CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs have a fight on their hands, and we should’ve seen it coming. We should’ve seen through the clanked 3-pointers, should’ve looked past the Magic’s pathetic rebounding numbers through two games and should’ve recognized Orlando for what it really was:
A bunch of twenty-something kids who needed to go home.
The Magic beat Cleveland 121-83 on Thursday at the Kia Center, with the arena name being the operative phrase here. Orlando made more shots, played with more energy and looked more like the team that won 47 games in the regular season during Game 3.
Why? Because it played in the same building where it won most of those games. To be exact: the Magic finished 29-12 at home and 17-23 on the road this season. They allowed almost seven more points during away games (111.9 per game) than during home games (105 per game). And …