, ▁who ▁compiled ▁the ▁league ' s ▁best ▁regular ▁season ▁record ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁season ' s ▁M VP , ▁Le B ron ▁James . ▁That ▁didn ' t ▁stop ▁the ▁Magic ▁as ▁they ▁closed ▁the ▁series ▁out ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁Game ▁ 6 , ▁winning ▁ 1 0 3 - 9 0 ▁as ▁D w ight ▁Howard ▁scored ▁ 4 0 ▁points , ▁a ▁career ▁high ▁for ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁play off ▁game . ▁The ▁Magic ▁won ▁the ▁series ▁ 4 - 2 , ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Conference ▁championship , ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁face ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁NBA ▁Final s . ▁ ▁After ▁dro pping ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁the ▁Magic ▁finally ▁won ▁their ▁first ▁ever ▁game ▁in ▁the ▁final s ▁in ▁Game ▁ 3 . ▁With ▁the ▁franch ise ▁losing ▁their ▁first ▁six ▁final s ▁games ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁combined , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁most ▁games ▁a ▁team ▁had ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁final s ▁before ▁ear ning ▁their ▁first ▁win . ▁However , ▁in ▁Game ▁ 4 ▁the ▁Magic ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁L akers ▁ 9 9 - 9 1 ▁in ▁over time ; ▁the ▁L akers ▁took ▁a ▁ 3 - 1 ▁series ▁lead ▁and ▁won ▁again ▁in ▁Game ▁ 5 , ▁thus ▁ending ▁the ▁Magic ' s ▁longest ▁play off ▁run ▁in ▁team ▁history ▁and ▁ending ▁up ▁ 1 - 8 ▁in ▁the ▁final s . ▁