ghenges
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Alright, all gloating aside, this Magic team came out and played a hell of a game tonight. Being able to watch most of their games on t.v. I saw a lot ofthings others not being able to see all of their games may have not seen.
One is how much the team has improved over the course of the season. Yea yea I know that's a given for almost all teams (even though some get worse) butthe RATE that the Magic improved was greater than any other team (No homer). They were waay better at the All-Star break than they were at the beginning ofthe season. Then even better than that at the end of the season. And with each play off series it seems they gained something from it and got even bettergoing into the next series. Basically, they weren't just a consistently good team playing other teams every night. They were a good team consistentlygetting better playing other teams every night. So with that, I'm not even sure how much better they can or will get.
Someone lit a fire under D.Howard and his post game from the Philly series to this series improved immensley (no more awkward running hooks
). His freethrow shooting in the last few games were on point as well. Props to the big dude. After being scrutinized all season, he got his stuff together and isplaying like a legit big man and not some glorified garbage-buckets-shot-blocking-rebounder. Props to the whole damn team.
As for the Cavs, I do feel bad for Lebron. I've seen this scenario before. 4 guys standing around and watching 1 guy play. 2001-2003 Tracy McGrady ledMagic team. That did not end well.
I can only imagine how much this hurt. 66 wins. Two sweeps. And then BAM. This dude played his guts out. He dideverything right. Yea sure he gets his share of movie star calls. Eh, so did Mike but everyone still loved him. Aside from the blatant media bias andspecial treatment, he's a pretty good player. I just know one thing that is going through his head right now that he isn't going to say out loud -dude straight hates his teammates. No other way to put it. They were just enjoying the free ride on the Lebron train a little too much that they forgot howto play, IMHO. Then aside from the rest of the team not showing up, you have MORONS like Maurice Williams making a donkey of himself by talking out of his%+! and creating a sideshow like an attention prostitute. When Lebron looks back on all this and it has time to sink in, what is dude going to think?I'll tell ya what, there is going to be one looooong awkward silence during that flight back to Cleveland. My advice: Run, Lebron, Run. And don'tlook back. Shaq came in got his feet wet with the Magic. He went on to become a legend in LA. You've gotten your feet wet in Cleveland......
As for SOME of the Cavs fans on this board....most of ya'll are young, naive and stubborn. So it takes a STINGING defeat like this to sober you up. Become a fan of the game before you become a fan of your team. Realize that your team isn't perfect. Admit they make mistakes. Admit that they suck whenthey suck. Don't look at them through rose colored glasses. Some of you, however, are beyond young, naive and stubborn and have probably already offedyourselves before you got a chance to read this post.
With that said, the Magic now face the most annoying group of fans on the face of earth, west of Yankee stadium. I'm not even sure I'll be ableparticipate in those game day threads. It will be like an I$$ summit at a foot locker where Jordan himself walks out wearing SBs and a Supreme hoody carryingKanye piggy back while he sings Amazing and Pharrell and Lupe parachute from the ceiling...you get the point. It's late.
Here we go.
One is how much the team has improved over the course of the season. Yea yea I know that's a given for almost all teams (even though some get worse) butthe RATE that the Magic improved was greater than any other team (No homer). They were waay better at the All-Star break than they were at the beginning ofthe season. Then even better than that at the end of the season. And with each play off series it seems they gained something from it and got even bettergoing into the next series. Basically, they weren't just a consistently good team playing other teams every night. They were a good team consistentlygetting better playing other teams every night. So with that, I'm not even sure how much better they can or will get.
Someone lit a fire under D.Howard and his post game from the Philly series to this series improved immensley (no more awkward running hooks
As for the Cavs, I do feel bad for Lebron. I've seen this scenario before. 4 guys standing around and watching 1 guy play. 2001-2003 Tracy McGrady ledMagic team. That did not end well.
As for SOME of the Cavs fans on this board....most of ya'll are young, naive and stubborn. So it takes a STINGING defeat like this to sober you up. Become a fan of the game before you become a fan of your team. Realize that your team isn't perfect. Admit they make mistakes. Admit that they suck whenthey suck. Don't look at them through rose colored glasses. Some of you, however, are beyond young, naive and stubborn and have probably already offedyourselves before you got a chance to read this post.
With that said, the Magic now face the most annoying group of fans on the face of earth, west of Yankee stadium. I'm not even sure I'll be ableparticipate in those game day threads. It will be like an I$$ summit at a foot locker where Jordan himself walks out wearing SBs and a Supreme hoody carryingKanye piggy back while he sings Amazing and Pharrell and Lupe parachute from the ceiling...you get the point. It's late.
Here we go.
