Discussing the Orlando Magic's Playoff Chances

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 Discussing the Orlando Magic's Playoff Chances
This year's Magic team is shaping up to the best since the mid-1990s one that featured Shaquille O'Neal and Dennis Scott, among others. But will it enjoy similar postseason success? File photo by Chris O'Meara, the Associated Press It's time to talk playoffs. Not super in-depth or anything; there's still another month or so to go in the regular season, so a lot of things can change. But ... [link]

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Published 3/14/2008 by sdp04 at The AltRaps Blog
... teams this season, while they’ve surrendered 1244. The Magic’s won-lost record against these teams is 7-5, yet their Pythagorean expectation is 5-7. Thus, the Magic and their fans should perhaps curb their enthusiasm about their chances of making it out of the second round of the postseason. Statistically, they haven’t proven that they can hang with Boston, Detroit, or Cleveland, and their lone decisive victory over Toronto occurred when the Raptors were without their best player. - Third Quarter Collapse Early in the game, the 7-0 Rasho Nesterovic caught the ball in the post ...

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