Blue and White failed to ignite

After watching tonight's Game 1 of the first round play-off series between the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers, all I can say is that we should be very thankful that this isn't a sudden death style tournament like the NCAA held last month.

That being said, the first half was AWESOME if you're a Magic fan. We had an 18 point lead when the hometown heroes trotted off the court.

I don't know what happened in the locker room, but they had ZERO intensity or focus when they came back for the second half.

They allowed their sub-par (41-41) opponent to come back and put a hurt on us, outscoring the Magic 35-19 in the 4th quarter--including a bullet-to-the-temple game winning basket by Andre Iguodale just before the buzzer.

I don't want to sound like the bitter fan I am, but this 100-98 humdrum just won't do.

The NBA play-offs are a time for INTENSITY! Witness what the Lakers did to Utah, and what the Cavs brought against the Pistons today. There was none of that level of professional athleticism to be found on the floor of Orlando's arena tonight.

Let's hope Van Gundy and crew can really light a fire under some of our players by Game 2 or this is going to get really ugly . . .