Hooped Up

Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy said before Wednesday’s game that struggling point guard Jameer Nelson needs to quickly improve his play or he’ll have no choice but to bench him. Nelson’s sterling play early in the season helped the club jump to a 16-4 start. “He simply has not played to that level in the last three weeks and that’s a concern right now,” Van Gundy said. “And you want to stick with guys as long as you can because players sometimes. . . . their performances go up and down, but he has to get it going pretty quickly.”

Orlando Sentinel