ORLANDO, Fla. — After a sprained left ankle from Friday morning’s shootaround put his return in doubt, R.J. Hampton made his return to the lineup in the Orlando Magic’s 119-111 the Houston Rockets at Amway Center, immediately giving the guard rotation a boost after a month-long absence.
He also gave Magic coach Jamahl Mosley options in the backcourt he hasn’t consistently had in nearly three months.
Hampton, who was out for 14 games leading into last weekend’s All-Star break after spraining the medial collateral ligament and bruising a bone in his left knee on Jan. 19, was injured less than a week after Jalen Suggs made his return from a fractured right thumb that sidelined him for 1 1/2 months.
