Magic oust 76ers in six, 114-89
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By Dan Gelston
Associated Press
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PHILADELPHIA — Dwight Howard can trade the keyboard for hitting the boards. Orlando's big man will get to play again in the next round of the NBA playoffs.
On a night the suspended Howard recorded a double-double in blog and Twitter posts from his hotel room, the Magic advanced to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, beating the Philadelphia 76ers, 114-89, in Game 6 yesterday.
He wrote on a postgame blog, "im soo proud man. yall have no clue."
Thankfully for the Magic, their shooting was more accurate than Howard's grammar.
Rashard Lewis scored 29 points and Rafer Alston had 21 for the Magic.
Howard was suspended one game by the NBA for his elbow on Sixers center Samuel Dalembert in Game 5.
ORLANDO 30 32 25 27—114
PHILADELPHIA 19 29 24 17— 89
ORLANDO-Turkoglu 5-8 1-1 12, Lewis 11-22 7-9 29, Gortat 5-8 1-2 11, Alston 8-16 2-2 21, Redick 5-9 0-0 15, Battie 3-3 1-2 7, Pietrus 5-10 2-4 14, Johnson 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 44-82 14-20 114.
PHILADELPHIA-Iguodala 7-16 2-4 20, Young 4-11 0-0 8, Dalembert 4-9 0-0 8, Miller 7-13 10-12 24, Green 2-8 0-0 4, Williams 5-12 5-5 17, Ratliff 0-1 0-0 0, Marshall 0-0 0-0 0, Speights 1-3 2-2 4, Ivey 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 31-76 20-25 89.
3-Point Goals—Orlando 12-26 (Redick 5-7, Alston 3-7, Pietrus 2-5, Turkoglu 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Lewis 0-3), Philadelphia 7-20 (Iguodala 4-6, Williams 2-7, Ivey 1-2, Miller 0-2, Young 0-3). Rebounds—Orlando 52 (Gortat 15), Philadelphia 42 (Dalembert 13). Assists—Orlando 31 (Alston 10), Philadelphia 17 (Iguodala 6). Total Fouls—Orlando 24, Philadelphia 21. Technicals—Turkoglu 2, Orlando Coach Van Gundy,
Dalembert. A—16,691 (20,318).