Hobbled and humbled, Arenas can't find his Magic in Orlando

Sitting in the visitor's locker room at Philips Arena in Atlanta, less than an hour after the Magic fell to the Hawks (for the third time in four tries this season), Arenas said he was resigned to his fate.

"When I do too much in one day, I'm sore," he said. "For example, we practiced for 2 ½ hours and I'm sore for this game tonight. No, it's not going to get better. Three years after I first injured the knee? You're going to be limited. You can only do so much.

"I have my days. At this point I'm so limited to what I can do in a day. I'd like to be explosive instead of being in the negative. I can tell what I lost when I have the ball. The things I used to do against certain guys, I don't even try anymore because I don't have that explosion."

So he sits. Against the Hawks, the Magic had two possessions in the final minute of a tight game Wednesday night. Before, the ball would be in his hands in that moment. This time? His chin was in his hands as he sat and watched Jameer Nelson miss two chances to give Orlando a shot to win.

"I mean, I haven't been in that situation in three years, so ... " His voice trailed off.