Boston Celtics: The Orlando Magic took their first lead of the night at the right time late in the game as the Boston Celtics went cold in an 83-75 win by the Magic. The win for Orlando forces a Game 7 back in Boston on Sunday night. Just two days after making comments about his coach,  Dwight Howard showed who's boss as he put up a 23 point, 22 rebound effort to lead the Magic. Rashard Lewis chipped in with 20 points of his own as well. The Celtics were led by Rajon Rondo's 19 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists. Paul Pierce added 17 points and Kendrick Perkins had 15. The TD Banknorth Garden should be rocking on Sunday night at 8 PM on TNT for Game 7. [ESPN.com] no comments

Boston Celtics: The Boston Celtics were trailing by 14 points with 8:48 to go in the game but used a 29-11 run to close out the game and steal Game 5 from the Orlando Magic 92-88 at the TD Banknorth Garden to take a 3-2 lead. Glen "Big Baby" Davis led the Green with 22 points and Paul Pierce had 19 points. Ray Allen chipped in with 13 points while Stephon Marbury had all 12 of his points in the big 4th quarter. Rashard Lewis paced the Magic with 19 points while Hedo Turkoglu had 18.  Rafer Alston returned form his suspension with 16 points while Dwight Howard had 12 points and 17 rebounds. The series now shifts back to Orlando on Thursday night for Game 6 at 8 PM. [ESPN.com] no comments

I must not get out much because tonight during SportsCenter was this first time I had seen this LeBron James and Kobe Bryant puppet ad by Nike.

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Boston Celtics: Glen "Big Baby" Davis hit the game-winner for the Boston Celtics with no time remaining to give them a 95-94 win over the Orlando Magic in Orlando to tie their Eastern Conference Semifinal up at 2. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 27 points and the hero, Davis, had 21 points. Rajon Rondo's monster playoffs continued as he had 21 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists while Ray Allen and Kendrick Perkins both had 12 points with Perkins adding 13 boards. Dwight Howard led the Magic with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks with Rashard Lewis chipping with 2. Game 5 is back in Boston on Tuesday night at 8 PM. [ESPN.com] no comments

Boston Celtics: After getting shellacked in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup with the Boston Celtics, the Orlando Magic turned up their defensive pressure and it helped them to a relatively easy 117-96 win over the Celtics in Orlando. The Magic now lead the best-of-7 series 2-1. Dwight Howard was the man for the Magic tonight with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Rashard Lewis led them with 28 points and Hedo Turkoglu had 24. Paul Pierce led the Green with 27 points. Both Rajon Rondo and Eddie House added 15 points while Kendrick Perkins finished with 10. These same two teams will do battle again on Sunday night in Orlando at 8 PM. [ESPN.com] no comments

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Boston Celtics: Eddie House came out on fire tonight as he scored 31 points and Rajon Rondo added his third triple-double of the playoffs as the Boston Celtics had no problems in a 112-94 win over the Orlando Magic in front of a packed house at the TD Banknorth Garden. Rondo's triple-double consisted of 15 points, 11 rebounds and 18 assists. Ray Allen rebounded from a poor performance in Game 1 to finish with 22 points. Kendrick Perkins added 16 and Glen "Big Baby" Davis had 13. Rashard Lewis and Mickeal Pietrus both had 17 points to lead the Magic. These same two teams will be back it again Friday night in Orlando. [ESPN.com] no comments

Boston Celtics: After falling behind by twenty-eight points to the Orlando Magic, the Boston Celtics made a huge comeback cutting the lead to four points. Unfortunately for the Celtics though that's as close as they would get as they fell to the Magic 95-90 in front of a packed house at the TD Banknorth Garden. The Magic lead the best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinal 1-0. [ESPN.com] no comments

After falling behind at the end of the 1st quarter, the Boston Celtics ramped up their defense and used a 22-2 run to close out the 2nd quarter as they held off the Chicago Bulls to win 109-99 in front of a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The Celtics will take on the #3 seeded Orlando Magic in the 2nd round in a series that starts on Monday night in Boston. Coming off a huge Game 6 that saw him score 51 points, Ray Allen followed with 23 points to lead the Celtics. Paul Pierce added 20 points while Glen "Big Baby" Davis added 15. Kendrick Perkins chipped in with 14 points and 13 rebounds. For the first time all series, the Celtics got some good play from their bench as Eddie House had 16 points and Brian Scalabrine added 8. Ben Gordon led all scorers in the game with 33 points. Derek Rose finished with 18 points and after a slow start, Kirk Hinrich added 16. Joakim Noah added 7 points and 15 rebounds before fouling out late in the 4th quarter. It was one of the best first round series in NBA history. But the question remains, will the Celtics be too tired to take on the Magic on Monday night? Without Kevin Garnett to cover Orlando Magic, things could be tough for them. Let's hope their legs are back for Monday night's game. Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics Game 7 5.2.09 box score no comments

Boston Celtics: In yet another epic battle between the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls that saw the game go to three overtimes, it was the Bulls who would come out on top 128-127 in three overtimes despite a playoff career-high of 51 points for Ray Allen. John Salmon had 35 points to lead the Bulls and Derrick Rose added 28 and had a key blocked shot on Rajon Rondo.  Glen "Big Baby" Davis had another great game with 23 points and Paul Pierce had 22 points before fouling out late in the 3rd overtime. Rondo finished with 8 points but had 19 assists. The series now moves back to Boston for a Game 7 on Saturday night. [ESPN.com] no comments