Seven games is hardly enough time to judge much in the NBA. The schedule is so compact this year, we have already seen one outlier in the Magic's effort already -- that Detroit game. Trends are beginning to emerge, and one of the good ones is from technical fouls.
J.J. Redick is the team leader in technical fouls. His technical foul was even somewhat inadvertent. He slammed the ball in frustration after a foul call. Only problem was he was on the floor and it seemed Redick's throw was directed at a player. The whistle blew. Redick was able to laugh off the technical foul and avoid any further penalties.
Other than that, the Magic have been uncharacteristically quiet. It does not even seem that anyone else has come close to ticking off the referees enough to garner much attention.
And that is a big change.
Dwight Howard was the league leader in technical fouls the last few years and he was suspended two games last year for accumulating too many. Stan Van Gundy, althou...
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