thirdquartercollapse.com - 5/5/2008
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Jameer Nelson, Dwight Howard, and Rashard Lewis watch their Orlando Magic lose to the Detroit Pistons, 91-72, in Game One of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series.
Photo by Paul Sancya, the Associated Press
I don't think Hedo should have dunked that one.
Hedo Turkoglu gave the Magic their first and only lead of the game last night with a driving dunk early in the third ...
Detroit Pistons 90, Orlando Magic 89
thirdquartercollapse.com 5/11/2008 —
Hedo Turkoglu rubs Jameer Nelson's head during a break in the action in Saturday evening's Orlando Magic/Detroit Pistons game. Detroit won, 90-89, to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Photo by Doug Benc, Getty Images
This game was ours for ...
Orlando squanders perfect opportunity —
Orlando Magic
No Chauncey Billups, home court advantage and a 15 point lead with nine minutes left in the third quarter…the Magic had Detroit right where they wanted them. However, the Pistons had too much experience and in the end, just wanted it more than Orlando. It was a battle down to the end, but Hedo Turkoglu, who elevated the Magic in the fourth quarter, couldn’t convert on what would have been a ...
Pop Goes The Pistons —
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back
Tonight in Orlando, Chauncey Billups left the game in the first quarter, never to return, with a hamstring problem. His replacement, Rodney Stuckey, played better than expected... but he wasn't able to keep Jameer Nelson from going off early, and Kenyon Dooling from going off late. Combine that with the sudden friendly three-point shooting of Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu, and you have a ...
Hedo Turkoglu’s Worst Nightmare: Tayshaun Prince is Doing It Again —
Empty the Bench
Now Hedo Turkoglu is finding out.
Now Turkoglu is faced with overcoming the long, lanky guy known around Detroit as the Palace Prince. And that’s not been such an easy task in playoffs past and now playoffs present.
With his Pistons now taking a 2-0 lead back to Orlando for Game 3 tomorrow night, Tayshaun Prince has quietly asserted himself yet again in the postseason—like he ...
Calling Mo Evans —
Orlando Magic
91-72 isn’t the way Orlando wanted to make a statement against the Detroit Pistons, but it is what it is and the team needs to pick it up for Game 2 on Monday. Dwight Howard sat a lot more than usual and played with a bad thumb that could affect his play later on, but he was solid in the first half. Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson also were good in the first half and Hedo Turkoglu played well ...
Pistons “RIP” Victory From Magic 90-89, up 3-1 —
Detroit Pistons
They sometimes say that some opportunities only comes along once in a lifetime.
Without Piston captain and glue Chauncey Billups, the Magic missed a golden opportunity at home with as much as a 16 point lead in the third quarter, only to fold tent late to the veteran Pistons.
Hedo Turkoglu, a top-five fourth quarter scorer in the NBA, missed a lay-up at the buzzer to give Detroit a ...
ORL: 111, DET: 86 - And The Rain Did Fall —
The Piston Post | A Detroit Pistons Blog
“Rashard! We’re not gonna get swept! Piggyback ride!”
Thus, the attitude after a Game 3 win over the Detroit Pistons.
First off, let me start by saying that Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis have some of the poorest shot selection that I’ve ever seen in the NBA. Unfortunately, they were falling again .
Don’t chalk this up as a Pistons failure, remember ...
Hedo’s Curious Decision Confuses Stan Van Gundy —
SLAM Online
Said Van Gundy of Turkoglu’s itchy trigger finger late in the game last night: “I didn’t understand that shot at all … I don’t know what he was thinking.”
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5 Things to Keep an Eye on: Magic at Pistons, Game 2 —
FanHouse
In another of our continuing series , five things to keep an eye out for tonight in the Magic-Pistons epic game this afternoon. 1. Insert Kryptonite Reference Here: The one thing the Magic had to count on in this series was Dwight Howard . They can probably hang if Hedo Turkoglu or Rashard Lewis have off games and are kept out of the penetration. They can manage if the three pointers aren't ...
Same Time Next Year —
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back
Last year, Detroit took out Orlando in 4 games en route to their sudden and dramatic collapse against the LeBron Cavs. This year's Magic team is a lot better, with another year of experience for Dwight Howard, the addition of Rashard Lewis, and the breakout of Hedo Turkoglu. And the Pistons still don't care, and still look like the machine that turned the Sixers into pulp for the last 10 ...
