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Pietrus' Flagrant Foul Goes Unpunished

That's Mickael Pietrus, going with two hands in the back to Pau Gasol as he throws down a dunk near the end of the Lakers' overtime victory in Game 4. The game had already been decided by then, so there was really no reason other than frustration for the hard foul.The play was ruled a flagrant at the time, and after...

What the Magic Stand to Gain

The Larry O'Brien itself is plenty of motivation for the participants in the 2009 Finals. But there will also be a few individual goals driving those involved.Dwight Howard: Everyone marks Kobe as the NBA's preeminent love-him-or-hate-him player, but D-12 earns a fair amount of vitriol, whether for his lack of refinement...

James and Pietrus Were Both Great?

We turned the 10-minute cooling off period after the Magic-Cavaliers Eastern Conference finals into a 10-hour cooling off period. But there was some mulling to be done.Which is what the Cavs will be doing all offseason, by the way.Real quick, a few things to wrap up:-- Maybe someone can help me out. I keep hearing that...

Magic Romp Over Cavs in Sloppy Game

Dwight Howard didn't win this one with his thunderous dunks, or his natural shot-blocking ability, two skills in which he led the NBA this season. He won it with his free-throw shooting. Seriously. No kidding. The Magic took a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference final Sunday night with a 99-89 victory over the Cleveland...

Don't Knock the Magic Triples

Much of the year, Orlando's reliance on the three-point shot earned scorn from observers, who (en masse) dubbed the style as likely to fail in the playoffs. As recently as Game 5, Dwight Howard himself questioned the strategy to keep taking threes with a lead -- it was seen as a risky move. You live by the three, you die...

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05/22/12 Bench major: Celtics reserves step up in victory Source: The Eagle-Tribune - North Andover MA Following last night's victory, Celtics resident jokester Mickael Pietrus handed out some unsolicited advice to big man Greg Stiemsma on how to handle the growing media horde that had gathered around his locker.
05/17/12 Mickael Pietrus finds his shot Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Mickael Pietrus' shooting, as Doc Rivers has so often stressed, is the gravy.
05/16/12 Mickael Pietrus' driving force missing for Boston... Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA BOSTON Mickael Pietrus holds no grudge against Lou Williams even though he suffered a concussion when Williams fouled him and he fell to the floor in Philadelphia on March 23.
05/15/12 2012 NBA Playoffs: 5 Reasons the Philadelphia 76ers... Source: Bleacher Report Celtics sharpshooter Ray Allen has only knocked down 28 percent of his tries from deep (7-of-25) in these playoffs, his worst-ever three-point shooting average in the playoffs.
05/15/12 Boston's offense is suffering like players Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Rajon Rondo appeared to be favoring his left hand.