I miss our 2009 finals team :(

[arsenal6106]

Me too. Me too.

[Orlandos_Finest]

I loved that team primarily because WE knew how good we were and everyone else discounted us from the jump. I knew we had a real chance to beat Cleveland and we did.

Nobody gave us a chance. Nobody saw us play leading up to the series because they couldn't see anything with their heads up Lebron's ass. Only Charles Barkley picked us to win, and he got torn up for it.

Without Lebron's buzzer beater in game 2, Orlando would of swept their ass. That series win was so damn satisfying.

That is my favorite series of all time. Watching Lebron storm off the court was so good. The games that the Cavs won were BS too. We were playing 5 v 8 because the NBA wanted their Lebron v Kobe finals. I still go back and rewatch that series every year around this time. It's a shame Rafer didn't start and the refs were blindfolded. But I think our time is coming. #InVogelWeTrust

[dsg2021]

This is still my most favorite Magic playoff series.. the electric energy of our home crowds.. that Sweet Lew cold-blooded 3 pointer.. the four wins..

[NickAnderson]

Unfortunate it just coincided with Kobe's prime

I still believe we'd win that series if Jameer didn't try to come back. He was not ready. At all.

Good ole svg

[OrlDave]

Unfortunate it just coincided with Kobe's prime

I still believe we'd win that series if Jameer didn't try to come back. He was not ready. At all.

I've always been on the fence about that. Clearly in hindsight we shouldn't have brought him back but at the time we needed all hands on deck to try to beat that Lakers team. Jameer was an all star that year if Im not mistaken. If your all star pg says hes ready to go how can you tell him no? But it was a great year. I sometimes go on youtube and watch some of those moments in that run. That Hedo shot vs Philly always puts a smile on my face.

Yeah it was a hard position. Of course Jameer would *say* he's ready, no true competitor is going to miss the finals of their sport unless absolutely unable. It's the Willis Reed effect, who doesn't want to ride in shrugging off pain and injury to lead their team to a title. Unfortunately injury just made Jameer a crappy version of himself that series.

[Sensor]

I still believe we'd win that series if Jameer didn't try to come back. He was not ready. At all.

I've always been on the fence about that. Clearly in hindsight we shouldn't have brought him back but at the time we needed all hands on deck to try to beat that Lakers team. Jameer was an all star that year if Im not mistaken. If your all star pg says hes ready to go how can you tell him no? But it was a great year. I sometimes go on youtube and watch some of those moments in that run. That Hedo shot vs Philly always puts a smile on my face.

Yeah it was a hard position. Of course Jameer would *say* he's ready, no true competitor is going to miss the finals of their sport unless absolutely unable. It's the Willis Reed effect, who doesn't want to ride in shrugging off pain and injury to lead their team to a title. Unfortunately injury just made Jameer a crappy version of himself that series.

Injury or not it still doesn't dismiss he made some pretty boneheaded plays, like leaving fisher wide open and sagging off of him late in the 4th? Allowing him to nail a 3, can't remember if that tied the game or not but just clearly remember that being a huge shift that cost us the game. He sure did tear LA up that year before he got hurt though, he was playing out of his mind.