The Bobcats fought and clawed against the Orlando Magic the entire series, but in game 4, the Magic showed why they are the better team.  The Magic pulled away from the Bobcats using the three point shot, and they got their threes in different ways, and they showed how dangerous (and how hard to defend) they can be late.

On The Break

The Magic are real tough to stop on the break, because they force the defenders to make choices.  The defense has to decide whether or not they want to defend the three or stop Dwight Howard.  As you can see here, as Jameer Nelson brings the ball up, you have 3 other guys spotting up (including Jameer there is 4 three point shooters out there) at the three point line, with Dwight Howard sprinting straight to the rim.

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The Hawks were trailing the Bucks all night last night, but in the 4th they were able to cut the lead down to 6 points with about 4 minutes left.  If the Hawks would have been able to get one more stop, they really could have put the pressure on the Bucks, however a mistake defending a simple pick and roll cost them that opportunity.

As Brandon Jennings comes off of the Kurt Thomas screen, everything seems to be in order.  It is a really good screen by Thomas, so Al Horford is probably going to be forced to switch, but that shouldn’t be a big deal.

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