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| Series Recap |
| Game 1: April 20 |
 | Orlando 114, Toronto 100
Dwight Howard had 25 points and 22 rebounds, Jameer Nelson scored 24 points, and the Magic defeated the Raptors in the opener of their first-round series. Howard scored six straight points in a 10-0 fourth-quarter run. --AP
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| Game 2: April 22 |
 | Orlando 104, Toronto 103
Dwight Howard had 29 points and 20 rebounds, his second straight 20-20 game. Chris Bosh had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, but missed a 19-footer with 1.9 seconds left that could have won the game. --AP
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| Game 3: April 24 |
 | Toronto 108, Orlando 94
T.J. Ford scored 21 points, Jose Calderon had 18 points, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Orlando Magic 108-94 in Game 3. Hedo Turkoglu put up 26 points for the Magic, and Dwight Howard added 19 points and 12 rebounds. --AP
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| Game 4: April 26 |
 | Orlando 106, Toronto 94
Rashard Lewis had 27 points and 13 rebounds, Dwight Howard added 19 points and 16 boards, and the Magic beat the Raptors 106-94 to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. --AP
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| Game 5: April 28 |
 | Orlando 102, Toronto 92
Dwight Howard had 21 points and 21 rebounds and the Magic advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, beating the Raptors to close out their series in five games. --AP
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| Season Series |
| Orlando wins, 2-1 |
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| Nov. 7 |
Orlando 105, Toronto 96 |
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| Feb. 20 |
Toronto 127, Orlando 110 |
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| March 4 |
Orlando 102, Toronto 87 |
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Game 5: T.J. Ford of the Toronto Raptors shoots against Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic in Game 5. (Getty Images)
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April 23, 2008 6:39 pm
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this thread will focus on a possible second round matchup, considering things continue the way they are going. Cavs and Celtics.
what are your thoughts?
cavs have the reg. season series with 2-1, and a win in boston
boston has only 1 losing record to a team this season, it is to the cavs
Boston played the best basketball.
because i am a cavs fan i hope t
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April 18, 2008 11:44 am
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They will beat the Cavs and go on to win the east...
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April 28, 2008 5:29 pm
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Tonights game will tell you a lot about these Lakers. IF they are truly ready to make a title run, then they will take care of business tonight. Have the Lakers learned that killer instinct that is so important in the playoffs? Denver is on the ropes down 0-3 and mentally dejected and withdrawn from the series. The Lakers have taken their hearts and now must finish the job
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May 4, 2008 1:45 pm
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I've been looking everywhere for a live thread with no luck so I figured I would make a late starting one. So far it looks like Boston is holding strong, they just need to keep Josh Smith off the ball and off the court.
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April 29, 2008 6:30 pm
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I was very impressed that the Suns came out and showed everyone they did have a spine in game 4 and blew out my Spurs. That is what I expected from them in game 3. It still ended with a split in Phoenix and the series will still end in game 5. The Spurs were Embaressed in game 4, and I expect a better showing from them today. They get really angry after a loss.
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April 22, 2008 9:44 pm
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I'm tired of these "experts" saying this series is going to 6 or 7 games. A majority of ESPN not only believes this series is going 7, but that Denver can win it.
I believe this series is going Lakers 4-0. Game 2 will feature Denver again having a defensive lapse for the Lakers to win it, Game 3 will be the closest one in the series as Denver will have lots of&
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April 17, 2008 8:43 am
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Am I the only one who thinks that the Spurs are in trouble?
Check your history......when Shaq and Duncan have equal help---Shaq's team wins. Especially when Duncan has to spend much time playing low post defense.
The Spurs should have lost on purpose then the Mavs and Suns (which are the two teams that cause them the most problems) would have been on the other side of t
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April 29, 2008 4:32 pm
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on a pitons thread all i read was how the celtics were playin the lakers in the finals!! looks like you better worry about the hawks a little more ya biatches!!!!!
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April 29, 2008 6:24 pm
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During the first half of game 4, the Suns caught a break with Grant Hill's injury and got to see that with Amare and Shaq being occupied by the Spurs bigs, Boris Diaw will get layup after layup after layup if single covered by a Spurs SF or SG, plus he's such a good passer that if you double him, he will make you pay every time. The Suns achieved a 20+ point lead at the half and while it was
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April 22, 2008 5:31 pm
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Goal Line Blitz!
This Site is great guys. Makes the offseason go by much faster
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