Magic over Celtics, who is to blame?

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It was a game 7 to remember if you are a Magic fan and a game 7 to have lobotomized from your consciousness if you are a Celtic fan. After such a tremendous season last year where it looked by some fans to be years of future domination, the Celtics looked tired and used up by the end of this series.

Certainly it’s not what the coaches were suggesting, but the lads in sneakers decided to execute the rope-a-dope in the opening quarter. The Magic took advantage for 27 points and leads as great as 13 before settling for a 10-point edge at the end of the first frame. The visitors attempted six 3-pointers and hit five of them, firing away as if this part of their game was somehow a surprise to the opponent.

The Celtics added to their woe by committing five turnovers in the period. Dopey indeed. While the Los Angeles Lakers showed earlier in the day how to handle a Game 7 at home, taking a 15-point lead during layup lines, the Celts came out flat as a flounder
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Dwight Howard and Paul Pierce

If there is to be blame on one side of the sports ledger then there is to be some praise on the other side and Dwight Howard lives on the other side. It is his Orlando Magic team that became Celtic slayers and are now going to enjoy a coming out party in the conference finals.

How does one add notches to a growth chart of a Man-Child who is 6-11?

Do you measure the strength of his thunderous dunks? Note the developing accuracy of a short hook? Count scowls instead of smiles?

Dwight Howard is aptly referred to as a Work in Progress. But I believe we judge too harshly.

He is here.
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His team is going to the Eastern Conference finals. Smiling before and after, it hardly seemed a burden for Dwight to lift the Orlando Magic on his back, as he did Sunday night at TD Banknorth Garden.

He took on the league’s most storied franchise, a franchise that had a 17-3 record in Game 7s, a franchise that doesn’t hang division championships on its rafters — only NBA titles.

Orlando 101, Boston 82. Ding, dong, the defending league champions are toast.

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