| Defending champion Celtics host Magic in Game 7 |
Sun May 17 10:29:56 2009 EST |
| (Sports Network) - 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 |
| Howard, Magic force Game 7 with Celtics |
Thu May 14 22:15:25 2009 EST |
| Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - Dwight Howard finished with 23 points, 22 rebounds and three blocks, as the Orlando Magic staved off elimination with an 83-75 win over Boston in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The victory forced a decisive Game 7, which will take place Sunday in Boston. Orlando had dropped Games 4 and 5 to go down in the series as the Celtics took an advantageous position they still hold. Boston has never lost a best-of-seven playoff series when it goes up 3 |
| Magic, Celtics return to Beantown for pivotal Game 5 |
Tue May 12 10:33:37 2009 EST |
| (Sports Network) - 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 |
| Sixers' DiLeo withdraws name from coaching consideration |
Mon May 11 16:38:11 2009 EST |
| ice president and assistant general manager, was called down to the bench on December 13 when Maurice Cheeks was fired after a 9-14 start to this past season. He finished the year at 32-27, guiding the Sixers to their first non-losing season since 2004-05, and a second consecutive playoff berth where they were eliminated in a six-game first-round series by the Orlando Magic. The search for a permanent replacement, who will become the 23rd head coach in franchise history, will begin immediately. |
| Davis sinks buzzer-beater to lift Celtics over Magic |
Mon May 11 00:13:55 2009 EST |
| Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - 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. Paul Pierce had 27 points and Rajon Rondo chipped in 21 points and 14 rebounds for Boston, which was 1-for- |
| Celtics, Magic meet in pivotal Game 4 at Amway Arena |
Sun May 10 10:34:27 2009 EST |
| (Sports Network) - 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 tr |
| Lewis helps Magic take series lead over Celtics |
Fri May 8 22:12:48 2009 EST |
| Orlando, FL (Sports Network) - 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, thanks in part to a 7-for-8 effort from Dwight Howard, who battled foul trouble but ended with 17 points, 14 rebounds and five |
| Magic need to keep their cool vs. Celtics |
Fri May 8 10:31:40 2009 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Rewind back to the third quarter on Monday and the Orlando Magic were feeling pretty good about themselves. Stan Van Gundy's team had amassed a 28-point lead over the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series. Then the wheels came off. The Celtics staged an impressive comeback, falling just short of stealing Game 1 before blasting Orlando, 112-94, in Game 2 on Wednesday. Now as things shift to central Florida for a pivotal G |
| Howard, LeBron headline All-Defensive Team |
Wed May 6 14:51:15 2009 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, and NBA MVP LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers highlight the 2008-09 NBA All-Defensive Team. Howard led the NBA with 13.8 rebounds and 2.92 blocks per game this season, becoming just the fifth player in NBA history to top the league in both categories, while also averaging 20.6 points on 57.2 percent shooting. Howard was the leading vote-getter among First Team selections with 55 |
| Celtics hope to even series vs. Magic in Beantown |
Wed May 6 10:30:28 2009 EST |
| rts Network) - When you are the defending NBA champions, moral victories aren't the goal and that's exactly how the Boston Celtics felt after coughing up homecourt advantage during Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Orlando Magic. Now the C's face a virtual must win situation as the series resumes at TD Banknorth Garden tonight. Dwight Howard scored 16 points and pulled down 22 rebounds on Monday as the Orlando Magic held off Boston, 95-90, in the opener of the set de |
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