Well finally the 6er's got a win on the fired up Heat at home in Phillie. Lebron scored a high of 31 points and rallied his team back from a large deficit but at the end they fell 82-86. The 76er's on the other hand held a great lead the first half, but blew it in the second, allowing the Heat to come back. For this very reason, I do not see the 6er's winning another game. They avoided a sweep but will loose the series 4-1. At Madison Square later on in the day, the Knicks got killed again at home. How do you figure that they play close in Boston but can't get a single home win. Stoudemaire was good enough to play and was a key factor with 12 rebounds and Melo with 32 points, but Billups was still out and a good amount of the other players struggled, including Turiaf. Garnett led the Celtics in scoring with 26 points and 10 rebounds and again Rondo could not be covered by the struggling defensive unit that they called the Knicks. In the end the Celtics swept the Knicks 4-0 and won another game 101-89. Now the Celtics won't need to play a game five and will be nice and rested.
The Hawks I must say I really underestimated, they are pretty good. After blowing the Magic away in the first quarter they held onto their lead even after a late comback to beat the Magic 88-85. Crawford led with 12 points along with Horford with 12 rebounds. On the other side of the court, I know it was a shocker, but Dwight Howard led his team with 29 points and 17 rebounds. At the end of the game, a late three by Turkoglu woulld have tied the game but the struggling star missed and the rest was history. Now I can really understand why Dwight wants a trade, his team is really weak and his the only real star left. The Hawks now up 3-1 will win the series 4-2 due to the lack of depth on the Magic.
The last game on Easter night was painful. The inspiring looking Lakers came out to play, starting with a strong lead after the first quarter. But Chris Paul's triple double helped to bring his team back and close a big win for his seventh seeded team. The fourth quarter was painful for people like me being Lakers fans. The Hornets couldn't make a single shot for a good stretch of time. Until about 15 seconds where left on the clock and 1 second on the shot clock, then they could score. Puting up a 5 point lead with 9 seconds on the clock was tough and they held it. Paul led his team with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Now the Lakers will need to win two more to advance on and while their rival Celtics are resting up, they are continuing a close battle in the west. The Lakers should win 4-2.
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