Off-Day Open Thread: What's Your Favorite Orlando Magic Memory This Postseason?

and winning the ECF :3 I couldn’t stop crying.

Two stand out for me though.

The first and most memorable is Orlando’s win in Game Six against Cleveland. I was at school in Evanston and I jokingly e-mailed my Mom telling her it was too expensive for me to fly home after Orlando lost Game Five. She then sent me back an e-mail asking if I seriously wanted to do it. I said why not (I did not have any classes Monday and a weekend home would be nice). So Saturday morning, I woke up at 5:15 and caught a cab to Midway to fly home for the game. I have never been happier with a spontaneous decision. It was such a great moment and I was sooooooo happy to be there.

The second was Turkoglu’s game-winner in Game Four. I was watching the game in the main room of my fraternity wearing my lucky combo of my blue pinstripe (throwback) Howard jersey and a Gator shirt I got prior to the 2006 National Championship game. Better yet, the school’s basketball team was over for a pizza party my fraternity had won. I covered them two years ago as a reporter, so it was a little odd for them to be seeing me in full fan mode.

By the end of the game there were maybe four of us sitting there watching it. As Turkoglu took the ball on the last possession, I was muttering to myself, “Don’t shoot it, Don’t shoot it, Don’t shoot it.” By the time he hit the wing, there was no doubt he was going to pull up for a 3. As he released it, I stood up and yelled, “Good,” in front of all my friends and began walking out of the room. It went in, to say the least.

none of these games would have happened if it wasnt for our inspired game againsted boston in game 7

game 7 for me

I hadn’t seen them show that type of mental toughness up until that point, and that’s when it convinced me they were the type of team that most have characterized them since.

But, it was convincing watching it in action. After all, it’s not like the Celtics flat out fell off the wagon until game 7.

But for the 2nd place,there is no doubt-game 6 vs philly. Blowout,no Dwight…
Man,that felt good.
Individual play? I go with 2 ‘shards clutch treys,especially that from the Dwight’s block-
beautiful play,right out of the books.

Ha, partially kidding. But my faves (that haven’t already been mentioned here) break down like this:
- The Hedo game winner/jersey pop. I’m not usually a fan of the jersey-pop but in this case I was like “He’s baaaack”
-Game 6 in Philly. I remember going into that game just DREADING it and was just amazed and so proud of my team. My sister walked by the TV, stopped, did a double take and was like, “Wait, WHAT is the score?”
- C-Lee vs. LeBron Dunks of Awesomeness
and, not gonna lie
- Anthony Johnson’s dunk at the end of the quarter that had Marcin almost rushing the court. I remember pre-chat on here before the game joking that if AJ dunked we would win and I jumped out my chair cheering when he did in the very first game.

Of course the series winning games in Boston and Cleveland as well, but I wanted to pick some less obvious moments that stuck out to me. Good times, for sure.