The Lando (@TheLando__) December 29, 2018
The Magic are up by 30 in the 3rd quarter to the best team (Raptors) in the NBA in Friday.
Are the Raptors playing the 1995 Magic? pic.twitter.com/iuu21Qe82d
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) December 29, 2018
Nikola Vucevic becomes the ninth #NBA player since 1975-76 to record 30+ points, 20+ rebounds and 8+ assists in a single game (Cousins, Lee, Duncan, Nowtizki, Barkley, English, Abdul-Jabbar, McGinnis).
— Orlando Magic PR (@Magic_PR) December 29, 2018
(credit @bball_ref)#PureMagic pic.twitter.com/SSxLeBuw1X
Magic Headlines
An All-Star performance by Nikola Vucevic powered the Magic to an upset win over the Toronto Raptors, writes our Aaron Goldstone in his game recap.
A change in the rotation provided the spark the Magic needed, Goldstone writes.
The Magic brought their losing streak to an end on Friday and beat the best team in the league to do it, writes Roy Parry of the Orlando Sentinel.
Evan Fournier is starting to find his shooting groove, Parry wrote prior to Friday’s game.
The Magic responded to the challenge with a dominant performance against an elite opponent, writes John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com.
The Magic need Mo Bamba to be a more consistent force off the bench, Denton writes.
Nikola Vucevic joined some elite company with his all-around game against the Raptors, writes Josh Cohen of OrlandoMagic.com.
Jonathan Isaac is one of the players to watch in the state of Florida in 2019, in a list by The Athletic.
Two desperation moves made a big difference in the Magic’s rout of the Raptors, writes Josh Robbins of The Athletic.
For his 30-point, 20-rebound, 8-assists performance against the Raptors, Nikola Vucevic earned an A+ in the nightly grades column by Philip Rossman-Reich of Orlando Magic Daily.
D.J. Augustin has been the saving grace for the Magic, Rossman-Reich writes.
Steve Clifford made a change to the rotation and found a spark for his bench, Rossman-Reich writes.
The punchless Raptors suffered a blowout against the Magic, writes Jacob M. Mack in his game recap.
Josh Kern of Raptors HQ lists five thoughts from the game, which includes Nikola Vucevic being worthy of a spot on the All-Star team.
The shorthanded Raptors have kept things together with patchwork rotations and strong shooting, but it all fell apart against the Magic, writes Doug Smith of the Toronto Star,
Nikola Vucevic could be among the first-time All-Stars, writes Bryan Toporek of The Step Back.
Penny Hardaway is uninterested in opinions of coaching naysayers, writes Drew Hill of the Memphis Commercial Appeal.