Dwight Howard Wants to Make History by Winning NBA Finals Game 5

"We want to try to make history," Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard said. "We’ve done a lot of things this year as far as a team and individuals and reaching a lot of different goals and breaking records and stuff like that, so why not try and do something else?" Howard said confidently on Saturday that NBA Finals will be headed back to LA for a Game 6. Orlando Magic are 3-1 deficit to LA Lakers.



Stan Van Gundy doesn’t want Magic to believe they can win NBA Finals Game 5 unless they first believe they can still win the championship. That would take a record rally—no team in 29 previous tries has won the title after 3-1 deficit in NBA Finals. Magic’s challenge might be just as hard.

Winning three straight against LA Lakers is another story. Even so, Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic believe they can be the first NBA team to mount such a comeback. So, watch NBA Finals Game 5 this Sunday to see Howard making history.

Magic Won 108-104 over Lakers

At last Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic won a game in NBA Finals after seven tries on Tuesday night Game 3. Magic has lost the first two games in Los Angeles' Staples Center: Game 1 by 25 points and Game 2 in OT, coming within an alley-oop hoop of a victory.

Rafer Alston (pictured) and the rest of Magic team shot a finals record 63 percent to snap a six-game finals losing streak and avoid having 0-3 loss that no team in postseason NBA history has been able to escape.


Magic slowed LA Lakers' earlier party plan and even made Kobe Bryant pushed, jumping back into the best-of-seven series by posting a 108-104 victory at Amway Arena in Orlando. Orlando Magic's first-ever victory in NBA Finals trimmed Lakers' series lead to 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Thursday night.

Orlando Magic vs Lakers in NBA Finals

Orlando Magic will have to face Lakers on Thursday at Los Angeles after defeating Cleveland Cavaliers 103-90 in the Eastern Conference Finals in six games. Magic has ended Madison Avenue's dream of a Kobe Bryant's Lakers versus LeBron James' Cavaliers championship matchup.

Magic center Dwight Howard lead his team and scored 40 points and 14 rebounds while forward Rashard Lewis scored 18 points and 8 rebounds at Amway Arena. Magic earned their first trip to NBA Finals since 1995. Orlando Magic and their fans inside Amway Arena roared and partied after the winning.


This postseason, Orlando Magic have beaten Philadelphia 76ers, dethroned the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics and have burnt Cleveland Cavaliers. Now, they will have to set their sights on Kobe Bryant's Lakers.

Magic Fall to Cavs despite the Rally

Orlando Magic will be going home tomorrow to Amway Arena to try one more time to close out Cleveland Cavaliers after having Game 5 112-102 loss on Thursday night. Magic actually did an impressive comeback from a 22-point deficit, but Cavs fought to cut Magic's series lead to 3-2 in the Eastern Conference finals. Magic has already defeated Cavs twice at Amway Arena in this series. One more victory will send Orlando Magic to its second finals appearance, the first coming in 1995.



But, it's not going to be easy. Orlando Magic will have to stop 2009 NBA MVP LeBron James, who continued his best performances saving his team from losing. Magic center Dwight Howard even fouled out trying to defend LeBron.

Orlando Magic One Win Away to NBA Final

Orlando Magic defeated Cleveland Cavaliers 116-114 in overtime at Amway Arena in a tight Game 4 to take 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. NBA Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard scored 10 of Magic's 16 points in overtime.


Cavaliers' LeBron James tried to redo his Game 2 heroics. Spinning through the air, James’ 3-pointer looked good, but this time his shot at the buzzer missed. It was Magic time. James scored 44 points, his third 40-point plus outburst of the series, but was just 13-of-29.

Orlando Magic, who won a Game 7 in Boston in the last round, now just needs one more win to close out Cavaliers in Cleveland on Thursday night to go to the NBA Final.

Howard Lead Magic past Cavaliers in Game 3

Orlando Magic took a 2-1 lead after defeating Cleveland Cavaliers 99-89 in Game 3 clash on Sunday in the Eastern Conference finals series. Orlando's Dwight Howard had 24 points and nine rebounds. "Our goal is to win a championship and I can't allow anything to stop me mentally from achieving our goal," said Dwight Howard.


It was a pretty physical game from beginning to end. There were 86 free throws, 58 personal fouls, two technicals, and a flagrant. The NBA officials must spent half the time stepping between players on both sides since tempers flared inside the overheated Amway Arena.

The teams will play Game 4 on Tuesday in Orlando, where the Cavaliers have lost six of their last seven games.

Superman Knocked Down the Shot Clock with Dunk

Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard stopped the Eastern Conference final against the Cleveland Cavaliers for eight minutes after knocking down the 24-second shot clock above the basket with a super dunk on Wednesday night.

After grabbing the ball from a rebound, Dwight Howard went up underneath and slammed it through with his hands and pulled on the rim for Magic's first basket. The 24-second stanchion, a 5-foot-tall appendage that has cameras mounted to its top, then fell slowly backward.


A maintenance man tried to fix it but couldn't figure out the damage Howard had done. The shot clock at the opposite end was turned off and two portable units were brought in and placed on both baselines. A tape measure was then brought out to check if "Superman" had pulled the rim lower than its required 10 feet.

Orlando Magic broke Lebron James' Cleveland Cavaliers unbeatable during playoffs records with 107-106; 30 points and 13 rebounds come from Dwight Howard.

NBA Stars Collide in Playoffs

Two of the NBA’s youngest ambassadors will collide when the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard and Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James meet in this year’s Eastern Conference final starting Wednesday. All eyes will be on Howard and James, the getting-better-by-the-day NBA superstars who have each elevated their games and carried their teams to new heights.

Dwight Howard NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Dwight Howard has been ranked consistently as one of the best in the NBA league in field goal percentage and set numerous NBA records. Last month, Dwight Howard became the youngest basket player ever to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, achieving a goal he had set for himself before the start of the season.

Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic

Dwight Howard is the winner of the NBA 2008 Slam Dunk Contest. Howard's overall play and his spectacular dunks have gained him prominence as one of the brightest young prospects in the NBA and the team leader of the Magic.