Oh Boy, Cav’s lose to Magic
May 21, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, NBA Playoffs, Orlando Magic
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Ok, pull it together; this game did make sense, only you were in denial. Well, same here, denial, denial. You have to look at the facts of the recent past and the facts say that Orlando is 9 – 3 against the Cav’s in their last 12 meetings.
But it was Cleveland’s home court. Surely, LeBron is going to turn it on, right? Yes and Yes.
LeBron was magnificent as usual with 49 points, but it just was not enough.
Dwight Howard just keeps getting better and better
On the other hand, Dwight Howard was definitely pumped up, maybe too much. He not only had a monster game, but opened with a monster dunk and destroyed the 24 second clock.
Howard delayed the game — and then he derailed the Cavs. He followed rookie Courtney Lee’s miss, dunking the ball hard for the Magic’s first basket. Too hard. His dunk collapsed the 24-second clock affixed atop the basket backboard one minute into the game, sending it falling against the support beam.
It didn’t tumble to the court, but the clock stopped working, causing a nine-minute delay.
After Cavs personnel surveyed the damage, they brought in two 24-second clocks out of storage that were placed on the floor. All NBA teams have spare shot-clocks in case of malfunctions. (The clock was repaired for the second half of play.)
The Magic now have home court advantage, complements of a last second 3 pointer by Rashard Lewis and 30 points and 13 rebounds from Dwight Howard. The Magic will still play the next game in Cleveland, but are full of confidence and have home court advantage.
Photo source Newscom
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