What an evocative question. If asking the unlucky residents of Florida, the response is predictable: of course! The Magic have the best record in the league!!! Yes, currently, the Magic sit as the 1 seed in the Leastern Conference with a record of 33-8. This record puts them a game ahead of Cleveland in the win column and a game and a half above the mighty defending champion Celtics. In addition, even more impressive is their road record (17-5), and their record against San Antonio and LA (4-0). However, on the other hand, we saw a similar first half showing from the boys in blue last year. Yeah, the Magic have unequivocally eclipsed their hot start in the fall/early winter of 2007, but almost the same exact roster (omg they added Mickael Pietrus a shooting guard who cant shoot and has been injured!) didn't really do shit in the '08 playoffs.
All together, the ESPN argument that the Magic are an elite team is pretty much regular season masturbation until this team knocks off Boston or Cleveland in the playoffs. And until then, I will take solace in that while the Magic have definitely improved, teams like LA,Boston, and San Antonio definitely save their best stuff for when it matters most.
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