Showing posts with label Stan Van Gundy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stan Van Gundy. Show all posts

May 31, 2009

Cavs Stop Believing—Magic DethroneThe King 103-90 Earn Trip to Finals


The Orlando Magic built on a 16-point to start the fourth quarter of Game Six then unleashed a lethal assault dethroning King James and the Cavaliers 103-90, earning the right to play in the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.

"Well I just think this team all year long has shown an incredible amount of heart coming back," said an impassioned Stan Van Gundy as he accepted the Eastern Conference trophy. "When people...you, know Jameer went down everybody thought, we were done. And we were behind in the first two series' everybody thought were done. This team just keeps fighting back. They deserve it."

A chorus of the famed "Na, na, naaa, na, na, he,y hey, hey good-bye" chant could be heard ringing throughout the Amway Center as the final seconds of the fourth quarter ticked off the clock.

The final buzzer sounded, confetti filled the court and the Orlando Magic became the 2009 Eastern Conference champions!

Guess Nike will have to stop running the cute MVP (most valuable puppet) ads since No. 23 will be fishing for the Finals.

Superman Lives!!

Read more at Bleacher Report

May 27, 2009

Magic Sparkle From 3, Put Cavs On The Brink 116-114, Lead Series 3-1


"Let the naysayers rail, sing and shout but let your play on the court dispel any doubt."~ Lockdawg

Say, what you will about Stan Van Gundy's teams of the past but, the 2009 Orlando Magic have done the unthinkable put the NBA's No. 1 overall team, MVP and Coach of the Year against the playoff wall.

LeBron James (44 pts, 12 rebs, 7 asts) and the Cleveland Cavaliers go down in humbling overtime defeat to a three-happy Orlando Magic team, 116-114 at the Amway Center in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Magic set a franchise playoff record with 17 makes from downtown but it was Sweet Lew's shot late in the waning seconds of the regulation period that all but sealed the win for Orlando.

With the Cavaliers clinging to a 98-97 lead with 4.1 to go, Rashard Lewis stepped and drilled a 3-pointer on a catch and shoot play off an inbounds pass that put the Magic ahead by two, 100-98.

Not to be denied, King James would step up again and put his team on his back. On the next play he took the ball hard to the rack and was fouled with .5 on the clock.

James had his struggles from the line going 11-15 for the game but he calmly swished both to tie the game at 100-100. The Magic can't get the ball into Howard under the bucket because of Anderson Varejao's sticky defense. (see more at Bleacher Report)