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Either way the league has spoken and it is a flagrant 1 not a suspension...:tu So game on and believe me every NBA team plays dirty so phil jackson can suck on my n***!!

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What is happening to the Cav lead? uh oh

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This should have been over with an Orlando sweep tonight.

Mo?

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That was a good game

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Magic move up 3-1 after the overtime win last night. Cleveland just looks lost on defense. They go out to guard the 3-ball and they just feed it inside. Cavs double inside, Dwight finds the open 3. Cavs also are having trouble with the pick and roll. It is hard to beat a team that has been shooting so great from 3-point land.

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Well that should about do it for the Cavs-Magic series... I'm not counting the Cavs out yet... but they are definitely on life support! Someone better come to life on that team or they are toast in the next game or two.

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I still have a glimmer of hope for the Cavs, but I'm starting to lose sleep over these games. You get so caught up in the game, think you may win, and then the rug is pulled out from under you. It's driving me crazy.

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While I'm not ready to put this Magic team up with the all time greats, they do have a few plays that remind me of some of them;

A great pick and roll.
A dominant big man.
Great perimiter shooters.
A good bench.
Fearlessness.
A very motivating coach.


I'm also not putting it past Cleveland to rise up and win the next three games, but I like the Magic's chances as well as their chances against whoever wins the West.

As long as Lebron James is on the court, Cleveland has a good chance.

Of course I am biased as I live in Orlando.

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Stick a fork in the Cavs...Lebron can't beat the Magic by himself!

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My prediction ====> Cavs win in 7! :wo

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If they do, all the "The Commissioner is rigging the NBA games" conspiracy theorists will say they were right. :r

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I wouldn't mind seeing them in the finals... but history isn't on your side. The team that is up 3-1 in a playoff series, has only come back to win the 7 game series 8 times in the history of the NBA. I think that works out to something like 93-96% chance that the Magic will close this thing out and move on.

Of course this is the playoffs and statistics mean nothing. Only wins/losses matter!

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My prediction; Magic win it all game 6 back home in Orlando without Dwight Howard, who picks up his 7th technical foul for blowing a kiss in pregame warmups.:r

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It's 95.5%, for those keeping score.

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I got a 5'er that says they don't :tu

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Can I play too?

I really wish Greekgod would have taken my offer when he predicted "Cavs crush Orlando in 4 games"

Someone forgot to remind them to "witness" and bow to the king it seems.

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Lakers go up 3-2!! We all saw a different more assertive Lakers team last night. They were able to win with 1. Defense 2. Without Kobe scoring 30-40+ points. Great team effort by the Lakers last night. Pau Gasol also showed up in ways that aren't recorded on the stat sheet. Making good hustle plays and altering shots at the basket. Now let's see what happens in the next game. See how Denver responds.

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:wo Go Lakers!

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I'm rooting for Denver strictly due to the fact that so many writers already had Kobe/Lebron meeting in an epic finals and I love an underdog.

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Lakers won because Lamar Odom decided to show up tonight...maybe it was all that candy.