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Magic take Game 5 and have Boston on their Heels

Just like that, the Orlando Magic are back on their feet.

The hurt from Wednesday’s game was all in the Boston locker room with Davis and Daniels suffering concussions, and Kendrick Perkins earning an automatic suspension for game 6 on Friday night after picking up seven technical fouls.

All of the sudden, the Celtics are really not looking like the mean machine they were in the first three games of the series.

It’s not an elimination game for Boston, but they need to treat it as one.

The last thing they want to do is lose and have to come back to Orlando and possibly be the first team out of 94 to blow a 3-0 lead and lose the series.

Celtics Center Davis Brought Down Hard with a Concussion

Boston Celtics center Glen Davis received a concussion during the third quarter of game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Dwight Howard inadvertently struck Davis in the face sending him to the court as the play went the other way.

Davis was so stunned that when he tried to get up he fell again.

When he finally made it to his feet, he was visibly dazed and had to be held up by a referee so he wouldn’t fall again.

He never did return to that game, and the Celtics are all hush about his availability if the series stretches out to a game 6 on Friday.

NBA Final Schedule and Final Thoughts on Match Ups

The NBA finals are almost set, what we know is it will either be the Los Angeles Lakers or Phoenix Suns in the West against either the Boston Celtics or Orlando Magic in the East.

What we do know is the schedule. Game one will be Thursday June 3rd 9pm Eastern, game two Sunday June 6th at 8PM, Game 3 Tuesday June 8th at 9 PM, game 4 Thursday June 10th at 9 PM and if necessary, game 5 June 13th at 8PM, game 6 June 15th at 9 Pm and game 7 Thursday June 17 at 9 PM.

Right now though The Magic just need to PUSH and RUN right off the bat tonight. Wear down the OLD team and make them work to keep up. If the Magic play slow, it’s their own fault. Las Vegas Odds have listed Boston Celtics +4 road underdogs in Game 5.

In the West the Lakers enter tonight’s Game 5 facing almost a must win or they will have to play for their postseason lives in Phoenix in Game 6, which they don’t want to do having dropped both games in Phoenix so far.

Phoenix continued to look like a totally different club in Game 4. I’ll admit, I thought the Lakers would win that one, but apparently they have never seen a zone before and don’t know how to attack it.

Kobe Bryant dominated, but the Suns’ bench went crazy, outscoring their Laker counterparts 54-20.

A return home will recharge the Lakers completely and they should win fairly easily. Jackson probably roped off the three-point line in practice yesterday so players couldn’t get out there.

There’s no way Phoenix’s bench, while probably better than L.A.’s, will have an opportunity to go nuts like that again.

Fines Fly Regarding Lebron James

Hawk’s owner Michael Gearon was fined $25,000 for comments he made regarding LeBron James that violated NBA anti tampering rules.

This was the third fine handed down in recent days for similar violations of the rule.

Gearon was fined for saying that he’d be willing to subject the team to the luxury tax if it could sign James to a maximum contract.

According to NBA rules, teams are not allowed to discuss players on other teams until free agency opens on July 1.

Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban was fined $100,000 for comments he made about James and also Phoenix Suns President of Basketball operations Steve Kerr was fined ten grand for comments he made about James on a radio show on May 14th.