NBA Playoffs
---East---
Detroit Pistons (8) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (1) @ CLE ---- DET 84 - CLE 102 in Final
Chicago Bulls (7) vs. Boston Celtics (2) @ BOS ---- CHI 105 - BOS 103 in OT
---West---
Dallas Mavericks (6) vs. San Antonio Spurs (3) @ SA ---- DAL 105 - SAS 97 in Final
Houston Rockets (5) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (4) @ POR ---- HOU 108 - POR 81 in Final
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Orlando Magic (3) vs. Philidelphia 76ers (6), 1st Round Game 1 (First Half)
Philidelphia will start with Green, Miller, Dalembert, Iguodala, and Young. Orlando will start with Alston, Howard, Lee, Lewis, and Turkoglu. They are playing at the Amway Center in Orlando Florida. The score is 2-7, Orlando's lead 9:37 left in the 1st quarter. Philidelphia is shooting 1 of 5 already less than 3 minutes into the game. Young scores their second shot and Andre Miller commits a foul on Dwight Howard, giving Miller his first foul. Dwight Howard will shoot two free throws and hits the first. He is 59% from the free throw line and his average is 11 in a game. He attempted more free throws than anyone in the league.
Howard misses his second free throw and Dalembert gets the roll, bringing the score 6-8. Lewis shoots a wide open three that pops out. Austin is fouled by Dalembert, and Philidelphia gets a chance to come back into the game after starting out with 3 of 10 shooting.
Alston makes his first free throw and misses his second, which is rebounded by Dalembert. Young attempts a sky hook and draws the foul, giving the 76ers a possible three point play. Young makes his free throw to complete the three point play. Philidelphia has scored on their last 5 trips and is finally leading by 2 points, taking their first lead in the game.
The second quarter starts 30-27 with 11 minutes left of play in the second quarter.
Miller makes a jumper and a timeout is called. Philidelphia is on an 8-0 run and they lead by 5 in game one against the Orlando Magic.
Dwight Howard is shooting two free throws. He had a season percentage of 59% but made the most attempted free throws during the regular season. Iguodala misses a fadeaway jumper and the ball is brought back up court, then stolen and reverse slammed by Iguodala.
Philidelphia has benched Dalembert after the timeout, and Orlando continues with all 5 starters. The score is 18-14 with 4:24 left in the 1st quarter of play. Philidelphia turns over the ball in a bad pass. Both teams now have one turnover. Miller has the ball passes to Iguodala who passes to Miller and Green fails to make the three. Howard puts down a thunderous putback to brign the Magic 2 points closer. Green finally makes another jumper to extend the lead to 4 again. A blocking foul is called on Young. The score is now 17-20 Philidelphia lead with 2:40 left of play in the first quarter.
3 of yesterday's matches resulted in low seed wins (Mavericks over Spurs, Bulls over Celtics, Rockets over Trail Blazers). It won't be a surprise if Philidelphia wins at Orlando today. The only two teams to have won at home are the top seed LA Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Dwight Howard makes both free throws to start the game from a full timeout. The score is 20-19 Philidelphia lead. Miller hits another jumper to bring the lead to 3 points. Loose ball foul is called against Orlando. Miller and Young are tied for leading scorers for the 76ers, with 8 points each. With 2 minutes remaining in the quarter, the score is 22-19.
Turkoglu fails to hit the layup, and Howard is fouled by Young. Howard is the leading scorer with 10 our of the 19 points of his team. #12 Dwight Howard is shooting another two free throws, and makes both, bringing the Magic 2 points closer to their adversaries.
The magic is shooting 6-17 on the field with 1:14 left in the game. The 76ers has 11-21 shooting in the game. Iguodala makes another jumper to bring the lead to 6 points. Lee commits the foul on Williams. Williams misses his first free throw. They are just 74% collectively from the free throw line during hte regular season. Williams misses his second free throw as well. Johnson slams down the ball and ends the quarter 27-25 Philidelphia lead.
Howard misses his second free throw and Dalembert gets the roll, bringing the score 6-8. Lewis shoots a wide open three that pops out. Austin is fouled by Dalembert, and Philidelphia gets a chance to come back into the game after starting out with 3 of 10 shooting.
Alston makes his first free throw and misses his second, which is rebounded by Dalembert. Young attempts a sky hook and draws the foul, giving the 76ers a possible three point play. Young makes his free throw to complete the three point play. Philidelphia has scored on their last 5 trips and is finally leading by 2 points, taking their first lead in the game.
The second quarter starts 30-27 with 11 minutes left of play in the second quarter.
Miller makes a jumper and a timeout is called. Philidelphia is on an 8-0 run and they lead by 5 in game one against the Orlando Magic.
Dwight Howard is shooting two free throws. He had a season percentage of 59% but made the most attempted free throws during the regular season. Iguodala misses a fadeaway jumper and the ball is brought back up court, then stolen and reverse slammed by Iguodala.
Philidelphia has benched Dalembert after the timeout, and Orlando continues with all 5 starters. The score is 18-14 with 4:24 left in the 1st quarter of play. Philidelphia turns over the ball in a bad pass. Both teams now have one turnover. Miller has the ball passes to Iguodala who passes to Miller and Green fails to make the three. Howard puts down a thunderous putback to brign the Magic 2 points closer. Green finally makes another jumper to extend the lead to 4 again. A blocking foul is called on Young. The score is now 17-20 Philidelphia lead with 2:40 left of play in the first quarter.
3 of yesterday's matches resulted in low seed wins (Mavericks over Spurs, Bulls over Celtics, Rockets over Trail Blazers). It won't be a surprise if Philidelphia wins at Orlando today. The only two teams to have won at home are the top seed LA Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Dwight Howard makes both free throws to start the game from a full timeout. The score is 20-19 Philidelphia lead. Miller hits another jumper to bring the lead to 3 points. Loose ball foul is called against Orlando. Miller and Young are tied for leading scorers for the 76ers, with 8 points each. With 2 minutes remaining in the quarter, the score is 22-19.
Turkoglu fails to hit the layup, and Howard is fouled by Young. Howard is the leading scorer with 10 our of the 19 points of his team. #12 Dwight Howard is shooting another two free throws, and makes both, bringing the Magic 2 points closer to their adversaries.
The magic is shooting 6-17 on the field with 1:14 left in the game. The 76ers has 11-21 shooting in the game. Iguodala makes another jumper to bring the lead to 6 points. Lee commits the foul on Williams. Williams misses his first free throw. They are just 74% collectively from the free throw line during hte regular season. Williams misses his second free throw as well. Johnson slams down the ball and ends the quarter 27-25 Philidelphia lead.
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