Slide-step to the left. Slide-step to the right. Hands up while running in place. Then, more crouching and sliding across the floor.

No, that's not the steps to the Macarena or whatever dance craze is currently sweeping the nation. Instead, it was the somewhat bizarre scene at the beginning and end of the Orlando Magic's practice session Tuesday.

A night after getting scorched defensively (again?) by a Detroit team without leading scorer Jerry Stackhouse, Orlando head coach Doc Rivers reintroduced a few elements of Basketball 101 to his team. After all, Detroit shot 54 percent from the floor and hit an unthinkable 12 of 15 shots in the game-turning fourth quarter of its 105-100 thumping of the Magic.

Last time I did those (side-step drills) was junior high," Magic power forward Horace Grant said. But the sad thing is we need drills like this. We should know how to play defense. But (Magic head coach) Doc (Rivers) is taking us back to square one."

At a disappointing 7-8, Rivers is fed up with his team's hit-and-miss defensive intensity. Orlando has become the NBA's top scoring team (103.5 points per game), but it has little to show for it because of its inability to get key stops.

The numbers, they certainly don't lie. Orlando is one of just two teams giving up at least 100 points a game and ranks next-to-last in defense. In their seven wins, the Magic are giving up just 91 points a game. However, in their eight losses they are yielding a whopping 108 points a night.