 sydney moncrief true story well it didn't take long took one game after magic and cream beat the san diego clippers and you you could see things were going to change he jumped into cream's arms after the game-winning shot he was so happy they asked cream after the game who at that point magic revived cream's career make no mistake he was a punchline in the airplane movie prior to that and after magic came along they went to the finals nine times in 12 years and won five more championships after magic jumped into his arms