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Bringing a tired Magic act to the Far East

By John Hollinger
ESPN Insider

Thursday, October 18, 2007

MACAU -- It's not often that a team faces a serious challenge with the preseason schedule, but the Orlando Magic had that experience Thursday. Still jet-lagged from the 12-hour time difference from home, Orlando played the second game of a back-to-back and survived, running past an All-Star team from the Chinese League 116-92. Here's a little secret: While the league is ebullient about sending teams overseas in preseason, the players and especially the coaches don't get nearly as excited about ...

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