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>>>>> On Apr 21, 11:23 pm, rd...@webtv.net wrote:

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>>>>>> The high intensity and energy displayed by both Boston and the
>>>>>> Orlando Magic is the effort and concentration that the Pistons
>>>>>> should have utilized.   I mean, those two teams took care of
>>>>>> business.  Both sent early messages and inserted a feared
>>>>>> since dominance not illustrated the days of Magic Johnson's
>>>>>> Lakers.

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>>>>> The Magic finished off the Raptors tonight, while Boston and
>>>>> Detroit are struggling with 7th and 8th seed teams.

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>>>>> Look out eastern conference, Dwight Howard and the Magic are
>>>>> coming for you!

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>>>> Good grief, Orlando just made it out of the first round for the
>>>> first time in team history, by beating a team that (I believe) has
>>>> never made it out of the first round, and suddenly they are the
>>>> next Showtime Lakers?

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>>>> Orlando is a good solid team:  Howard is, obviously, a stud;
>>>> speaking as someone who had Hedo T. on my NBA fantasy team, I think
>>>> he deserves his Most Improved player award; and Rashard Lewis has
>>>> skills also. But let's not get carried away.  They still play
>>>> Carlos Arroyo and Maurice Evans, for gosh sakes.  Detroit will have
>>>> to play better and more consistently to beat the Magic in the next
>>>> round (assuming Detroit gets past Philly), but I still believe they
>>>> will.

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>>>> Boston's struggles with Atlanta are arguably stranger than
>>>> Detroit's struggles with Philly, but that's why you play the games.
>>>> -- Joe

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>>> Where did *I* write that they were the next "Showtime Lakers"?

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>>> I'm just a Magic fan that *finally* has something to be happy about
>>> ever since they made the foolish mistake of letting Shaq go.

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>>> Also, in the 94-95 season they were defeated by the Rockets in the
>>> NBA finals. In 95-96 season they were defeated by the Bulls in the
>>> eastern conf finials. (arguably the best team ever with a 72-10
>>> regular season) Then it was bye-bye Shaq, and they have sucked ever
>>> since.

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>>> So were are you getting this "it's the first time they have ever made
>>> it out of the 1st rd stuff"? From the idiot that made the same
>>> comment during their game last night?

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>>> I'm just saying, hardly anyone in the media gave the Magic any credit
>>> this yr and they are now sitting at home resting.

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>>> BTW, looks like the Celtics got bitten by the Patriot bug (LOL!)-

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>> First, you are absolutely right and I was absolutely wrong about the
>> Magic's team history in terms of getting out of the first round.  I
>> was probably thinking about Howard getting out of the first round for
>> the first time, but that's not what I wrote:  my bad.

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>> Second, congrats on rooting for an exciting and improving Magic team.
>> And if you see Hedo, thank him for helping my fantasy team this past
>> year.

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>> Third, however, you wrote that the play of Orlando and Boston
>> "inserted a feared dominance not illustrated since the
>> days of Magic Johnson's Lakers."   That does sound like a comparison
>> to the Lakers, and I don't think it's apt in either case.  Mabye
>> people were afraid of Boston after the first two games, but (i) not as
>> much now, and (ii) even after game 2, not as much as people were
>> afraid of the Showtime Lakers.

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> Slater!  Cut the guy some slack -- he didn't write that bit about the old
> Lakers, that was Anita Darling.  Check the posts a little more carefully.