Tuesday victories!

Well the games from last night I can't say where very close by any means, but they definitly happened as predicted. The first game was the  Hawks at Orlando and the desperate Magic came out to play, crushing the Hawks 101-76. Richardson amazingly led the Magic's scoring with 17 points along with Dwight Howard's 8 points. Smith from the Hawks led his team with 22 points along with Hortford's 14 rebounds and 6 assists. This game did show that the Magic are still in this, being at home they where energized and when desperation came, they could play! Next game could be hard for them though since they haven't taken a win in Atlanta yet... It will be close, but I do see the Hawks winning next game close.

The next game was a finish that we all expected, the top seeded Bulls led by Rose with 25 points and Noah with 8 rebounds defeated the Pacers in their series, 116-89. It wasn't a pretty sight at all, the Pacers led by Granger with 20 points and Hansbrough with 11 rebounds tried to bring the game close, but in the fourth quarter they fell apart and lost a painful game to Chicago. This was surprising to me since the Pacers played all of the series close and could have possibly won the first two. Now the Bulls are resting after winning the series 4-1 and they are ready to head to the NBA championship game.

The final game of the night was great! I watched my lakers team beat the Hornets in Los Angeles 106-90. Kobe, although banged up led his team to a much needed victory, scoring 19 points along with Bynum's 10 rebounds. This game showed me that the Lakers are here to stay in the playoffs and should have no problems beating New Orleans out in game six. New Orleans is a resiliant team though, Ariza with 22 points is looking all world in the right time, along with Chris Paul, whom got 12 assists in the game, but didn't dominate the scoring like he had in other times in the series. I believe that game six will be a close, well fought battle but in the end the Lakers will win, I mean they have to right? They were slow to start in the series but now everyone is starting to look like a team that will return to the NBA championship for yes... a 3 PEAT !!