Orlando Magic's Strong Momentum Fuels Playoff Chase
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00:03 All right, so the All-Star break came and we were sort of looking at the standings and
00:07 I think just sort of making the assumption Orlando, the Magic coach had a shot to be
00:11 in the play-in tournament and then who knows what could go from there.
00:15 All of a sudden, Orlando's gone from that to how far can they go in the playoffs?
00:19 I mean, as long as they just play 500 ball the rest of the way, they're gonna be one
00:23 of the better seeds in the Eastern Conference.
00:25 They're 13 and 3 in their last 16 games and getting hot at the right time.
00:30 Folks, I'm not surprised that if you listen to me coming out of the All-Star break a couple
00:36 weeks ago, I said that Cleveland's win total, it was at 45 and a half coming out of the
00:39 All-Star break, I said I hammered the over.
00:41 Why?
00:42 They had the easiest schedule in the NBA.
00:44 So even now, the schedule has now gone from 30th to 21st.
00:49 So they still have to play Cleveland, not Cleveland once, the Clippers once, they have
00:54 to play twice the Bucks, twice against the Pelicans, but they still got Charlotte twice,
01:00 Portland once, you know, Memphis once, twice versus the Raptors.
01:06 So this is a team that I think is going to go over their win total.
01:09 Now, does that mean I think they're going to make a run in the East?
01:13 Absolutely not.
01:14 But the win total based off of their easy schedule coming out of the All-Star break,
01:18 I'm not surprised this team is playing really well.
01:22 And honestly, secretly one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.
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