Orlando's resilience finally pays off in win over Sixers

Orlando's resilience finally pays off in win over Sixers

Published Jan. 19, 2011 10:37 p.m. ET

By SAM
GARDNER

FOXSportsFlorida.com
Magic writer

Jan. 19,
2011


In one of the most unbelievable endings to a basketball game you'll ever see, the Orlando Magic stole a 99-98 overtime win from the Philadelphia 76ers thanks to not one, but two four-point plays with the game on the line.

"It was an incredible win," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "My head's still spinning."

Jason Richardson completed a game-tying four-point play with 17 seconds left in regulation, and Lou Williams fouled J.J. Redick on a three pointer with 1:43 remaining in the extra period as the Magic finished off one of the most improbable wins in recent memory.

"I've not seen that before," Redick said of the two four-point plays. "That was kind of a bizarre sequence."

Van Gundy, who was beside himself after the game, said that he had never even seen two four-point plays in one game, much less under those circumstances.

"That's about as crazy a game as you'll ever see right there," he said. "I mean, two four-point plays down the stretch

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