When the NBA season started, few people predicted the Orlando Magic would be one of the hottest teams but they are currently the second-best squad in the East and just completed an astonishing nine-game winning streak.
There are many reasons for their success but head coach Jamahl Mosley is giving a huge shout-out to the team’s loyal and patient fan base.
The Magic tweeted a quote from Mosely that said, “Our fan base is absolutely amazing. Everywhere you go – the support, the crowd. They’ve willed us (through) some games just by their energy alone.”
energyyyyy 🔋 pic.twitter.com/wmDnSLAeoE
— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) December 5, 2023
With a 14-6 record, the Magic are undoubtedly surging but it has taken years to get to this point.
Mosley, who is now in his third year as head coach, has seen the front office slowly but surely assemble a roster of impressive stars such as Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Cole Anthony, and others.
And through it all, the fans of the Magic have been confident that better days were ahead.
They have shown a lot of patience because the Magic have been very bad for quite some time: they were the 13th team in the East last season and the worst team just a season before that.
Orlando hasn’t been in the playoffs since 2020 when they were pushed out in the very first round.
This is a tremendous turnaround for the team and the fans are ecstatic about it, which they make clear during every single game with their loud, nearly suffocating volume.
The Magic need to keep it up, which will be a difficult task.
There have been many NBA teams that have started strongly and then fallen off as the long season winds on and other squads outsmart them.
The Magic don’t want that to happen to them and they will attempt to keep making the fans proud.
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