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April 18, 2011, Monday
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THE Atlanta Hawks exploded offensively in the middle two quarters to beat the Orlando Magic 103-93 in their National Basketball Association playoff series opener on Saturday.
"We are here to win," Hawks center Jason Collins told reporters in Orlando, Florida. "We are not here to get a free T-shirt and head home or anything like that. We accomplished the first step. We got the win tonight, and part two is on Tuesday night."
The Hawks scored 38 points in the second quarter and built a 55-48 halftime lead with four players in double digits, despite the Magic getting 31 first-half points from Dwight Howard.
The Hawks continued to stifle the majority of the Magic roster in the third quarter, limiting Orlando to 23 points, 20 of them from Jameer Nelson, while extending their advantage to 85-71.
"Those middle two quarters, we had no answer for them at all in terms of stopping them," said Magic coach Stan Van Gundy.
"We couldn't really play anything that they did. We had trouble with their post-ups, one-on-one, we had trouble with their perimeter guys breaking us down on the dribble, we struggled with their pick and rolls."
Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 25 points and Jamal Crawford scored 23 points off the bench.
Al Horford scored 16 points, Josh Smith had 15 and Kirk Hinrich added 13 points as part of the balanced Hawks offense.
Howard finished with 46 points and 19 rebounds and Nelson scored 27 points for the Magic.
In other playoff games, Chris Bosh scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and LeBron James finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, as the Heat held off a huge Philadelphia rally to beat the 76ers 97-89 in Miami to take a 1-0 lead while Derrick Rose scored 39 points and Kyle Korver nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer as the top-seeded Chicago Bulls rallied from a late 10-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers in their opener.
Also, Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 89-81 in Game 1 of their series.
"We are here to win," Hawks center Jason Collins told reporters in Orlando, Florida. "We are not here to get a free T-shirt and head home or anything like that. We accomplished the first step. We got the win tonight, and part two is on Tuesday night."
The Hawks scored 38 points in the second quarter and built a 55-48 halftime lead with four players in double digits, despite the Magic getting 31 first-half points from Dwight Howard.
The Hawks continued to stifle the majority of the Magic roster in the third quarter, limiting Orlando to 23 points, 20 of them from Jameer Nelson, while extending their advantage to 85-71.
"Those middle two quarters, we had no answer for them at all in terms of stopping them," said Magic coach Stan Van Gundy.
"We couldn't really play anything that they did. We had trouble with their post-ups, one-on-one, we had trouble with their perimeter guys breaking us down on the dribble, we struggled with their pick and rolls."
Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 25 points and Jamal Crawford scored 23 points off the bench.
Al Horford scored 16 points, Josh Smith had 15 and Kirk Hinrich added 13 points as part of the balanced Hawks offense.
Howard finished with 46 points and 19 rebounds and Nelson scored 27 points for the Magic.
In other playoff games, Chris Bosh scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and LeBron James finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, as the Heat held off a huge Philadelphia rally to beat the 76ers 97-89 in Miami to take a 1-0 lead while Derrick Rose scored 39 points and Kyle Korver nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer as the top-seeded Chicago Bulls rallied from a late 10-point deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers in their opener.
Also, Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 89-81 in Game 1 of their series.
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