Celtics Overcome Magic, Secure Game 1 Victory on Sunday

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00:00and we start in being down at the home of the reigning champs the celtics down by one of the

00:04break against orlando as a 13 point home favorite had to rally in the third quarter and they did

00:12they win the third by 12 they win the fourth by a lot as well and they win the game by 17 overall

00:19103 86 boston takes game number one over the magic the celtics even down by a point at the

00:26break end up covering as a 13 point home favorite yeah worse fears are starting to uh come to the

00:32surface and that's orlando magic always a struggle with scoring and once you get to the playoffs it's

00:37even more been of a half court game and defense gets ratcheted up in the pressure and the celtics

00:41are a pretty good defensive team paulo boncaro 42 minutes 14 of 27 from the floor four for seven

00:47from three point range 11 rebounds four assists and 36 points and it wasn't nearly enough now

00:52france vogner helped them out shot 24 times from the floor for 23 points but look at the rest of

00:57that team you can't have just two players with the ability to score and nobody else can help you out

01:02against a team as solid and as good and as depth that the boston celtics have so this game is really

01:08like you know what i said i didn't think they can sweep and maybe they'll end the match and get one

01:12game but there are points in that game where you're watching just how hard it is for the magic to score

01:17you can't do that in the playoffs and be quality opponents specifically when they're one of the best

01:21teams in the nba that was a disappointing performance for the magic maybe they do bounce

01:25back maybe they can take a game but if it's that painstaking to get to around 90 points

01:30good luck beating anybody let alone the boston celtics

01:33you