Celtics Fall!

The Boston Celtics went down hard in Game 7 of the Eastern Semi-finals of the NBA. They just ran out of gas against the Orlando Magic which used a lot of magic in their win. The score is 101-82. The Magic didn't commit their most rampant mistake, wasting big leads in the fourth. Instead they did everything right in the fourth to extend the lead and put the game away for good. The Celtics fans stood up and gave a courtesy applause for the defeated Celtics as well as for the victor.

Hedo Turkoglu lead the Magic with 25 points on 9-12 shooting and 4-5 from long range. The Orlando Magic found their magic from the outside arc shooting a magical 61.9% on 13-21. The Celtcis were lead by Ray Allen with 23. The Celtics were a dismal 39.2% in the field and a poor 25.0% from beyond the arc.

This was a hard fought series with a lot of heart. If only Kevin Garnett were not injured, this series would be more interesting. Kudos to both teams! Good luck to Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals with the Cavs.

Game 7's?!

Whoah?! The long awaited day is already here. Only hours to go until the games.

Lakers - Rockets Game7

The time has come to show the world if the Lakers are good enough to be chapionship-contenders. This should be an easy task for the Lakers because the Rockets are missing Yao. But on the other hand, the Rockets showed that they have the focus and the determination to win the series by grinding it out with hustle plays and rebounds. This would be an interesting game 7 that will highlight a lot of spirit and will to win. Of course I am going for the Rockets. I want them to beat LA and show the world that they have the heart of champions.

Celtics - Magic Game7

Haha! Another Game7 for the defending champs. One thing I love about the Boston Celtics is their spirit and will to win every game. They are the most banged-up team of the Semi-final teams. They are missing their defensive specialist in the middle in the name of Kevin Garnett and are also missing their best player off the bench, Leon Powe. Aside from that, from the championship team last year they lack another quality player of James Posey and a veteran voice of Sam Cassell. The defending champs is far from last year's team but are still fighting to defend their title. I hope and I know that whatever outcome it results, I know that both teams will give their best. Kudos to my favorite team, The Boston Celtics!

House on fire!

As expected of the defending champs, Boston Celtics took game 2 with a 112-94 over 3rd seed Orlando Magic. Eddie House caught on fire and poured in 31 points on 11-14 shooting and making all 4 3-pointers. Rondo added a triple-double, his 3rd triple-double in the playoffs and is tied with Celtics legend Larry Bird on making 3 triple-doubles in the playoffs in one season, with 15 points, 18 assists and 11 rebounds. Dwight Howard had 12 points and 12 rebounds while Rashard Lewis added 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The Orlando Magic never led in Wednesday's game trailing by 15 at halftime and as much as 26 in the second half. The small guys, Rondo and House, stepped up with Paul Pierce playing only 15:42 minutes because of foul trouble.

Game Leaders

	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Points	Rashard Lewis(17)	Eddie House(31)
Rebounds	Dwight Howard(12)	Rajon Rondo(11)
Assists	Anthony Johnson(7)	Rajon Rondo(18)
Steals	Rafer Alston(1)	Rajon Rondo(2)
Blocks	Rashard Lewis(1)	Kendrik Perkins(2)
Team FG%	44.3%	51.2%

The Boston Celtics showed why they are the defending champs! Nice going Celtics. 3 more games to win! Win the series and defend your title! We can do it!

Boston Celtics fell short!

I couldn't wake up early this morning to watch the game. So i visited the NBA's official site to look at the stat and bocscore of game1 of the Magic-Celtics series. Honestly, even though I am rooting for the Celtics, I expected them to loose game1 by at least 10 points. But, surprisingly, the final score was 95-90 in favor with the Orlando Magic. I was like, "Damn! So close!"

The Orlando Magic used a balanced attack with 5 players in double digit, led by Rashard Lewis with 18 points. Dwight Howard has a double-double with 16 points and 22 rebounds. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 23 points and Rajon Rondo logging in an almost triple-double, with 14 points and 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Game2 will be on May 6, 2009 8:00pm ET.

What disappointed me was that the home crowd were booing the Celtics. Maybe they couldn't help it seeing the Celtics down with 28 points. But what can they do, they didn't have enough rest going to this game that is only 1 day and had a tiring first round series with 4 overtime games with 7 overtimes all in all. But then again, it's no excuse to lose a game. Let's win game 2 Boston! Let's bounce back!

Boston Celtics another chance for a repeat!

After a grueling, physical and exciting series, finally, the Boston Celtics ousted the pesky Chicago Bulls in the best of 7 series in Boston. The final score s 109-99 in favor with the Boston Celtics. Ray Allen scored 23 points to lead the Celtics over the Bulls. Ben Gordon leads the Chicago Bulls with 33 points. The Boston Celtics used a 29-11 2nd quarter to take the lead and held-off the Chicago Bulls to proceed to the semi-finals where Orlando Magic is waiting.

"It was a long, grueling series. I thought this was one of the most mentally tough series I've ever been in," Pierce said. "Thank goodness we were battle-tested and we were able to pull this out in seven games. ... We still are the champs until somebody knocks us off."

"We had a lot of young guys who went through it for the first time. I think that will help us in the future,'' said Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro, himself a rookie. "Whenever you can go through an experience like this, I think it's only going to make you better. Knowing how the level of physicality goes up, knowing how playoff basketball is played. ... It's a great learning experience for us.''

Good job Boston Celtics! Do a repeat!