For most franchises, the early years tend to be pretty tough. The Orlando Magic suffered through losing campaigns in each of their first three seasons and didn’t have a winning season until their fifth.
On this day 30 years ago however, the Magic ended a run of futility, thanks to a career-night and late-game heroics from Sam Vincent. Vincent knocked down two clutch free throws with less than a second remaining as Orlando snapped a 17-game losing streak with a 104-103 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.
After a 5-3 start, the Magic had lost 22 of 23 games as they arrived at Seattle Center Coliseum on Jan.