Boston Celtics 92, Orlando Magic 88

WE AIN’T DONE YET MAGIC FANS!!!! JUST LIKE LAST SERIES, I SAID WE WOULD PULL IT OUT, AND WE DID. WE WILL WIN THIS SERIES, DONT LOSE HOPE!!!

This one is much tougher to swallow then Game Four. I could live with what happened in Game Four. That was a good effort on a bad night and the Magic gave up the shot they wanted to give up. But blowing that kind of lead really stings and I am sure the players feel worse.

Game Six is not a foregone conclusion, but if they do not win the first six minutes, their confidence could really be shaken.

I think this is a resilient group. They lack the killer instinct to win, but they are not going to roll over and die on Thursday, especially at home. But the struggles in this postseason have shown a lot of holes that Otis Smith has to fill this summer.

Theres no way this team wins a game 7 in Boston

If those shots are forced/rushed and have no chance of going in, then why keep taking them?

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Whom do I crop out: Jameer Nelson or Adonal Foyle? Only had room for one…

The only way the Magic can win, it seems, is if they are blowout games. In close games: a) the team apparently petrifies in the end; and b) most of the mistakes the referees make will end up favoring the Celtics.

This is the 4th game this playoffs the Magic has lost that was decided in the final minute.

How lame, if Boston goes against the Cleveland, the Cavs will win the East Finals in 5 games.

Can anyone tell me why Courtney Lee only played 11 mins?

“Even though he didn’t come out and say it, LeBron James insinuated that he hopes the Cavaliers face the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

“I’m a competitor, I thrive on going against the best,” James said. “I love playing against the best you make your answer out of that.”"

Right now, we’re better than the celtics for about 35-40 minutes. But does Lebron forget how we smacked his team around like a red-headed stepchild on national TV?

Given how he blamed himself for Game 4 is one thing, but his plays he set in the 4th are mind-boggling, Dwight is pissed.

This team cant win this series without the tough mentality to hold it together and that includes the coach itself.

in complaining that he didn’t get enough touches. how could your best offensive player get only 10 shots? especially in a close game like this? even thought he didn’t look too good in the post today i still think its better to give dwight a shot than having lewis or hedo put up 3’s.

…Boston made 10 of their last 15 field goal attempts, including 2 out of 3 from three point range, and made all 7 of their free throw attempts.

It should be noted that the Celtics made all 21 of their free throws in the game.

The Celtics show for the second game in a row they have the heart of a champion… look at how many different guys are coming through for them.

SVG said in his post-game press conference that the players just “stopped playing.” Well, whose fault is that! Shouldn’t Van Gundy have called a time-out at that time to set his players straight?

At the very least, the Magic should have split these last two games, but they lose them both because they can’t come up with defensive stops when they need to nor can they hit the clutch shots when they need to, and in this game especially, several questionable coaching decisions.

When the Magic lose this series, expect SVG to be out of a job. He did a terrible job managing this game. 10 touches for D12? Allowing him to touch the ball when clearly Rashard should have been taking the last free throws? You fans have all the talent you need, you all need a coach who isn’t a “master of panic.” Good game, Magic fans.

i’m so disappointed in magic,that i can’t describe it.
i’m a magic fan from ‘95,and it won’t change ever,but this is sad moment for me.
how could they lose last night’s game with season on the line?
they owed us that W. yes,you can lose a home game,it happens,but then you go out and correct it on the road.
i haven’t seen the game,but from ben’s short recap it’s obvious what caused loss.
like always,we are responsible for our losses.
i’d swallow it if boston played superbly,if they were better(well,they did,but you know what i mean). but losing a game in which you dominated for 40 mins is just too much.
wouldn’t be,though,if that happens once in a while,like in the other great squads.
but no,ma’am,magic are repeating it almost on a daily basis,and we’re half expected to get used to it.
it’s like : yeah,we have the talent,and all,why bother playing hard?? wins come just like that to a better teams,so don’t bother,please. if you played hard,you might get all sweaty,and we don’t want that,right?
and now what? we have 2 great options:
1. hope for the miracle in game 7( including 6,to be honest),and that’s no happening,guys. guaranteed.
2. we can talk this way : well there wasn’t ‘meer,so it’s all going to be just splendid next season.
nope,dude. ain’t gonna happen. these are deeper issues we’re dealing with now.
it smells like a SVG job. bring some order in,man!
 i’d recommend dwight to call for another player-only meeting.
and i recommend magic fans to get used to it. we miss something.
and no,it is not Jameer Nelson.

This one is on Dwight’s shoulders. He looked disinterested. He didn’t guard Big Baby in the 4th quarter. I didn’t mind Marburry getting his points. If he is their #2 option (which he was in the beginning of the 4th), that’s the gamble I’ll take. But Big Baby already killed us once. I’m sorry, that shouldn’t happen twice.

Stan had a few major lapses. Lee should have been in the game when Allen took the 4th-quarter-go-ahead shot. JJ was cold and frankly, if he is cold, he is useless. Even Pietrus is a bigger body and more athletic.

At the end of the day, the NBA is a superstar league. Not a coach league. Dwight did not play like he wanted to win it late. Stan is going to take the heat on this one. But Dwight is culpable too.

I felt like throwing up afterwards. Probably one of the worst losses I’ve seen my team have. This one felt like when the Chargers lost against the Patriots (dammit Boston) in the ’06 playoffs.

They controlled the tempo. Hedo had a solid game. Skip had maybe 3/4 bad shots, the rest came within the flow of the offense. Rashard was dominant the first 3 quarters. Gortat and Battie played well. But Boston never stopped playing and they got the win.

This sucks.

.. like I said (for the fourth time now), not when he’s throwing up wild hook shots left and right & killing possessions offensively. Sorry, but I can’t support Dwight calling out the coach. That’s not right.

I mean, he coached his team to almost 60 wins and finished 3rd (I think) in Coach of the Year voting. His team closed out games at an almost perfect rate this season. He is clearly not deserving of a third year on the job.

Fire Stan!! Bring back Brian Hill!!!

morons, all of you.

Luckily, this too will pass, keep swimming eddy, “love that Dirty Water” – though I guess the bay down there is probably as bad as the Charles…
I respect the stuff ben and eddy do to give y’all the truest perspective they can, it’s worth my time to read their stuff, and many fanposts as well. Just bothers me that so much of the reaction to last night seems to be taking out frustrations with the team on their posted opinions, which seem to be right on to me, and I’m a celtics fan.

but I’m probably not gonna ;) You do a helluva job and I am glad you do, so I can enjoy the bon mots you place before us….

There’s plenty of blame to go around, specially Van Gundy, who stubornly insists on plays that DON’T WORK! And keeps our BEST defender and most consistent clutch player, Courtney Lee, OUT OF THE LINEUP!

But the past is past… can’t change it. We can, however change the future. We HAVE to come together once again and win those TWO last games, starting with the one here in Orlando. We MUST close them out!!! And we will!