Lebron James recorded his fourth career playoff triple double en route to the Cleveland Cavaliers keeping their playoff lives alive by defeating the Orlando Magic 112-102. James did all he could last night to keep the Cavs alive, he scored 37 points to go along with a ho-hum 14 rebounds and 12 assists. Mo Williams actually decided to show up and recorded 24 points on 7-14 shooting including going 6-9 from beyond the arc. Williams is the X-factor in this series, if he can continue to make his shots the Cavs will push this series to 7 and with them having home court, they will probably win. The entire team shot better with Delonte West and Zydrunas Ilgauskas scoring 13 and 16 respectively, but the biggest contribution came from the bench and Daniel Gibson who shot 3-4 from the 3pt line for 11 points total. Superman Dwight Howard continued his dominance throwing down 24 points and 10 rebounds but he fouled out with 2:22 left in the game while trying to defend Lebron. Hedo Turkgolu lead the Magic with 29 points, but Orlando got little help elsewhere with Rashard Lewis only scoring 15 and Mickael Pietrus putting in 13. The Cavs blew another huge lead which until this series was unusual for them but a lot of it has to do with poor offense contributing to their poor defense. When they rush shots and don't run set plays the Cavs are in trouble and don't rotate on the perimeter to the open man and they have been burned by the 3pt shot. I don't think the Cavs have what it takes to win in Orlando so this series will be done tomorrow.
MAGIC LEADS SERIES 3-2 OVER THE CAVALIERS
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