This Magic continue to excel in one key area

Magic is the NBA's best team at getting to the charity stripe:

Orlando has finished in the top-five in free-throw rate each of the last four seasons at 22.6, 21.8 and 21.1 percent, respectively.

We're still very early into the season, but the Magic's free-throw rate through 15 games is at 30-.4 percent, nearly three percent better than the next-highest (Lakers -- 27.8), according to Cleaning The Glass.

As a result, the Magic are attempting the most free-throws per 100 possessions (31.7) and making the most (25.3) while sporting the NBA's 13th-best free-throw percentage (80.0).

There have only been three other times in franchise history ('89-90, '92-93, '94-95) where they've finished with 30 or more free-throw attempts per game.

When you consistently generate paint touches, this is the result. The Magic's spacing, while still murky, has improved as the season's gone on. But behind Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Desmond Bane and Anthony Black's slashing ability, they're still able to get two feet in the paint and draw fouls.

It's worth noting that there has been a slight dip in free-throws in Paolo Banchero's absence. Orlando's got to the free-throw line just 28.0 times per game over the last three games, compared to 32.6 beforehand.

But its ability to get there is arguably its most redeeming quality as an offense that's been one of the NBA's worst for the last four seasons.

Free points haven't always been free for the Magic, but their ability to generate free throws is a weapon, even when it feels like there's a lid on the basket.

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