Wowowowowow, now that’s what I call an opening night. The crowd was super hyped up and we played really well … well, for about three quarters of the game anyway.
We beat Philly 120-106 last night, but we were up by as much as 31. Our second unit, sparked by my man J-Will, gave us a huge boost there in the second quarter. And we stretched that lead out in the third.
I played OK, I guess, but what I took out of the night was how everybody is so into basketball this season already. It used to be when I first got here that the NBA was almost dead in Orlando. Me and ‘Meer talked about how we had to make people become Magic fans here in Orlando, and that’s certainly the case now.
We’re hungry for a championship and so is the city. There are no agendas and just one goal – win that ‘ship. Really, I’m not surprised that our team has blended so quickly because we all know there’s only one mission this season. That brought us all together really quickly.
And my night got even better after the game. We flew in my millionth Twitter follower, Stephanie Fisher and her son Lawrence, to the game from Sacramento. It was cool getting to spend some time with them after the game and sign a few autographs.
Stephanie told me that something popped up on her screen saying she had won as the millionth follower and initially she thought it was just a scam. But we kept sending her notes and eventually she figured out that it was real.
Stephanie and Lawrence kept telling me that they couldn’t believe that they were here in Orlando at the game, but it was a good time. I’m glad we could do something like that. I want to keep doing more of it, interacting and giving you guys a peek into my life as a person away from basketball.
So all in all, yesterday was a cool first night. It’s a long, long season, but I think it’s going to be a special one. You guys who were at the game last night, thank ya’ll for supporting us. And the rest of you out there, come see us when we come to your city. We hit the road later today for NJ, Toronto and Detroit. Ya’ll take care and I’ll holla back at ya soon.
—D-12
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