What’s the best word to describe a team that survives the play-in tournament, wins the first game of a series against the Eastern Conference top seed and seizes a commanding 3-1 lead?
The word you’re looking for is Magic.
Make no mistake, though: The Orlando Magic aren’t relying on supernatural forces to gain the upper hand on the Detroit Pistons in the first round. Instead, this defiant eighth seed is outperforming a 60-win team through better execution on both ends of the floor.
The storyline in central Florida was supposed to be the brewing dysfunction between head coach Jamahl Mosley and his crew. But no one’s buzzing about dysfunction now that the Magic are one game away from advancing to the second round.
Here’s a closer look at what the Magic has done right thus far in Round 1.
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