ORLANDO – Opening night crowds can certainly make a difference.
Just ask the New York Knicks, whose raucous fans played an instrumental role in the team’s double-overtime victory over the Boston Celtics to open their season at Madison Square Garden.
The Orlando Magic (0-1) hope that their fans at Amway Center will have a similar impact in their home opener on Friday at 7 p.m. ET when they host the Knicks (1-0).
“It’s the first home game for us,” Magic big man Wendell Carter explained. “I feel like that gives us a little bit of a spark knowing that we’re going to have the fans with us.