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| Defending champion Celtics host Magic in Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The upstart Orlando Magic will be swimming upstream against history tonight when they visit the Boston Celtics for the deciding Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series. The Magic forced the pivotal contest with a hard-fought 83-75 win in Game 6 on Thursday in Orlando. Dwight Howard finished with 23 points, 22 rebounds and three blocks in that one, as the Magic staved off elimination. "I didn't worry about not getting touches," Howard said after the Game 6 win. "I know playing |
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| Rockets, Lakers clash in Game 7 at Staples Center |
NBA Basketball |
05/17/2009 |
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| run-outs...and set ourselves right back on our heels again." The Lakers are a gaudy 12-1 in home Game 7s and have won their last eight. The last and only time LA lost in a Game 7 on its home floor was in the 1969 NBA Finals, a 108-106 setback to the Boston Celtics. "The key right now is just to win by any means necessary," Bryant. "Just win the series, get out of this one and be ready for the next one." The Rockets, meanwhile, are 5-3 in Game 7 situations and 2-2 on the road. Since the 1977 postseason, Housto |
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| Magic hope to slow meltdown and stave off elimination vs. Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2009 |
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| just how important the All-Star point guard was to the Orlando Magic. Nelson's absence was magnified in a big way on Tuesday when the Magic imploded down the stretch during the pivotal Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Boston Celtics. Glen Davis and Stephon Marbury were the unlikely catalysts in the fourth quarter, and Ray Allen hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:20 remaining in that one, as the Celtics rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final period to shock Orlando, 92- |
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| Celtics rally in fourth to steal Game 5 from Magic |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Glen Davis and Stephon Marbury were unlikely catalysts in the fourth quarter, and Ray Allen hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:20 remaining, as the Boston Celtics rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final period to shock Orlando, 92-88, grabbing the pivotal Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Marbury scored all 12 of his points in the final quarter, while Davis netted 10 of his game-high 22 in the last 12 minutes for the defending NBA champions, who took a |
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| Magic, Celtics return to Beantown for pivotal Game 5 |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics seem to enjoy living on the edge. The Celtics were seconds away from facing a 3-1 series deficit in their Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Orlando Magic on Sunday. Instead, the most unlikely of heroes, Glen "Big Baby" Davis, came through as Boston evened the set and regained home-court advantage. Davis' jumper from the left wing as time expired proved to be the difference, as the Celtics edged Orlando, 95-94, in Game 4 of their competi |
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| Davis sinks buzzer-beater to lift Celtics over Magic |
NBA Basketball |
05/11/2009 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Glen Davis' jumper from the left wing as the clock ran out in the fourth was the difference, as the Boston Celtics edged the Orlando Magic, 95-94, in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup. Davis ended with 21 points for the Celtics, who evened the series at two games apiece. Game 5 of the best-of-seven series is set for Tuesday back in Boston. "Since I have been with the Celtics, I have been trying to find my niche in our system," said Davis. "(Coach) Doc (Rivers |
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| Celtics, Magic meet in pivotal Game 4 at Amway Arena |
NBA Basketball |
05/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Orlando Magic hope to seize control of their Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Boston Celtics tonight at Amway Arena. The Magic took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven set on Friday when Rashard Lewis finished with a game-high 28 points to help the Magic rout Boston, 117-96. Hedo Turkoglu scored 24 points, as the Magic shot 59 percent in the win, a playoff franchise high, thanks in large part to a 7-for-8 effort from star center Dwight Howard, who battled foul trouble but ende |
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| Orlando's Lee back for Game 3 versus Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
05/09/2009 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Magic shooting guard Courtney Lee returned to his team's lineup for Game 3 of the team's Eastern Conference semifinal series versus the Boston Celtics on Friday in Orlando. Lee had missed the first two games of the best-of-seven set and also sat out Orlando's series-clinching win in the first round against Philadelphia because of a fractured sinus. However, he returned to score 11 points in nearly 32 1/2 minutes off the bench in Orlando's 117-96 win. Lee was hurt when he took a |
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| Lewis helps Magic take series lead over Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
05/09/2009 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Rashard Lewis finished with a game-high 28 points to help the Orlando Magic defeat the Boston Celtics, 117-96, in Game 3 of the teams' Eastern Conference semifinal series. Hedo Turkoglu scored 24 points, as the Magic took a 2-1 lead in the best-of- seven series, which continues Sunday back in Orlando. The Magic shot 59 percent in the win, a playoff franchise high, thanks in part to a 7-for-8 effort from Dwight Howard, who battled foul trouble but ended with 17 points, 14 reboun |
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| Orlando's Lee to return for Game 3 versus Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2009 |
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| Orlando, FL (MySportsbook) - Magic shooting guard Courtney Lee will return to the lineup for Game 3 of the team's Eastern Conference semifinal series versus the Boston Celtics on Friday in Orlando. Lee has missed the first two games of the best-of-seven set and also sat out Orlando's series-clinching win in the first round against Philadelphia because of a fractured sinus. The guard was hurt when he took an inadvertent elbow to the head from teammate Dwight Howard in the Magic's Game 5 win over Philadelphi |
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