Nikola Vucevic Injury: Updates on Magic Star’s Knee and Return

The Toronto Raptors pay a visit to the Orlando Magic tonight at the Amway Center. The Magic went to double OT with Oklahoma City on October 30 and took the Rockets to overtime on Wednesday. Stopper DeMarre Carroll was brought in from Atlanta after the Raptors ranked 19th with 100.9 points allowed per game in 2014-15. “This is an opportunity for me to showcase a little bit”, Dedmon said.

Former Raptor Lou Williams drilled a 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left for a 101-99 win April 10 in the most recent meeting at Orlando (1-4). The two days following the injury had his encouraged that he won’t have to miss too many games.

The Raptors will be looking to stay undefeated tonight as they head into Orlando off a 103-98 win over the Thunder, their first straight win to start the season.

Meanwhile, the Magic will be looking to recover from a rough start to the season as they’ve lost four of their first five games and are coming off a 119-114 overtime loss at Houston. He’s made 55.4 percent from the field and 9 of 21 from 3-point range in his last three. They are losing their games by an average of 3.5 points…

With a lot of things to talk about – Nikola Vucevic’s knee injury, the teams progress and Evan Fournier’s play to name a few – Philip Rossman-Reich, the managing editor of Fansided’s Orlando Magic Daily, and myself got together for the first episode of “Orlando Magic Live”. Vucevic should return in time for Orlando’s next home match up following the Raptors against the LA Lakers November 11th.