Despite having one of the best road records during the regular season, The Cleveland Cavaliers have found Orlando’s Amway Arena to be a house of horrors. The Magic have taken a 3-1 series lead after taking game four in overtime by the score of 116-114.
Lebron James had another fantastic game with 44 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists. However, Orlando’s Dwight Howard decided to put on his “superman cape” in overtime by scoring ten of his twenty-seven points in overtime.
Orlando has appeared to out-muscle Cleveland for most of the series and appeared to be in control through most of this game. Cleveland had chances to win the game but was unable to stop a late three-point barrage by the Magic going into the 4th quarter. The Magic hit a team record, 17 three point shots.
The Cavaliers will have to take the “Boston Red Sox” route to win this series having to come back from a 3-1 deficit. Only seven teams in NBA history has come back from this deficit. At this point, it appears that even the Cavaliers have quit and seem to be planning for next year. Mo Williams guarantee to win the series just appears to look more foolish than anything else.
In the end, the Orlando Magic was only one second away from sweeping arguably the best team in the NBA. However, I think they will be happy with the 3-1 series going back to Cleveland in game five on Thursday.
Do you Believe in Magic? Magic take a 3-1 series lead
