CHARLOTTE – Drenched with water but still beaming with pride over what his Orlando Magic had accomplished late Sunday night, head coach Steve Clifford offered a peek into the unbreakable will and determinable drive that pushed his team all season in an emotion-laden postgame speech.
``Phenomenal job, phenomenal job,’’ Clifford said to his players after the Magic gutted out a 116-108 victory in Boston that clinched the franchise’s first playoff berth in seven seasons. ``I want to say two things. First of all, from Day 1, whatever we were, 11 under (.500), but you guys kept working and kept fighting and we did it the right way.