NBA Playoffs Rd 2: Orlando Magic vs. Boston Celtics

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(3) Orlando Magic (59-23)

PG-#1 Rafer Alston

6'2 175 lbs

Fresno State '98

12.9 PPG, 5.1 APG, 31.7 3PT%

SG-#7 J.J. Redick

6'4 190 lbs

Duke '06

6.0 PPG, 1.1 APG, 37.4 3PT%

SF-#15 Hedo Turkoglu

6'10 220 lbs

Turkey '00

16.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 4.9 APG, 35.6 3PT%

PF-#9 Rashard Lewis

6'10 230 lbs

Alief Elsik HS '98 (Houston, TX)

17,7 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 39.7 3PT%

C-#12 Dwight Howard

6'11 265 lbs

Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy '04 (Atlanta, GA)

20.6 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 2.9 BPG, 57.2 FG%

Bench Players

PG-Anthony Johnson

SG-Jeremy Richardson

SF-Michael Pietrus

PF-Tony Battie

C-Marcin Gortat

Head Coach

Stan Van Gundy

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(2) Boston Celtics (62-20)

PG-#9 Rajon Rondo

6'1 171 lbs

Kentucky '06

11.9 PPG, 8.2 APG, 5.2 RPG

SG-#20 Ray Allen

6'5 205 lbs

UCONN '96

18.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.8 APG, 41.0 3PT%

SF-#34 Paul Pierce

6'7 235 lbs

Kansas '98

20.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 39.1 3PT%

PF-#11 Glen "Big Baby" Davis

6'9 289 lbs

LSU '07

7.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG

C-#13 Kendick Perkins

6'10 280 lbs

Clifton J. Ozen HS '03 (Beaumont, TX)

8.5 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.0 BPG

Bench Players

PG-Stephon Marbury

SG-Eddie House

SF-Bill Walker

PF-Mikki Moore

C-Brian Scalabrine

Head Coach

Doc Rivers

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I'm gonna take the Celtics in this 1. Everyone's saying the Magic have an advantage since no Garnett for the Celtics, but I think the Magic are pretenders. I dont have faith in their coach and the fact they fall in love with jump shots. Celtics in 7.

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Magic win Game 1

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Magic tried to give the game away in the end of the 3rd-4th quarter.....lucky they had almost a 30 point lead or Boston would have won game 1

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Celtics crush Magic, series tied 1-1

Rajan Rondo bounces back from his bad game in Game 1 and puts up yet another triple double. Eddie House came off the bench and dropped 31 points and got in Rafer Alston's head. I still think the Celtics will win this thing.

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Rafer Alston slaps Eddie House so hard, his headband spins!

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The NBA suspended Rafer Alston one game Thursday for slapping Eddie House(notes) in the back of the head, leaving the team in the hands of 34-year-old Anthony Johnson(notes) and seldom-used Tyronn Lue(notes) for Friday’s Game 3 against the Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference semifinal.

Alston contended afterward that House goaded him into the play. A Magic spokesman said Alston was not planning to comment until Friday’s morning shootaround.

Physical play has frustrated the Magic throughout the playoffs and ballooned into a series of foolish retaliations, a formula the Celtics look to continue as the series shifts to Orlando tied.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoUzbmcccRbIhz1RkfAJaB68vLYF?slug=ap-celtics-magic&prov=ap&type=lgns

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That game....was awesome....

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Big Baby with the buzzer beater! Boston still in it.

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Series tied 2-2