the guy pulls down 20+ points on a regular basis as a “garbage man”. He is a dominant big in spite of his back to the basket shortcomings, and although he may be barking up the wrong tree going after SVG, there is a fundamental problem with the Magic: they have nobody who they can rely on in pressure situations on the perimeter. Rafer Alston is a dud, and that team really got hurt by losing Jameer Nelson. This isn’t a style problem, it is a matter of personnel. The Magic will lose this series or the next one probably for sure, but I really wouldn’t blame anyone on the team for losing to the Cavs or the Celtics, they just don’t match up well with either team.

That was a dominant performance by Howard last night. He’s not a great one-on-one scorer, no. But when the team is showing good ball movement and getting the rock to Howard in good position down low, the Magic are a tough, tough team to beat. They proved that last night, and I think Howard proved a lot of people wrong as well.

I also give credit to SVG for finally figuring this out as well, and for implementing a game plan that better suited the strengths of his team. They’ll need to do that even more for game 7.