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The Memphis Grizzlies and the Orlando Magic are enduring a reality check this week.Heading into a Wednesday game at Toronto, the Grizzlies were cautiously optimistic. Under first-year coach, David Fizdale, they won six straight road games but faced the reality of playing without All-Star point guard Mike Conley.After a 120-105 loss, the Grizzlies (11-8) realize how difficult life will be for the next six to eight weeks without Conley.A day before, the Magic snapped a four-game losing streak when they posted victory at San Antonio. Reality for the Magic (7-11) is that with a new coach and a bevy of new players in different roles, they came away with an improbable, but impressive win, but know it still will take time to jell.The Magic (7-11) had an extra day to admire their win, while the Grizzlies (11-8) must quickly forget about what might have been as they play host to Orlando on Thursday night at FedExForum.And in reality, both teams face daunting tasks, but their coaches remain positive.After the Magic toppled the Spurs 95-83, Orlando coach Frank Vogel had an easy explanation for his teams victory.Winning this night doesnt turn our season around, but it keeps us believing in what were doing, he said. If you commit to the defensive end, youre going to have a chance to win every night.Leading the way for the Magic is Evan Fournier at 17.6 points per game. He scored in double figures 17 times and reached 20-plus points seven times, including a season-high 29 points on Nov. 3 against Sacramento.Vogel stresses defense, so a young Memphis team without its primary ball-handler could have problems.In their first game without Conleys leadership and 19.2 points and 5.7 assists per game, the Grizzlies played well but fell apart in the fourth quarter to the Raptors, who went on a 16-5 run late to put the game away.Granted, Toronto is one of the tougher road arenas to play at and the Raptors have an All-Star backcourt in DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry.However, if the Grizzlies are going to stay afloat in the Western Conference, their young players will have to grow up quickly. Two of those players are second-year guard Andrew Harrison and 2016 first-round pick Wade Baldwin.Against the Raptors, Memphis showed signs that it had plenty of fight.Considering the fact that we had nine players, not that much experience, we fought hard, Grizzlies forward Tony Allen said. (The Raptors) are a good team, youve got to take your hats off to those guys. They played much better in the second half and beat us on the boards, they made key plays.Fizdale echoed Allens observation.The effort was fantastic, the coach said. I thought we just had a bad stretch where we got careless with the ball and started turning the ball over.Harrison scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Grizzlies and showed flashes of being able to lead the team, on and off the court. The former Kentucky star took the blame for the loss and didnt use any excuses.I know we were short-handed, but weve got a lot of tough guys on this team and we all believed that we could win this game, Harrison said. 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The Argentine duo of Emiliano Grillo and Fabian Gomez came up short of a medal in golfs return to the Olympics, but the pair proved worthy against an international field of elite-level golfers.Although there was no team competition in these Summer Games for golf -- it has, however, been mentioned as a possibility for the 2020 Olympics in Toyko -- Grillo and Gomez combined to shoot 12 under, which would have placed them fourth among countries if the Rio Olympics has used each nations two best scores for the week.Ive got an Olympic diploma, said Grillo, who broke par all four rounds in Rio, shooting scores of 70-69-68-70. Eighth place is not what I came here looking for, but ... it is what it is.Gomezs final-round 69 pushed him to 5 under for the week. He posted rounds of 70-67-73 over the first three days and finished tied for 15th.I knew I would have the chance to fight for a medal on Sunday, said the 37-year-old Gomez. The bronze was up for grabs at one moment, and I was playing well. Unfortunately, I couldnt finish strong.In total, four countries placed at least two golfers in the top 15 in the final leaderboard, including Grillo and Gomez for Argentina.dddddddddddd The others were Sweden (Henrik Stenson and David Lingmerth), Spain (Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Sergio Garcia) and the United States (Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed).The turning point for Grillo on Sunday came at the par-3 eighth hole. After hitting his tee shot inside of 13 feet, he proceeded to 4-putt for double-bogey. Even though he bounced back with a birdie on the next hole, the damage was done and his chances at even a bronze medal ended.The highlight of the day for the 23-year-old Grillo came at the par-4 15th hole, where he chipped in for birdie from 30 yards off the green.As for what lies ahead, Grillo is already looking forward to his next Olympic opportunity.Some good players didnt come, but other very good ones did; just look at the three medalists, he said. The Olympics experience was great. Cant wait for Tokyo. ' ' '