PLAYOFFS: Magic vs. Raptors Game 2, 4/22, 7:30 PM, Amway Arena

VS.


Round 1 Schedule:

Game 1: April 20 - Magic 114, Raptors 100
Game 2: Tues., April 22 at Orlando
7:30 p.m., SUN, NBA TV
Game 3: Thurs., April 24 at Toronto
7:30 p.m., SUN, NBA TV
Game 4: Sat., April 26 at Toronto
3:00 p.m., TNT
*Game 5: Mon., April 28 at Orlando (if nec.)
7:30 p.m., SUN, NBA TV
*Game 6: Thurs., May 1 at Toronto (if nec.)
Time and TV TBD
*Game 7: Sat., May 3 at Orlando (if nec.)
Time TBD, TNT



Time: 7:30 PM

Place: Amway Arena

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The Good Guys:
PG - Nelson
SG - Evans
SF - Turkoglu
PF - Lewis
C - Howard


The Enemy:
PG - Ford
SG - Parker
SF - Bargnani
PF - Bosh
C - Nesterovic


Playoff Appearances:
Magic - 10th - 26-38 (.406)
Raptors - 5th - 10-16 (.385)

Raptors Season Stats:
Toronto Pts: 100.3 Reb: 40.1 Ast: 23.8
Opponents Pts: 97.4 Reb: 41.6 Ast: 21.9
Scoring Chris Bosh 22.7
Rebounds Jamario Moon 6.2
Assists Jose Calderon 8.2
FG% Jose Calderon 52.5
FT% Chris Bosh 84.6
3PT% Jason Kapono 48.3
Blocks Jamario Moon 1.4
Steals Jose Calderon 1.0

This post has been edited by MAGICMANEVAN on Apr. 20, 2008 05:03 PM

Great! Lewis should get his points more this next game, and Hedo should play better D and not make so many crappy fouls. Nelson may just continue to dominate, using his bulk to bump on D and his stroke to punish on O. The Raptors have no answer for D12.

The pluses for Toronto are their bench play and shooting. We had a tough time stopping either and that kept them in the game. Kapono is a stud shooter and must be played better. This team still scares me.

From here out, it's all about adjustments. We need to adjust the way we play their shooters - Parker and Kapono. They need to find a way to keep Nelson out of the paint.

Can't wait till Tuesday!

Keep playing smart on offense (minus the 2nd quarter) and keep playing hard on defense, and we'll be fine. They will make runs, as they did today, and we just have to keep our composure. We also can't get as complacent as we were for most of the game today. It shouldn't take them cutting the lead to 5 points before we wake up.

All that said, I expect an 8 or 9 point win.

Game 1 is always the hardest one to win, so there is no excuse for not winning at home in Game 2.

I can't wait to see SUN Sports' playoff coverage. What kind of Magic fan could enjoy the playoffs without David, Matty, Paul, and the nightly Sun Sports graphics glitches?

I can't remember if this was posted before or not but..

The Magic set a new NBA record with 5 3-pointers made in EVERY game this season. It blew the previous record of 51, by the 05' Suns, out of the water.

JUST WIN!!!

Foyle is worthless. He is slow, he can't rebound/box out/block shots. Give Gortat those few minutes when Dwight's out.

We should expect the Raptors to come up with a counter to the way we played Bosh. Lewis D was superb, but we should avoid putting Dwight on Bosh. Bosh is given that p**sy a** calls whenever Dwight bumps him a little.

Bosh is going to blow up next game. Bosh will post up Lewis more which will make Dwight have to guard him. T.J. Ford and Calderon will probably do some scoring next game. I don't expect Nelson to have the game he had like he did in Game 1. I'm looking for Turkoglu to come out and have a huge game. I'm talking at least 25 points. I think Evans will continue his success. Anthony Parker will probably still own us but I think we can limit Kapano's shooting in the next few games.

I can't believe Philly won? How crazy an upset would that be?

This is a big one boys, I really think it's important to head into Toronto with a 2-0 lead. I mean I know it's not do or die or anything, but going to Toronto up 2-0 will be HUGE for us!! Let's do it!

Come out with a devotion to the defensive end and the boards and this should be another win.

Wow, I was watching that game, very crazy. I'd love to see Philly make a series of that, would be great to see the upset. Other then early on when Philly had the lead in the 1st Qtr, Detroit controlled that whole game pretty much then Philly just took the lead I guess a little more then half way through the 4th and then never gave it up. Good win for them.

I still think Detroit will come out of that series. I hope I am wrong and we play Philly instead but the odds are that will be the only win the Sixers will get for that series. Detroit was over-confident in game 1. Detroit is a veteran group and I wouldn't be surprised if they blowout the Sixers in game 2.

We need to take care of business at home, and at least get a split at Toronto.

I think we'll contain Bosh, and we can't be leaving guys wide open like Kapono or Calderon or they're going to drill those shots pretty easily. I think we'll be alright though.