By SAM
GARDNER
FOXSportsFlorida.com
Magic writer
Jan. 17, 2011
The Orlando Magic's latest troublesome trip draws to a close Monday night in the same city where their 2010 season came to a disappointing end.
It was just a little more than six months ago that Paul Pierce had 31 points and 13 rebounds and Ray Allen 20 points as the Boston Celtics sent Orlando packing with a 96-84 win in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.
TD Garden will again be the site Monday as the Celtics host the Magic for the first time since, and both teams come into the rematch with a bone to pick.
For the Celtics, this game is about redemption. On Christmas Day in Orlando, the Magic rallied from 12 points down and ended the Celtics' 14-game winning streak with an 86-78 victory at the Amway Center. Boston was shorthanded in that game, and the players they did have were plagued by foul trouble all afternoon.
The Celtics have been one of the toughest and most consistent teams in the Eastern Conference all season, and you can be sure they'll be out to prove that December game was a fluke.
As for the Magic, they're still fighting to get some love in the tough Eastern Conference.
With the Celtics and Miami Heat playing as well as they have this season (don't mind Miami's current three-game skid or Boston's 7-5 record in their past 12 games), nobody's giving the Magic
