Article: NBA playoffs

- Magic 102, Raptors 92: Surprise, NBA. The first team to advance in the Eastern Conference playoffs wasn't the heavily favored Boston Celtics or the battle-tested Detroit Pistons.

It was the Orlando Magic, who beat the Toronto Raptors at home last night to close the first-round series in five games. And it was built on the back of a 22-year-old center whose improvement seems to show no bounds.

Dwight Howard had 21 points and 21 rebounds, his third 20-20 game in five postseason games, and the Magic advanced to the second round for the first time in 12 years.

Orlando hadn't won a playoff series since Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway led the team to the Eastern Conference finals in 1996. ...

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