Magia de Mandurah

La Asociación de Baloncesto de Mandurah (MBA) se fundó en 1957. ^{[ 1 ]} En 1983, la MBA se trasladó al Centro Acuático y Recreativo de Mandurah tras la finalización de las cuatro nuevas canchas del estadio. ^{[ 1 ]}

El equipo masculino Kanyana Kings se estableció en Mandurah en 1990, ^{[ 2 ]} con Don Mihovilovich como entrenador inaugural. ^{[ 3 ]} Los Kings terminaron su temporada inaugural de la Liga Estatal de Baloncesto (SBL) en segundo lugar con un récord de 20-6. ^{[ 2 ]} El nombre Kanyana se eliminó en 1994 ^{[ 4 ]} antes de que se llevara a cabo un cambio de marca completo a Mandurah Magic en 1996 junto con la inclusión de un equipo femenino. ^{[ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]}

In 2003, the women's team reached the SBL Grand Final for the first time, where they were defeated 73–44 by the Perry Lakes Hawks.^[7] In 2004, the women were crowned minor premiers for the first time after finishing the regular season in first place with a 17–3 record.^[5] In 2005, the Magic reached their second SBL Grand Final, where they were defeated 59–54 by the Willetton Tigers.^[8] In 2006, they were crowned minor premiers for the second time after finishing the regular season in first place with a team-best 19–3 record.^[5] They went on to reach their third SBL Grand Final in four years, where they lost 56–53 to the Lakeside Lightning.^[8][9] In 2009, the Magic reached their fourth SBL Grand Final,^[10][11][12] where they were defeated 73–63 by the Tigers.^[13][14][15]

In 2012, the men's team reached the playoffs for the first time since 1999.^[16]

Due to renovations to the Mandurah Aquatic & Recreation Centre, the Magic hosted all of their games in 2016 at the Rockingham Flames' home venue of Mike Barnett Sports Complex.^[17][18]

In 2017, the women reached their fifth SBL Grand Final,^[19] where they were defeated 59–48 by the Hawks.^[20] In 2018, the Magic reached their sixth SBL Grand Final,^{[21][22][23][24]} where they were defeated 75–64 by the Lightning despite leading 64–54 with 5:30 remaining in the game.^[25]

In 2021, the SBL was rebranded as NBL1 West.^[26][27] In the inaugural NBL1 West season, the Magic men advanced out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time in club history.^[28]

Después de terminar en el último lugar de la tabla en 2023 , ^{[ 29 ]} los Magic masculinos terminaron la temporada regular de 2024 en cuarto lugar con un récord de 13-9 detrás de 34 puntos por partido del MVP de la liga, Joel Murray . ^{[ 30 ]} Llegaron a su primera gran final con una victoria en tiempo extra 91-88 sobre los Joondalup Wolves en la final preliminar. ^{[ 29 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ]} En la gran final, los Magic derrotaron a los Willetton Tigers 91-89 para ganar su primer campeonato NBL1 Oeste . Murray fue nombrado MVP de la gran final por sus 30 puntos, la mayor cantidad del equipo. ^{[ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ]}