Sunday, April 20, 2008

Magic face Raptors, series starts today

The Magic will face the Toronto Raptors today, beginning a best of seven series in the NBA's first round. Tip off is at 12:30 pm, and will be televised on ESPN.

The match up figures to be entertaining and likely high scoring. Neither team is shy about taking 3 pointers (the Magic led the NBA in 3 pt attempts) and both teams play at a fast pace.

Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh should provide much of the drama as both players have had strong efforts in earlier games. Bosh averaged 33 points per game in the two previous meetings, while Howard averaged 24 points per game along with 12 rebounds.

Both teams are healthy at this time.

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