NBA basketball can be hard under the best of circumstances. When you're the 14-28 Orlando Magic, that difficulty rises a few notches. Especially when you're playing against Kemba Walker, Marcus Smart, and a Boston Celtics squad that decides to do an impersonation of the Harlem Globetrotters, well, then things get really difficult.

This game is over, and it's still not clear if the Magic know where the ball was.

With the Celtics already holding a 20-point lead over the visiting Magic, and with time winding down in the third quarter, Walker drove off a widescreen set by Daniel Thies just under the arc. This provided the point guard with some much-needed separation against the trailing Michael Carter-Williams. Rather than attack the waiting Nikola Vucevic however, Kemba tossed a bounce pass back to Theis at the elbow, who promptly fired a dart to the cutting Smart, who in turn fired the ball back out to Walker along the perimeter. Just for good measure, Walker tossed one more pass to the waiting Aaron Nesmith near the sideline, who finally nailed a wide-open three-point shot as the Magic stumbled around with whiplash.

Confused? So was Orlando.

The dagger from three was one of the Celtics' 23 three-point shots Sunday and a primary reason Boston was able to snap their three-game losing streak. Along with the gorgeous passing, Jaylen Brown put on a show all by himself, going for 34 points on 12-of-24 shooting, as the Celtics outpaced the Magic 112-96.

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