Magic guard Terrence Ross has recovered from a stomach ailment and is now back with the team for the postseason, Roy Parry of the Orlando Sentinel writes.
Ross, who left the Orlando campus for medical care last week, described his experience in great detail and what caused the issue in the first place.
“Sometimes your stomach creates too much stomach acid when you eat, and it can get into your esophagus,” he said.
Ross finished eating in the team room at roughly 8:30 p.m. before ordering more food just 90 minutes later, according to Parry. He went to bed around 10:40 and began to experience sharp pains shortly after that.
“I started feeling like … almost like really, really, really intense like heartburn, almost. But then I realized it was more than that,” Ross said. “I didn’t even know what it was at the time but it was debilitating. It hurt. I was hunched over the floor for like an hour in the fetal position because of just whatever I wanted to do, everything that I was doing was just amplified and getting worse. So I called the team doctor and they took it from there.”
The Magic are set to open their first-round playoff series against the Bucks on Tuesday with Ross in the rotation. Ross has averaged 14.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 27.4 minutes per game off the bench this season, shooting 40% from the field and 35% from downtown.
Here’s more from the Southeast Division:
- Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel explores whether the Heat are truly ready for the playoffs in his latest “Ask Ira” mailbag. Head coach Erik Spoelstra has opted to change his rotation in Orlando, starting forward Jae Crowder in place of Meyers Leonard in order to play smaller and quicker.
- Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer examines whether Malik Monk could make a similar leap with the Hornets that Devonte’ Graham did. Monk, who was selected by the Hornets with the 11th pick of the 2017 draft, averaged a career-high 10.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest this season.
- Bonnell also examined a perk the Hornets got from the Orlando resumption in a separate story for the Charlotte Observer, securing a 2020 second-round draft pick from the Celtics. Charlotte finished with the tenth-best record in the Eastern Conference at 23-42 this season.
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