It looks as if we won't be knowing who our first round matchup will be against. Were basically "stuck" in the #3 seed and now its just a guessing game to see who we will play. Washington, Philadelphia, and Toronto are all jockeying for position an the final 6th, 7th, and 8th seeds.
The Magic used to be lined up with the Wizards, then the Sixers and now its the Raptors at the #6 seed. So its anybody's guess who will end up there.
"This could go right to the end," said Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy. "So at this point, I don't think we can worry about one team." So, instead of preparing for just one team in a playoff matchup, he has his assistants preparing for 3 different teams. All that while still doing the normal preparations for the 8 remaining regular season games.
"We'll go back in a couple weeks and see if the picture is any clearer," Van Gundy said. "But it might still look the same." Van Gundy and staff have a lot to prepare for when the first round playoffs start at Amway Arena on April 20.
Good new is that the Magic have already shown they can beat any of those three teams, finishing 3-1 against the Sixers and 2-1 against the Raptors. We are 2-1 against Washington, playing the Wizards one more time on the last day of the regular season.
The Wizards definitley have the toughest remaining schedule, with 6 of their remaining 10 games against +.500 teams. The Raptors have the easiest of the remaining schedules. Only two of their final 10 games are against teams above .500. The 76ers play four of their remaining nine games against teams with winning records.
"At this point, we just need to focus on ourselves, regardless of who we see in the playoffs," Van Gundy said. "And I know what we need to do to get better."
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