Yes, the Indiana sweep was bad, but that was the Magic's first series ever in the postseason. You were criticized for the team's sweep at the hands of the Chicago Bulls, a team that won 87 of 100 games that year. Your team should have won that series, the experts told you. You were without Horace Grant because of injury, but you still disgraced your organization. Then your superstar left.
Injuries hit hard.
Down went Penny, down went Nick, down went Scott. Lots of losing. 5-game losing streak. The players, all of a sudden, couldn't stand your post-up gameplan. You went into Chicago.