NBA Playoff Previews: No. 3 Magic vs. No. 6 Raptors

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Orlando Magic News for April 17th: Predictions, Past and Present
Published 4/17/2008 by Ben Q Rock <info@thirdquartercollapse.com> at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... Ball Don't Lie, the Yahoo! Sports NBA blog, asked me for some insight regarding the upcoming Magic/Raptors playoff series. Check it out here. I picked the Magic to win in 6, while Jeff Wong of ...

Four-Point Play: Call Us the Toronto Underdogs
Published 4/18/2008 at Courtside
... , we find a whopping 19 writers and bloggers favor the flingers from Florida versus nine who expect The Extinct Ones to win. And my prediction? Considering how the Raptors have played over the last two months (6-11 in March and 3-5 in April), I say the Magic in seven . • As promised by Eric Smith: ...

Linkage - April 19
Published 4/19/2008 by sdp04 at The AltRaps Blog
... Final prediction: this goes the full seven, with the Magic winning it on a controversial call. That’s the only way they can beat the Raptors, right? - Ball Don’t Lie After a gruelling 82-game season, 30 teams have been cut to 16, and the playoffs are set to begin Saturday. The panel, in an hour-long podcast this week, discuss their picks for each series, as well as deciding on MVP, Sixth Man, Most-Improved Player and Coach of the Year. ...

Four-Point Play: Ole Ole, Jose
Published 4/25/2008 at Courtside
... . What can Bryan Colangelo do with Ford? I say trade him for a shorter contract/third scoring option, while allowing Andrea Bargnani to prove (or disprove) that he can be part of the Big Three with Bosh and Jose. Any idea who BC can swap TJ's three-year, $8.6-mil/year contract for? • More Moon and less Rasho are parts of a winning formula. Why? 1) Moon started 75 games this season, so the starters are more comfortable, thus more effective; 2) as mentioned before, Rasho played an average of 11 minutes a game this season against the Magic because of matchups. Bosh was right — ...