Not even an expected late-game rally could save the Celtics from what was mostly a miserable offensive performance Friday at Kia Center. A series they would prefer to end quickly was just extended for at least two more days as the Magic won, 95-93, battering and bruising the Celtics in the process.

Through three games of this first-round series, the seventh-seeded Magic have displayed a physical style of basketball that the defending champion Celtics say they believe is over the line.