Magic's Nikola Vucevic: Ruled out Friday vs. Hornets

Vucevic (Achilles) has been ruled out for Friday's game against the Hornets, Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Analysis:

Vucevic was labeled a game-time decision after he was able to put in a solo workout afte the Magic's morning shootaround Friday, but that apparently wasn't enough for the team to sign off on his return from the sore right Achilles. While Vucevic will miss his fourth straight game Friday, the Magic haven't closed the door on the big man returning for the second half of the back-to-back set Saturday against the Cavaliers. So long as Vucevic is out, Bismack Biyombo, who has logged 34 or more minutes in the last three contests, should be in store for major playing time.