Dwight showed up and played his best game of the series, which was pretty much the only option for him after his post-Game 5 rant. His 10 offensive rebounds were huge considering Orlando shot only 36.6% from the field. Hedo is continuing to prove that he probably isn't worth the money he was hoping to get after he opts out of his contract this summer. He had just as many FG's as turnovers: 3. And finally, if were coaching this team for Game 7 on Sunday... Shard in the post. All. Day. Long. Ohh, what's up with JJ?

Paul Ego:

The Magic continue to show that they have the talent in place to win even on off nights. Anyone who still thinks this team lives and dies by the three point shot simply hasn't heard of defense. Way to respond under pressure from Boston and an elimination game.

Special guest... HighClassTrash:

Kudos to Dwight for taking care of business in the midst of the media's admonishment of his comments from Tuesday. I think he handled the entire situation very maturely by meeting with Stan privately and admitting publicly that he should have approached the situation differently. I also really liked the advice that Jameer gave Dwight: "handle your business like a man, to his face." On another note, Rashard Lewis is finally earning his money, ya feel me? Is there anyone on the Celtics who can guard him? If the Magic expect to have a chance in game 7, Rashard Lewis is going to have to play like a 118 million dollar monster (blended with a steady dose of Dwight Howard offensive rebounds). PS, can someone do us all a favor and kneecap JJ Redick? Thank you.

The Nickel Steak:

I hate harping on the same **** thing over and over, but our movement away from the ball continues to be a disgrace. I'll explain this in more detail later, I'm sure, but how we manage to zone two players out of the possession every time Dwight gets the ball in the post is quizzical to me.In other news, Rashard continues to destroy whomever is guarding him, Hedo and JJ continue to play baffling badly, and Dwight is Dwight. I'm really looking forward to seeing Dwight after a full offseason of working on his game. I don't know if he's actually had that before this year.

Maxwell Effort:

This team finally showed some fortitude and some fight as they were able to muster enough at the end to finally get one of these close games to go the way of the good guys. I am just as impressed by Dwight's energy and his leading by example by doing everything he could at both ends of the floor to keep his team in the game.

I 3 Freely:

Beyond any in depth analysis of how the Magic played last night I want to point out this one not-so-small fact: the Orlando Magic won an elimination playoff game. For a team with a history of being swept out of the playoffs, this can't be stressed enough.Sure, technically we won one in the 2001 first round against the Bucks, but that was the only game we won in that series. And who can forget the tremendous back-to-back 40 point games from Penny Hardaway in Games 3 and 4 of the First Round series against the Heat in 1997.But neither of those instances can compare in significance to the Game 6 victory last night in the 2nd round against Boston. The Magic had control of this series and then lost it in Games 4 and 5, losing those games in two very different, but equally heartbreaking ways. You have to go back to Game 7 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers to find a Magic team that showed enough heart - no matter how imperfect the performance - to stay alive. The question is whether or not we will get an encore performance on Sunday.

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