Thursday, January 21, 2016

Pure Magic Game Three - Costly Seats for Peanuts

Last night was game 3 of our 6 game Orlando Magic package.  I laugh writing the Pure Magic title because their games have been anything but magic!  

Anyway, I guess the way the tickets we purchased work is that we don't know where our seats are until the day of the game and, as you know, the first two games we were in very last row.  Last night, we were fortunate enough to get seats in the club section.  C.J. looked online and priced the seats at $97.00 each - and we got them for under $10.00!  This was our view.  


I felt very important walking around the carpeted floor and looking into all the luxury boxes.  

As far as the game itself...another big thumbs down.  



This guy's hair!

The opposing team has won only 5 games this year and at the beginning of the game, it was very obvious why.  It was actually painful to watch as Orlando stole the ball from the unsuspecting players and drove uncontested to the basket building a quick 9 point lead.  

Then, after a 76er's timeout, they hit 3 straight three pointers and went on an 11-0 run.  And despite Orlando dominating most of the 1st quarter, when it ended, they were down by 2.

The second quarter was pretty even with the Magic holding a 3 point lead throughout most of it...but, of course, circumstances occurred to put them down at halftime.  

The third quarter was all Philadelphia. It was a rewind of the last game as the 76er's hit one three pointer after another.  They made 8 out of their next 10!  Crazy!

They didn't really even shoot anything but 3's.  At any given time they had three players hanging out on the perimeters, would drive the lane, and then kick it out for the 3.  
you can see #31 on the perimeter...yep, he scored

You can't win against that kind of 3 point shooting.  The Magic were 17% from behind the arc...the 76er's were 58%.



In the 4th, the Magic were able to execute a bit of a comeback

But at 4:00, 76er's drained another 3 and it was downhill from there. 

They've got to win one of these six games, right?  Hoping?  

Video of starting line-up

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