SPONSORED BY MULLINAX FORD. THE MAGIC ARE OFFICIALLY PLAYOFF BOUND. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. I’M KRISTEN LAGO WESH TWO SPORTS IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TONIGHT. WE’RE AFTER DROPPING THREE STRAIGHT GAMES. THE MAGIC HAD WON FINAL OPPORTUNITY. ONE LAST CHANCE BACK HERE AT THE KIA CENTER TO LOCK UP A SPOT IN THE TOP SIX OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE. AND WELL, IN THE BIGGEST OF MOMENTS, THEY BROUGHT THAT MAGIC BACK TO THE COURT. LOOKING TO FINISH OUT THE REGULAR SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE. INSIDE THE KIA CENTER. IN FRONT OF THOSE HOME FANS. BUT THE MAGIC THEY FELL BEHIND EARLY ON. PAOLO BANCHERO, THOUGH, WILL SLAM THIS ONE. HOME MAGIC STILL DOWN SEVEN AT THAT POINT IN THE GAME. JUST BEFORE THE HALF, FRANZ WAGNER PUTS BROOK LOPEZ ON SKATES, FINISHES WITH THE REVERSE. ORLANDO LED BY FIVE AT THE HALF. THE SECOND HALF ALL MAGIC FRANZ WITH THE STEAL AND THE DUNK AT THE OTHER END. GOOD DEFENSE LEADING TO SOME GOOD OFFENSE. ORLANDO WILL RUN AWAY WITH IT AND AVOID THE PLAY IN TOURNAMENT, BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF, THE MAGIC PLAYOFF BOUND HEAD COACH JAMAHL MOSLEY SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM’S MATURITY AND FOCUS LEVEL COMING INTO A WIN AND IN SITUATION N BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE WE’VE BEEN THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM OURSELVES AND THE THINGS THAT WE’VE DONE AND I DON’T THINK THEY DID THAT TONIGHT. I THOUGHT THEY WERE POISED. I THOUGHT THEY WERE PATIENT. I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF UNDERSTANDING THE MOMENT. FOR US BEING SUCH A YOUNG TEAM, IT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO OUR MATURITY, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW GAMES THAT WE’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE’VE STRUGGLED AND SO TO WHEN THE REALLY THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING IS HANGING ON THIS GAME ABOUT WHERE WE’RE GOING TO SEED AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF FOR US TO RESPOND IN THIS WAY. AFTER GOING TO MILWAUKEE AND LOSING, HAVING A TOUGH LOSS, UM, TO DO THIS, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO WHO THIS TEAM IS TODAY. REALLY JUST AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON A REGULAR SEASON THAT DOES SPEAK VOLUMES FOR HOW MUCH THIS TEAM HAS GROWN UNDER JAMAL MOSLEY, IT’S SPECIAL FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR PLAYERS LIKE WENDELL CARTER JR AND JALEN SUGGS, WHO’VE BEEN WITH COACH MOSS THROUGH THIS ENTIRE REBUILD. THEY TOLD ME POSTGAME THAT TO SEE THIS COME FROM FRUITION. YES, THEY BELIEVED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, BUT TO DO IT IN THIS WAY AT HOME IN FRONT OF THEIR FANS, IT WAS SPECIAL. THIS IS A GROUP AND WE ALL BELIEVED IT FROM DAY ONE. AND UM, TO FINALLY SEE IT ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LAST GAME BEING VERY IMPORTANT TO US PULLING IT OUT LIKE THE WAY WE DID, YOU KNOW, I’M JUST, YOU KNOW, EXCITED JUST TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP. CAN’T STOP SMILING. I DON’T THINK I HAVE STOPPED SMILING, UH, SINCE ABOUT SIX MINUTE MARK. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TOOK EVERYBODY OUT AND KIND OF KNEW THAT IT WAS IT. AND WE WERE GOING. I HAVEN’T STOPPED SMILING. I’M JUST SO HAPPY WITH THE REGULAR SEASON COMING TO A CLOSE TODAY. WE WANT TO BRING YOU A LOOK AT THE FINAL EASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS. THE CELTICS COMING IN TODAY ALREADY HAVING LOCKED THEMSELVES INTO THE ONE SPOT WITH THE LOSS. THE BUCKS FALLING TO THREE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR YOU ORLANDO FANS, LOOK AT THE FOUR AND FIVE ORLANDO SET TO FACE CLEVELAND IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. A BEST OF SEVEN SERIES BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND. THE MAGIC, WITH A MUCH NEEDED OFF DAY TOMORROW TO BOTH REST AND RECOVER AND YES, CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL MOMENT. THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO ENJOY IT, BUT THE CONSENSUS IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THEY’RE NOT DON