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October 29, 2009

Unfinished Business for Magic

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel

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"Nobody's ever gone 82-0," Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy said afterward.

Maybe not, but this Magic team is going to win a lot of games — a whole lot of games. Obviously this is only the first one and drawing conclusions after Game 1 of an eight-month NBA season is like trying to decipher the Da Vinci Code after reading Chapter 1.

That being said, this is a Philly team that took the Magic to six games in the first round of the playoffs last season; a team welcoming back superstar Elton Brand, who was injured and didn't play against...

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