The term “sophomore slump” is a common occurrence in sports when a young player regresses in their second season after a strong rookie year.

So far, that hasn’t happened for Magic forward Tristan da Silva throughout the first nine games of the season in Orlando .

Instead, the 6-foot-8 forward has gotten sharper from 3-point range, upped the ante on the defensive end of the floor and has grown into a reliable reserve for coach Jamahl Mosley .

Averaging 11.8 points on 43.9% shooting from distance with 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 steals per night before the Magic hosted the Celtics again Sunday, da Silva had totaled the seventh-most points (106) among all sophomores in the league (66) to start the year.

Among the 15 second-year pros who have played at least 175 total minutes, da Silva’

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