Magic Johnson 'Mad' Commanders Lost NFC Title Game to Eagles: 'I Hate Losing'

Few people understand what it takes to reach the championship mountaintop in sports better than Magic Johnson, and the NBA legend wasn't thrilled his Washington Commanders fell just a game short of the Super Bowl with Sunday's 55-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

Johnson, who is part of the ownership group with the Commanders, took to social media and bemoaned some of the mistakes that cost his team:

It is notable the Hall of Famer highlighted the turnovers and penalties, as self-inflicted mistakes were the theme of the game for the Commanders.

While Jayden Daniels played fairly well as he threw for 255 yards and ran for 48 more, the visitors turned it over four times and committed nine penalties. Some of the penalties, such as a pass interference on Marshon Lattimore and a late hit out of bounds on Mike Sainristil, kept drives alive that ended in Philadelphia touchdowns.

As for the turnovers, lost fumbles by Dyami Brown and Jeremy McNichols set up touchdowns for the home team and undercut some of the momentum the Commanders built at times in the middle of the game.

It was a disappointing afternoon for the Commanders, although it was still an incredible overall campaign for the NFC East team. After all, it advanced to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since the 1991 campaign and has an excellent young quarterback in Daniels leading the way.

If his performance in his first season was any indication, this won't be the last time Daniels has a chance to reach the Super Bowl.

And Johnson will surely be thrilled to cheer him on the next time as well.