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My Player (Season 2) - East Semis Game 4

Posted on January 23, 2011 at 02:08 AM.

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MAGIC COMEBACK GIVES ORLANDO 3-1 SERIES EDGE

Atlanta, GA (AP) - It's amazing how quickly things can turn around. What seemed like an Atlanta victory and a 2-2 series lead suddenly became a 94-93 win for the Magic and a 3-1 series lead going back to Orlando. The Hawks had a 6 point lead going into the fourth quarter, expanded that to 9 points, and still had a five point lead with one minute left in the game. But a furious rally by the Magic, capped by a jaw-dropping alley-oop dunk from Brian Happel, gives Orlando a chance to clinch the series in front of its home fans. "We really struggled for a while there, but we never gave up," said Happel. "You can never count us out, because we're going to keep coming at you, no matter what the score is or how much time is left."

Happel caps a "magical" comeback in style, with this game-winning alley-oop dunk

Happel put on quite a show, scoring 30 points and grabbing a game-high 19 rebounds. Tonight, he got plenty of support from his teammates. Dwight Howard turned in a double-double, scoring 15 points and cleaning the glass 15 times, to go along with 5 assists and 5 blocks. John Salmons showed signs of coming out of his slump, scoring 11 pointts on 4-7 shooting, including 2-3 from long distance. For the Hawks, Joe Johnson proved once again how valuable he is to this team. The small forward scored 27 points and collected 7 rebounds. Al Horford had a double-double, and Josh Smith added 18 points in a losing effort. "We've had trouble holding on to leads," said Johnson. "We've got to finish games better. We thought we had the series tied, now our backs are against the wall. We're just gonna have to take it one game at a time starting Tuesday night."

Defense kept Orlando close for much of the game, Happel's block 1 of 7 Hawks shots returned to sender

The Magic shot the ball fairly well, connecting on 45% of their shots. Orlando also hit on 9-24 (37%) from behind the arc. Atlanta also shot well from long distance, hitting nearly 50% (8-18). Both teams will be looking at improving their free throw shooting, which made a big difference in this game. Orlando and Atlanta were awful from the charity stripe. The Magic were just 46% (7-15) and the Hawks were just 50% (9-18). Orlando will look to move on to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fourth year in a row.

Video from Happel's game-winning alley-oop:

May 6, 2012 - ORL at ATL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Orlando Magic (7-1)	19	22	18	35	94
Atlanta Hawks (5-4)	13	27	25	28	93

Orlando Magic
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gilbert Arenas	38	5-15	2-4	1-1	4	6	0	0	2	13
John Salmons	32	4-7	2-3	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	11
Brian Happel	39	14-17	1-2	1-2	19	2	1	2	1	30
Brandon Bass	29	5-12	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	2	10
Dwight Howard	40	6-14	0-0	3-8	15	5	1	5	1	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jameer Nelson	22	1-5	1-4	1-2	1	2	0	0	1	4
Marcin Gortat	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mack Bledsoe	7	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	3
DeJuan Blair	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Anderson	14	2-11	1-8	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	5
Quentin Richardson	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Chris Duhon	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		39-86	9-24	7-15	53	21	2	7	8	94

Atlanta Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
P. Ryan	25	2-7	1-2	0-0	3	4	1	0	0	5
Ja. Crawford	37	4-12	1-4	0-0	9	0	1	0	0	9
J. Johnson	38	11-31	4-8	1-2	7	3	1	0	0	27
J. Smith	40	8-12	0-0	2-5	5	4	2	1	1	18
A. Horford	34	4-11	0-0	3-4	10	2	2	0	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Williams	16	3-6	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	7
M. Bibby	12	2-3	2-2	0-0	2	4	1	0	0	6
Z. Pachulia	11	1-2	0-0	0-2	3	0	0	2	0	2
Jo. Crawford	10	1-3	0-2	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	4
B. Dailey	9	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	2
J. Powell	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Teague	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		38-93	8-18	9-18	45	22	8	3	2	93