I Believe in Magic

My power went out last night for a hour and a half.

I was feeling panicked, but it was all for naught. The lights came on again before Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

I am a Magic fan from way back. In fact, the last time The Magic went to the finals I lived in Orlando. The whole city was excited, and for any of you that have spent any time in central Florida you know that there isn’t a lot of rallying around anything going on there. It is mostly people trying to avoid Disney traffic.

Why can I not find a picture of the Mickey Mouse water tower wearing the Horace Grant goggles? That was so cool.

In 1995 Orlando got swept by Houston. It was ugly.

For a few days it looked like The Magic was going to suffer a similar fate this year.

But last night they shot 75% from the floor in the first half. 75%! It was a NBA Finals record. Orlando ended up at 62.5% for the entire game.

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That was a finals record too.

Of course, the game was still won in the last two seconds.

That is how The Orlando Magic won their first finals game ever.

Yes, I believe in magic. I’m just not sure my heart – or my insides can take the excitement if the rest of the games are that close.