After the Magic split a pair of games against the Grizzlies in Europe, coach Jamahl Mosley emphasized the need for his team to start games off stronger when it returned home this week.
Hosting the Hornets on Thursday night, Orlando failed to accomplish such a start trailing by 15 after the first quarter and found itself behind most of the night in a 124-97 loss to Charlotte inside Kia Center.
Missing starters Franz Wagner (left ankle soreness) and Jalen Suggs (right knee MCL bruise), the Magic only led for 38 seconds total after Desmond Bane hit the first shot of the evening and trailed by as many as 33 points to the Southeast Division foe.