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Article: NBA playoffs
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- April 29, 2008
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- 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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