Although the results of any given preseason mean nothing in the grand scheme of an 82-game regular season, let alone the NBA playoffs, the Magic didn’t let up against their opponents.

Orlando‘s 4-0 exhibition record marks the third time in franchise history that the Magic have ended the preseason undefeated. The other times were 2009-10 (8-0) and 2010-11 (7-0).

Far more important than the final scores of the tune-ups was how the Magic themselves looked on the court in comparison to what they set out to accomplish in order to prepare for the regular season.

For Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley, that meant experimenting with starting lineups and rotations to figure out what they’ll look like come opening night while making sure his team remained healthy throughout the preseason.

“I really did like our ability to push the basketball,” Mosley said about Orlando’s fourth and final preseason game after practice Saturday at the AdventHealth Training Center. “That one big takeaway was our sprint game, our ability to run and share the basketball.”

Before the Magic flip the page on the preseason, it’s worth examining where Orlando stands heading into their regular season that starts Wednesday:

Offensive strides

From Day 1 of training camp through Saturday’s practice, Mosley has continued to emphasize pushing the pace in transition and playing faster in the halfcourt offense.

It’s a small sample size but the Magic averaged 126.5 points in four preseason contests, the second-most points per night in the league.

Orlando’s overall offensive rating for the preseason ended at 122.2, which was second-best league-wide. Diving deeper, the Magic’s offensive rating in the first half (which was when Mosley played his starters in majority of the preseason) sat at 112.7, or middle of the pack in the NBA.

In order to keep up the pace throughout the season, Mosley has focused on conditioning during camp. He’s pleased with where his teams stands in that perspective.

“I really do believe our conditioning is getting up to par for where we need to be,” he said after practice Saturday. “We’ve still got some steps to take but I’m going to keep harping on the fact that these guys are just really trusting and sharing the basketball.”

Defensive work

Mosley said defense was the main focus of Saturday’s practice, including getting a better understanding of where the team needs to be located positionally on the court.

Orlando’s defense rating for the preseason ended at 107.5 or 12th in the NBA. For the first half, it was 110.8 or 19th in the league. An area of needed improvement is transition defense, where the Magic allowed the ninth-most points off turnovers in the preseason (23.5 opponent points off turnovers per game), according to league-tracking data.

“Defensively, we’ve got to continue to get better at getting back in transition [and] finishing out possessions,” Mosley said.

The Magic coach doesn’t want Orlando’s faster pace on offense to impact its defensive efforts.

“You’ve got to be able to do both,” Mosley said. “I’ll keep reiterating, the strength [of our team] is our depth and our guys’ ability to come in the game and be able to defend the right way and push that pace the same way.”

Franz’s free throws

For the preseason, the Magic shot 82.9% at the charity stripe, which was up from last year’s regular-season mark (77.5%).

Forward Franz Wagner led the team in free throw shooting when he made 19 of 20 attempts in just three appearances. For comparison, Wagner shot just 8 free throws total in three exhibitions last year and made 6.

“The way we play fits me, fits my style really well,” he said this week. “I work on finding bumps and stuff like that in my workouts. It’s good to see that pay off.”

Jason Beede can be reached at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com