Bianchi: Magic’s monumental meltdown in Game 6 led to Game 7 blowout – and could lead to Coach Jamahl Mosley’s ouster
You didn’t need to see Game 7 to know how this series was going to end. You just needed to watch Game 6 on Friday night at Kia Center. That was the night the lights went out in Orlando; the night everything changed – the series, the confidence level and perhaps even the future of the head coach and the front office.
Up 3-1. Up 24 points in the second half. One win away from ending 16 years of ...
You didn’t need to see Game 7 to know how this series was going to end. You just needed to watch Game 6 on Friday night at Kia Center. That was the night the lights went out in Orlando; the night everything changed – the series, the confidence level and perhaps even the future of the head coach and the front office.
Up 3-1. Up 24 points in the second half. One win away from ending 16 years of playoff irrelevance.
The Orlando Magic weren’t just in control of this series against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons; they were on the brink of something transformative. And then, in a collapse that will live in franchise infamy, it all slipped away. By the time the Magic staggered into Detroit for Game 7 on Sunday afternoon, the outcome felt less like a question and more like an inevitability.
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