2019 Southeast Division Champs! Magic-Raptors Playoff Preview - Episode 25 – April 11, 2019

It’s a playoff preview podcast episode because your Orlando Magic finished the 2018-2019 regular season with a 42-40 record, and are the 7th seed entering the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2012. Their first round opponents? The 2nd seed Raptors. Orlando is 4-1 all-time in the playoffs against Toronto from that 2008 first round series. Enjoy the old school song intro. 1:23 – The Magic slaughtered the Atlanta Hawks on ‘Fan Appreciation Night’. The 149 points are the 3rd-most points ever scored in Orlando’s franchise history. 4:10 – Orlando punched their playoff ticket and claimed the Southeast division crown with their win in Boston. 9:37 – Without Nikola Vucevic and Jonathan Isaac, Orlando won in Charlotte as the Hornets were still alive in the postseason hunt entering that Wednesday evening before Terrence Ross went off with ESPN eyes watching. 14:50 – Steve Clifford won Coach of the Month in the Eastern Conference for March and April. Orlando was 13-6 during that stretch, which doesn’t look as impressive as going 22-9 the final 31 games of this season. 19:30 – Magic-Raptors playoff matchup preview. The season series finished at 2-2. Game 1 is on Saturday April 13th. Penny and Pops provide thoughts and series predictions. 42:50 – ‘Magical Moments’ focuses in on the February 2011 liquidation sale/auction of Amway Arena, just six months after Amway Center opened, and a year before the O-rena would get demolished. Pops purchased an ’09 NBA Finals banner out of the thousands of items being offered. Warning: Adult Language Song: WIN - Jay Rock