Orlando Sentinel · Aug 30, 2020
Magic season is over, but they helped make history | Commentary
Members of the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic kneel during the national anthem before an NBA basketball first round playoff game Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) (Ashley Landis/AP)A funny thing happened during the social justice convention Saturday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
The top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks not only excluded the Magic from the decision to start a historic boycott of the NBA playoffs Wednesday, they eliminated the Magic from the NBA playoffs altogether with Saturday’s 118-104 victory over Orlando in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.