Basketball karma helps lift Orlando

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After a night in which everything that could go wrong did, Orlando finally caught some breaks and defeated the Pistons 111-86. The officiating finally went towards Orlando, the Magic made threes, didn’t turn the ball over and they played intense basketball from the very beginning. That combination is what Orlando needs to do to get back in this series and now that the Magic have taken the ... [link]

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The Internets are alive: Pistons at Magic, Game 3
Published 5/8/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Believing in Magic: "Orlando prevailed for several reasons. The most notable is that they played Magic basketball and they made their three’s. Orlando has been awful from behind the arc this post season and have only shot well in two quarters, but they were consistent from the game and that made all the difference. They went 11-24 from three-point land, which was 45%. ...

The Forecast Calls for Karmic Retribution and a 3-1 Series Deficit
Published 5/9/2008 by Ben Q Rock at Third Quarter Collapse
... When the Magic beat the Pistons in Game Three, Brendan of the blog Believing in Magic called it "karma." Fair enough. But if the Pistons come out and eat our lunches tomorrow afternoon, we can blame karma for that, too. ...

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