Magic give Cavaliers first loss of the playoffs

For the first time in this years NBA postseason the Cavaliers have lost a game. The Orlando Magic traveled to Cleveland and beat them on their home court 107-106 in game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals opener.
“It’s a big victory,” Orlando star Dwight Howard said. “We kept fighting the whole game. We kept believing we could win.”
Howard led the Magic with 30 points and 13 rebounds while Rashard Lewis added 22 and Hedo Turkoglu added another 15 including 14 assists.
At halftime it looked like the Cavs were going to dominate the night with a 15-point lead but the Magic rallied in the 2nd half.
“You got to play 48 minutes,” Lewis said. “The most important thing is to play 48 minutes. We played only one half but it was the second half.”
League MVP LeBron James was as dominant as always with 49 points but in the final minutes he was clearly exhausted and not playing at %100 from carrying the Cavs on his shoulders for the entire game.
LeBron is amazing, but he can’t do it all by himself. If one of his teammates don’t step it up the Cavaliers will lose this series.


