After just being thrilled to be back in the playoffs the Magic pulled off an improbable upset of the heavily favored Raptors in game 1 of their first round best of 7 series. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch the game live but I saw the highlights and the performance brought back memories of the upset we pulled against the heavily favored Cavaliers in 2009. To put it bluntly, the Magic proved they have some fight in them and we have players who can nail big time baskets down the stretch. Can they continue to play this way and pull off the huge first round upset? Only time will tell but if history is any indication nearly 80% of teams that win game 1 go on to win the series. Of course this one might be chalked up to the Raptors underestimating their opponent, however Toronto was hitting some big time shots on their end as well which leads me to believe the Magic actually have a punchers chance of knocking out the Easts 2nd seed. Mad props to DJ Augustin who nailed what turned out to be the game winning 3 pointer with only 3.5 seconds left. Toronto was unable to answer as time expired. The Magic lead the series 1-0 and game 2 will be Tuesday night in Toronto.
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