Hats off to the Magic

 This is something I honestly would not have thought That I would be saying, as I believed that they would be eliminated by the Cavs in short order.

 When our Cs fell to the Magic in 7, and before we knew [ albeit suspected ] about the additional injuries to Ray Allen and Paul Pierce that rendered them somewhat ineffective during the final games, it was my belief that the Magic had been lucky to escape our series in game 7, from an obviously gassed out Cs team.

 The Magic then went and proved just how good the Cs had been in spite of the injury losses, and subsequent injuries, in managing to drag them out to a 7 game  series, by putting on a great show of their own against the Cavs, and rather easily eliminating them in just 6 games. Hats off to the Magic, and now as Eastern Conference champs, let's cheer them on to the NBA championship they so richly deserve this year, as they beat L.A. in the process.

 Hopefully all our Cs will be healthy come next year's playoffs, and we'll have a better supporting cast to go with our starting line-up, so that we can re-claim the banner that very well could have been ours this season. Number 18- here we come.