Mario Hezonja
F, Orlando Magic
C-The talk for much of the first half as the Orlando Magic gave up a 14-0 run to temporarily give up the lead was a play that may end up in SportsCenter’s Not Top 10. The kind of play that coach
Frank Vogel has warned about from
Mario Hezonja. And one
Mario Hezonjahas largely avoided during this strong two-week run of play.
Hezonja had a three-on-one fast break set up as he led the charge against the defense. He tried to make a pass through his legs to a player running alongside him, but hit it off his leg and toward a defender. It was a bad turnover at a bad moment. And Hezonja never really recovered, struggling at times to be in the right position defensively.
His four-point, three-rebound, two-turnover performance is hardly indicative of the way he has played of late. It should not be enough to knock him out of the rotation if that is what anyone is thinking. But those are the kind of plays Hezonja needs to avoid.
NO, HE DOESN'T ... HE JUST NEEDS to find the level on which it works... being that in the NBA, EL, ABA or A1
because that is Hezonja I wanna watch, the one with balls of steel...