Morning Coffee – Tue, Jan 31

This can’t be about any one player. At the same time, it’s hard not to feel – watching this team night in, night out – that centre Jonas Valanciunas and his role have hit a brick wall.

Magic pull away for convincing win over Milwaukee

Elfrid Payton scored 20 points, Jeff Green added 18 points and seven rebounds off the bench, and the Orlando Magic snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 112-96 on Friday night. The Magic, returning home from a 1-5 road trip, played with a small lineup for much of the night and it provided the offence they needed with two of their top scorers out.