| 2009 NBA Playoffs: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic Game 4 |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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 It’s a must win game for the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight, May 26, as the Orlando Magic host the Cavs for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Magic lead the Cavs 2-1 in the best of seven series. NBA oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have the Cavaliers as -1.5 point road favs over the Magic with the over/under set at 188 points. Be sure to get your 2009 NBA Playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic Prediction in now at Sportsbook.comThe Cavaliers can’t figure out how to stop Dwight Howard inside, they can't contain Orlando's squadron of outside shooters, they are missing easy, open shots and they're not giving LeBron James enough support. But they aren’t worried a bit. "They deserve respect," Mo Williams said. "They are a good team. But we are the best team in basketball. I don't feel that they've had to adjust to us one time in the series." He even got so cocky as to guarantee a win. "Guarantee we're going to win the series? Yeah, yeah," he said. "We are down 2-1. But there is nobody on this team and definitely not myself that says we are not going to win this series. Yeah, it is going to be tough. We know that. We get this game tomorrow, go home, still got home-court advantage. "We don't see ourselves losing two out of three at home." Despite LeBron James 41pts the Cavs got no other support from their bench or their starters. The other top scorers on the night were Mo Williams with 15pts, while Delonte West added just 12pts and Anderson Varejao and Zydrunas Ilgauskas combined for 13pts 13 rebounds. As a team they made a low 29 of 78 (37.2%) from the field, 5 of 26 (19.2%) from the arch and 26 of 35 (74.3%) at the line. The league's MVP is averaging 41.7 points in the series. But there have been extended periods when it's LeBron and only LeBron vs. the Magic. Williams (32.1 percent), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (38.2) and Delonte West (41.9) are not shooting up to their standards The Magic love playing the underdog role and think they deserve to be in the finals. They won Game 3, 99-89 on Sunday, in a match that had personal fouls, technicals and a flagrant on Magic reserve guard Anthony Johnson for his elbow to Williams' face in the second quarter. Their top producers on the night were Dwight Howard with 24pts 9 rebounds, while Rafer Alston added 18pts and Mickael Pietrus was great off the bench added an additional 16pts. The Magic couldn’t go wrong making basket after basket. As a team they made 27 of 63 (42.9%) from the field, 6 of 17 (35.3%) from the arch and 39 of 51 (76.5%) at the line. Their only disappointment was Hedo Turkoglu who made just 1 of 11 from the field, but made 11 of 12 at the line. The Magic feel as though they haven't gotten their proper due all season. It's disrespectful when everybody's counting us and Denver out trying to win a championship," said Howard, who made the Cavs pay for fouling him by making 14 of 19 free throws in Game 3. "It's like, forget the Magic, forget Denver. They want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it. So that is disrespectful. The only way you get respect is by going out there and taking it. Recent Trends to Consider:
2009 NBA Playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic When: Tue, May 26, 2009 8:30 PM ET Line: Sportsbook.com Pick: Magic +1.5 Point-Spreads.com 2009 NBA Playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic The Bottom Line: The Magic have more support off the bench and every player is contributing something. Go Magic! Be sure to get your 2009 NBA Playoffs Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic Prediction in now at Sportsbook.com and receive a 10% sign-up bonus on your initial deposit.                        |
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