Orlando Magic cancel 2nd consecutive practice because of Hurricane Ian

The Orlando Magic’s training camp schedule took another hit because of Hurricane Ian.

The Magic, who didn’t practice Wednesday because the storm was looming, canceled Thursday’s practice in light of the hurricane making landfall in southwest Florida Wednesday afternoon.

Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa.

Ian, which was down to a Category 2 storm as it was making its way to Central Florida, was located about 40 miles northeast of Punta Gorda and 85 miles south-southwest of Orlando as of 9 p.m.

The Magic opened training camp with two sessions on Tuesday but haven’t been able to practice since.

As of Wednesday evening, it wasn’t known if the Magic will practice Friday — three days before playing their first preseason game against the Grizzlies in Memphis Monday.

“We’re just going to keep monitoring it and see how we go about doing things,” coach Jamahl Mosley said on Tuesday. “Safety is going to be the first priority for these guys and their families.

“We were just communicating with the guys the things we could be prepared for, what we’ll do for them, just continue to monitor as we track [the storm] and see what we can do for practices and bringing these guys back in.”

This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.

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