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very interesting indeed.. I try not to buy in to all the conspiracies.. The refs could've easily called a foul on that last possession.. I would've flipped out, but if they were trying to make Boston win this game they had every opportunity to.. still is interesting, the ref does clearly put his hand to his hip as the clock freezes and takes it away when it starts going again

quote: Originally posted by bravlady: quote: Originally posted by sharp[7]shooter:IBTL I may take the hit for this one but JJ carried Vince in this series. It's happened before that when Vince is stinking up the game, JJ steps up. Fixed.. and there's no way anybody can stick up for Vince Carter at all anymore. He's been one of the most disappointing "superstars" ever in this series.

quote: Originally posted by GhostAnime:2 rebounds. So much for banging Big Baby. that sounds dirty

quote: Originally posted by O-dub:We need a pregame ritual thread. Anyone got any ideas? I think if everyone makes their desktop a picture of Adonal Foyle then we'll win.. I also have a tradition of drinking blue moon during games that are must-wins.. sadly i didn't have my blue moon on tuesday, so i feel partly responsible for the loss

wait.. this is for real the game thread??

quote: Originally posted by boston1988: A player like Rashard Lewis doesnt just go as cold as he has, the celtics have shut him down. Rashard actually does this a lot, don't think just because you've watched two games of Magic basketball you know us better than we know ourselves. One could also argue that he's not necessarily cold, as in he hasn't taken enough shots to be considered cold, I'd lean more toward very very very passive on offense..

quote: Originally posted by COLOMBIANO:He may slow Pierce but Allen may go off and score 30+ with Vince on him. I'd still try it though I'd rather get killed by Allen than Pierce.. I have respect for Ray Ray, Pierce is just a *****... Matt Barnes should have been guarding Paul from the get-go though, I gotta believe the only reason why he wasn't was his back

The fact that it even had to be reviewed for a possible suspension is laughable. It was a legitimate, hard playoff foul, and I thought even a flagrant was questionable, not out of the realm of possibility, but questionable. This league has become so soft.

Fun fact... In the 2010 postseason the Orlando Magic are 4 - 0 on the road and in the 2010 season the Orlando Magic are currently 2 - 0 in Boston... I'm not saying we'll win it, but this series is far from over

quote: Originally posted by hedo the hero:How come we beat celtics last year and made finals.. and this year we are struggling We lost something but I cannot remember.. You around during the playoffs to post on the board!! What do I win!?

quote: Originally posted by StayBrutal:Magic johnson and everybody in the pregame show said the celtics will win and take the series today.They said 80% of the time,teams who win game 1 in the ECF will win the series. We came back but what happen? Magic Johnson also said that Lebron James would win the title this year and welcomed him in to the "elite brotherhood". The guy doesn't know a **** thing and is often wearing his purple and gold colored glasses.

2 things... JJ Redick starting 2 guard for the rest of the series.. VC at the 3.. no one guards Ray Ray like he does... and if the refs didn't give Pierce 3 free throws when it shoulda been a out of bounds foul, we'd be down 2

Anybody get the feeling we're taking Boston's best shot of the series tonight? This is better than they looked all Cavs series. I doubt they can string together 6 more games at this level.. On our end.. We look bad tonight. Dwight's still too mentally small for the Celtics.. It's why I wanted Cleveland in the ECF

Looks like Rasheed still owns a significant piece of land in Dwight's head

quote: Originally posted by BostonCelticsFan2010:and this is what happens when Orlando plays a REAL team. sorry Orlando, not going undefeated like you thought you would. Might win 2 games if you are lucky It takes a real a-hole to talk when game 1 isn't even over. Come back when the series is done

I will say I was a lot more pessimistic at halftime of the ECF game 1 last year.. Down by 17 in Cleveland after Mo Williams just made an 80 footer.. We got this! We just gotta knock in that first 3 in the floodgates will open

If this were the WWE this story would so be true!!

quote: Originally posted by EnFuego: quote: Originally posted by the notorious S.A.C.:You forgot to mention a fact about Orlando's favorite guy...Shaq. Wouldnt everyone just love to see Shaq searching for a new team after he failed to "bring the king a ring". Shaq could have retired as the greatest Magic player ever but left the little old pond and now the guy doesn't have a home. He looks like a fat lost puppy looking for a friend. Im sorry just to see Shaq be lost (again) would be sweet revenge for our club even if we dont have Shaq's rings. As much as I would like Shaq's post-Magic career to be one filled with regret, this is simply not the case. Dude won 4 rings with the LA Lakers, and then another with the South Beach Heat. I think the "greatest Magic player ever" thing would make him laugh. Shaq's a HOF with five rings, helping a team get to the ECSF at his age. He's fine. I agree with your post with the fact that we regret Shaq a whole lot more than he regrets us, but he's only got 4 rings and in my opinion helping a team reach the ECSF when said team was 5 wins better without you last year and all they had to do was get by the 8 seeded Bulls last round isn't a big deal at all. Shaq makes the Cavs worse, not better. If he would've played in the last couple months of the season my opinion would change, but teams have to get used to playing around a big man that demands so much attention and clogs up so much of the lane.

quote: Originally posted by sportsfanatic: quote: Originally posted by MagicFromHarlem:the media tried to brainwash the WORLD into this Lebron/Kobe fantasy...and whether it ever comes down to that or not...1 man cannot do it alone...i have been saying this for years... the cavsfan.com site is so distraught...but they shouldn't be shocked...it takes a whole team to win a chip... anyways...from this cavs/celtics performance i really don't see either dominating the magic in any game of that series...our only really good match up challenge will come from the Lakers...period. you're not worried about the celtics at all? i wasn't nervous about them before, but i'm a little concerned... I'm very worried about Boston. Kendrick Perkins and Rasheed Wallace are the best two bigs in the league at defending Dwight and they're both on the same team. The Celtics will not be a cakewalk. At this point I'd almost rather the Cavs comeback and win 2 against Boston, which is very likely in my opinion.

I hope tonight's game is close so threads like these don't happen in the middle of the **** playoffs anymore...

Okay, after a little bit of research, it's not possible to be a unanimous decision on the All-NBA Defensive teams. There are 30 votes total, one for each coach, and the coaches can not vote for players on their own team. So Dwight was unanimous in the sense that every one that could vote for him did. *EDIT* Nevermind.. he got 28 of a possible 29 votes.. not including SVG's vote... hmmm

quote: Originally posted by VCplusD12:Howard was voted unanimously for the All-NBA Team, but not the All-Defensive one. You'd think it'd be the opposite if anything. You can at least make an argument number-wise that maybe Gasol or someone else could be 1st team All-NBA Center. 1st team all Defense for Dwight Howard is a no-brainer though. My guess is some Cleveland homer voted for Anderflop Flopejao as an all D 1st teamer

Please tell me... that you guys do indeed realize that without Rashard we probably wouldn't have beat Cleveland last year, we would've went to at least 6 games with Charlotte in the first round this year, and we'd have a snowballs chance in hell of beating Cleveland this year. I'd much rather his missed box out happen in a regular season game and him show up in games that matter

quote: Originally posted by HighAngleEd:You talking about the Bobcat series? We scored 99 in game 4 He's referring to MaGiC's predictions of the scores of the games in the series.. We didn't top 100 against the Bobcats because they're the 2nd best defensive team in the league. Atlanta however will be hard-pressed to keep us under 100.. I'm looking forward to seeing Mike Bibby try to defend Jameer, if the week off hasn't killed his swagger that is