We’re going to the NBA Finals!!!! Let me say that again so it can really soak in deep: WE’RE GOING TO THE NBA FINALS!!!!
I really believe that our fans thought we could do this, but nobody out there in the rest of the country thought we could get to this point and be playing for a championship. A lot of people laughed a couple of years ago when I talked about us winning that ‘ship a few years ago, but we’re the ones laughing right now.
And nationally, of course nobody picked us to beat Boston or even beat Cleveland. Every time I looked at TV and turned on ESPN it was all about Kobe and LeBron getting to the Finals. Now, ESPN talked to me last night after the game for its Sunday Conversation thing. Ya’ll gotta tune in and see it. Now, they are finally giving us some mad love.
My whole thought process going in to last night’s game was to dominate and don’t let Cleveland breathe. We really felt like we should have closed this series out on Thursday up in Cleveland, but we let it slip away. I was going to make sure that didn’t happen this time, so I went at their bigs right from the jump.
I’ve been telling everybody that we have the team and the talent to do this. When we run, rebound and defend, there aren’t many teams out there that can beat us.
I just tried really hard to make the right play against Cleveland. When they checked me 1-on-1, I attacked and tried to score. When they sent the double, I looked for my shooters and we made them pay all night. Ya’ll know I like to have fun and I’m usually laughing out there, but last night I was so focused and locked in it’s like I wasn’t letting anything get in my way.
It was so cool in the fourth quarter when the crowd was chanting M-V-P for me and they were singing na-na-na-nah to the Cavs. They were a really good team, but we just weren’t going to be denied.
Of course, I’m sure we’ll be the underdogs to the Lakers and nobody will think we have a shot at winning this series. But I believe and I know my teammates believe. We play the way we know how, and maybe we can make everybody out there across the country believe in the Magic.
Aiiiight ya’ll, I’m getting outta here for now, but we ain’t done yet. We’re going to the NBA Finals!!!! There’s still plenty of work to be done, but for one night we can celebrate that we’re one step closer to winning that championship.
– DWIGHT
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Ya’ll can look at the TV and tell me what ya’ll saw. I’m straight up and down on that sixth foul against LeBron and he gets the whistle. I didn’t even touch Z on my third foul in the third quarter but they say I hit him on the elbow.
