One of the NBA’s great recent runs of futility could finally be nearing an end.
The Orlando Magic don’t carry the league’s longest active playoff drought – that dishonor belongs the Charlotte Hornets – but there’s a real case to be made that no NBA fanbase has dealt with as much frustration over the past decade or so as folks in mid-Florida. They’ve won just two playoff games in the past 11 seasons, dropping five straight postseason series dating back to their Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy heyday.
