Orlando Magic swingman Terrence Ross is on pace to set a new career high in scoring this season at 14.8 points per game. He has played in all 64 of the Magic's games this season, but has not made a single start. In a lot of ways, this has been a season of adjustments for Ross, who is relied upon as a go-to guy down the stretch while getting a whole new NBA experience during his age-27 year.
“It’s different and it’s a change, really,’’ Ross said, according to John Denton of NBA.com. “For years, I was just kind of a role player down the stretch and not really a go-to scorer. But, now with this, it’s a different chapter in my career.’’
Ross was primarily a starter in the league as soon as his second season back in 2013-14 with the Toronto Raptors, averaging 10.9 points per game and starting 62 contests. But his final two years north of the border saw him transition to a bench role, before primarily starting upon his acquisition by Orlando.
But this year? Ross has led the second unit and thrived statistically. He has averaged 12.7 shot attempts per game, knocking 2.5 threes on a nightly basis. He is coming off a month in February where he averaged 16.7 points per game, the highest mark of any month in his career. On top of that, he's doing all this for a first place team. The Magic enter Sunday with a 30-34 record on the year, but sit percentage points atop the Southeast Division standings, clutching onto the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.
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