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The Cavs win impressively in Orlando

November 12, 2009

Well, for one night the Cavs changes all paid off handsomely. They looked like a championship-caliber team with depth in Wednesday's impressive win in Orlando. LeBron James was his usual self, Shaquille O'Neal got Dwight Howard in early foul trouble and played Howard well, and the entire team seemed into the game. The play of [...]

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The new NBA East reality

August 18, 2009

From Yahoo on Dwight Howard: " … there’s no escaping Shaq now."

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Some interplay with Shaq, LeBron and Dwight Howard at the 2007 All-Star Game

June 25, 2009

Shaq wins!

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Some more thoughts while flying to Orlando

May 24, 2009

—It is imperative that Mo Williams find his shot tonight. At times in Game 2, Williams looked like a mess. He hesitated on shots and looked very uncertain. The Cavs made a concerted effort to get him shots early, and when he didn't make them his shooting struggles (13-for-40 in the series, 57-for-139 in the [...]

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The Cavs lose Game 1 to Orlando

May 21, 2009

Mike Brown called his team's offense in the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals "stagnant."
That's putting it politely. The Cavs lost Game 1 to Orlando because they quit doing the things they had done all season, things that won them 66 games. That meant ball movement and player movement. But in [...]

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And the opponent will be Orlando

May 18, 2009

 The Cavs finally know their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it's the Orlando Magic. And Charles Barkley thinks the Magic will win the East. This opinion by Barkley will not endear him to LeBron James, but it does reflect a reality about the challenge the Cavs face.
Orlando beat the Cavs twice this season [...]

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Pondering Dwight Howard, Orlando, and the shot that hit the net and not the rim

May 14, 2009

Let's set aside the fact that the Boston Garden might be the only arena in the league where a shot is ruled to have hit the rim when it hit the net, thus giving Boston the ball in a key possession late in a playoff game. That call probably doesn't happen in say, Sacramento.
We'll let [...]

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The perplexing Orlando Magic

May 13, 2009

The Orlando Magic's infatuation with using Dwight Howard only on the high pick-and-roll when the game is on the line could cost them a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
LeBron James called Howard "the most dominant big man" in the NBA, yet Howard touched the ball once in the final minutes – that when the [...]

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Rondo skates

April 30, 2009

Dwight Howard was suspended for his elbow, but the NBA didn't agree with me on the Rajon Rondo foul. They determined he was making "a basketball play and going for the ball after a blown defensive assignment by the Celtic team," the league's Stu Jackson said.
No tears in Chicago, where they're saying "Blame Michael Jordan." [...]

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Rondo, Howard earned suspensions

April 29, 2009

It'll be interesting to see what, if anything, happens with Rajon Rondo of Boston and Dwight Howard of Orlando following the fouls (shown in the above video) in Game 5 of their playoff series.
Both, quite frankly, could be suspended – justifiably. Both are great players and key parts of their teams (Howard is a little [...]

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Could Cavs have to face Miami and Orlando in playoffs?

April 8, 2009

J.A. Adande makes the point that the two Florida teams – Miami and Orlando – could be the most interesting in the East come playoff time.
"Why can't Orlando come out of the East?" he writes. "They're 2-2 against Boston, 2-1 against Cleveland. It's not the most likely scenario, but it's not impossible. With Dwight Howard they'll [...]

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One day later … the Magic remember Dwight Howard is on the team

March 19, 2009

One day after playing the Cavs, Orlando's Dwight Howard dominated Milwaukee – with 28 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. I think Orlando got the message it screwed things up against the Cavs by having Howard shoot eight times the entire game, and zero times in the fourth quarter. Orlando took 28 threes. Rashard Lewis [...]

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The Magic say the refs contributed to their loss to the Cavs

March 17, 2009

The Orlando Magic will be a very dangerous team for someone come the playoffs. Dwight Howard's inside power combined with the Magic's shooting will make them dangerous — if they get by their playoff inexperience. It's likely Orlando and Boston will play, and after watching the Magic play the Cavs I'm not ready to give [...]

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