Archive for May, 2009
It took overtime, but your Orlando Magic came out on top thanks to a huge three by Rashard Lewis late in the fourth to force OT. That potential game winner however was halted when LeBron was fouled with 0.5 seconds remaining in regulation in which he hit two crucial free throws with barely no time left and sent the game to extra play.
Rafer Alston was the story of the night, he came out firing after halftime. The Magic were down 58-50 at the half, that’s when Rafer took over. Scoring 15 of his team high 26 points in that quarter [...]
Game 4: Tonight on TNT
There’s no question this year’s Magic bunch are something special. After taking game 1 by surprise and one second away from being up 2-0, the Magic followed up with a game 3 home win against the NBA top dog, Cleveland.
A win tonight would most likely mean series over. But in order to do so, they must stop LeBron from having another historic game for the record books.
That will be key as this is a must win for the Cavs. The Magic have done everything they’ve been asked of thus far and will look to maintain home court advantage with a [...]
Tonight’s Keys to the Game:
Avoid Slow Start: the Magic can’t afford to go down early like they have in each of the first two games of this crucial series. The Magic don’t want the Cavs taking the crowd out of it early on.
The “MAGIC” Matchup: Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis have the size advantage over the much smaller Cavalier defenders and must continue to exploit that in game 3.
Exploit Howard vs Big Z Matchup more: Big Z can’t, let me repeat CANNOT guard Dwight Howard. With that said, the Magic MUST go to that matchup more as the series heads [...]
VS
Much like game 1, the Magic fell behind big early being down 43-20 at one point in the second quarter. But as they’ve done all season long, they crawled their way back possession by possession to get back in the game.
The almost did it, the Orlando Magic were one second away from going up 2-0 in the best of series verse the overall number one seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The effort however fell short on MVP LeBron James buzzer beating three pointer over a harrassing Hedo Turkoglu with a second to go to put [...]
NBA.com/daily: Re-Live the Last Minute from Cavs-Magic Game 2
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