Magic Masters is Orlando Magic Daily's attempt to recognize the best in Magic history. In this edition, we are trying to rank the best teams in Magic history. To see the full tournament bracket, visit the introduction page. Today, we continue the semifinals.
Magic Masters Semifinals: 1995 vs. 2009
The discussion of who is the greatest generation of Magic teams has been in the news lately. With the All-Star Game in Orlando, Shaquille O'Neal, Dennis Scott and Penny Hardaway had a lengthy discussion about the mid-90s run for the Magic for Inside the NBA. it is a great watch and you can see the loss in 1995 still gets to Shaq. Glad it does, it still gets to me.
But here we are in the other semifinals pitting the 1995 team against Orlando's other Finals team from 2009. These two teams are very similar to the teams profiled in the previous semifinal -- which the 1996 team won over the 2010 team, two title contenders that are largely underappreciated.
These two teams I ...
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