Got To Believe In MAGIC

Okay, alright, pardon me but I gotta do this. This is like my blog post last year. About the Orlando Magic team. The difference is....I have more confidence in them now than before. Why? Simply because the team is much stronger. With a fab five starters consists of Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis, Matt Barnes and the Daytona native Vince Carter. Plus, the bench players whom play like starters, namely Mikael Pietrus, JJ Redick, Ryan Anderson, Marcin Gortat, Brandon Bass, Jason Williams, Anthony Johnson. Like last year, when Cavaliers, even though they are the number one team in terms of wins, had a hard time playing against the Magic. Magic has the deepest bench in NBA. Give all the credit to general manager Otis Smith for trading in a very good line up.
The first round with a sweep against the Bobcats and now facing the Hawks for the second round. You would think that the Hawks has more weapons compared to Bobcats(Al Horford, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford). But the humiliating defeat in the first game is really something. Hawks struggled the whole game and was defeated by 43 points. Another first in NBA history since 1958. But they should not be over confident since the Hawks will go back with a vengeance. And so, the second game came. But despite the more improved game of Hawks, Magic still got it for 14 points ahead.
There are too many highlights in the game, not to mention Dwight sat on the bench mostly during the first round for foul trouble. But in the second round, Dwight dominates the game, avoiding foul trouble, he really makes a difference on the floor. Team mates Jameer's stellar performance, Sweet Lew's(Rashard Lewis) 3-pointer dagger, Matt Barnes's offensive rebounds and tough defense, and Vince Carter's last-minute plays.
During the whole regular season and up to play-offs, hearing more and more of Lebron is sickening. His injured elbow is probably the most famous elbow in history of mankind. Awarded the MVP award without being 1st in any of the categories. He is 2nd only to Kevin Durant in scores, then the rest, blocks, assist, field goal percentage, they all belong to Dwight Howard. And yet, the Queen James is still the MVP. No doubt, he's a good player but I can't see why they keep on promoting him, they didn't even made it to the finals and he doesn't even have a ring! He throws tantrums, a poor sport and treats a towel boy like a crap. Oh well...
My point in this post is Magic should have the respect from media. Even coaches from other teams agree. NBA veteran coach Larry Brown can't think of words why they lost to Magic in a 4-0 sweep. He just said that this team is so good. And that they cannot match up. He recognized Dwight as MVP and doesn't have to score. Doc Rivers once said to his Boston Celtics team when the team said they are greater than Magic, Doc Rivers said " No, you're not. They just beat you up 3 times in a row!" And now, Hawks's Mike Woodson comments after the 2nd loss to Magic, "It takes a perfect game to beat this team."
Though Magic has their ups and downs, but so far, they are playing excellent, the bottomline is....you just GOT TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC.