bleacher report: “The Los Angeles Clippers came into Orlando on Wednesday night with a lot of publicity, a pair of convincing blowouts over the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors and a devastating frontcourt consisting of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. And Nikola Vucevic‘s Orlando Magic did not care one little bit. The Magic won Wednesday by a score of 98-90 using a simple formula: Beat L.A. up front. Few teams in the league have the talent to execute such a brazen strategy, but Vucevic and his frontcourt mates—Jason Maxiell, Andrew Nicholson and Kyle O’Quinn—executed it to perfection. The Magic lost the turnover battle (15-13) and the fast-break battle (15-8), but emerged victorious thanks to a 44-30 advantage in points in the paint. Leading the way in that fight was Vucevic, who destroyed the more-heralded Clippers frontcourt to the tune of 30 points and 21 rebounds. So impressive were Vucevic’s numbers tonight that ESPN’s Stats & Info Twitter feed briefly turned into “The Vucevic Show.”
