Some games are lost at the free throw line. Others slip away in the fourth quarter. Friday night in Orlando? Fans think the Magic might\u2019ve been up against something else entirely.<\/p>\n
On May 1, the Orlando Magic hosted the Detroit Pistons for Game 6 at Kia Center with a chance to close out the series. For a while, it looked like they would. Orlando built a 24-point lead and had the crowd fully behind them.<\/p>\n
That included social media star Kirsten Too Sweet, who showed up in full Magic blue and posted<\/a> ahead of tip-off, \u201cHoping the Magic won\u2019t break my heart tonight \ud83e\ude84\ud83d\udc99.\u201d<\/p>\n They did.<\/p>\n The Magic went ice-cold in the second half, missed 20-plus straight shots, and ended up losing 93-79 in one of the most shocking collapses of the postseason. Two nights later, Detroit finished the job in Game 7, eliminating Orlando after coming back from a 3-1 deficit.<\/p>\n And somewhere in between, the internet found a scapegoat.<\/p>\n After Kirsten shared a clip<\/a> from the night strutting through the arena parking lot in skin-tight leggings \u2014 captioned, “Don’t even say it was my fault Orlando” \u2014 fans flooded her comments with reactions that quickly turned into a running bit.<\/p>\n \u201cShe definitely sat by the magic bench and distracted the whole team smh,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is why we lost,\u201d another teased.<\/p>\n \u201cMagic saw that cake in the second half,\u201d chimed in a third.<\/p>\n The joke picked up steam as more viewers claimed they spotted her on the arena screen during the broadcast.<\/p>\n \u201cI seen u on tv \ud83d\udcfa,\u201d someone else said.<\/p>\n \u201cGirl I saw you on ESPN tonight,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n As head coach Jamahl Mosley put it postgame, “We just couldn’t find the basket.” He later told reporters the loss was “on me” \u2014 and the Magic agreed, firing him on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Still, the comments kept rolling in: “This didn’t age well.” “LOL MAGIC CHOKED.” \u201cHold that L.\u201d<\/p>\n Kirsten, for her part, is no stranger to the spotlight. The Florida-based influencer first broke through in 2023 after winning Crunch Fitness’ nationwide #CrunchBooty contest with a foam-roller stretching photo. She’s since built a 3-million-follower platform around body positivity, fitness, and her Type 1 diabetes journey.<\/p>\n