Magic happens: can Orlando finally end their long run of futility?

The franchise has won just two playoff games in the past 11 seasons. But a talented young roster look like they could make a deep run this time around

One of the NBA's great recent runs of futility could finally be nearing an end.

The Orlando Magic don't carry the league's longest active playoff drought - that dishonor belongs the Charlotte Hornets - but there's a real case to be made that no NBA fanbase has dealt with as much frustration over the past decade or so as folks in mid-Florida. They've won just two playoff games in the past 11 seasons, dropping five straight postseason series dating back to their Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy heyday.