The Orlando Magic lose game 2 to the Celtics in what would be considered a joke of a game. The Celtics cruised through the game. The only Magic player to show up and play and tried to keep it close was JJ. He scored 11 points in the first half keeping the Magic from being totally crushed by the Celtics. All in all JJ scored 15 points on 5-8 shooting overall and 4-6 from beyond the arc. JJ fouled out of the game in what many people consider a badly referred game. One example was JJ’s final foul and as he walked off the court the ref took offense from JJ patting him on the back and gave his a Techincal and then ejected him from the game.
In this writers opinion the NBA really needs to look closer at the way the refs have called fouls in this game and others in the playoffs. If the NBA does not then they face starting to look like the WWE instead of a real sporting event. Calling it as it really was though most likely would not have changed the final score, but it would have been a lot closer and would not produced the results of players hitting each other.
Most of the Magic starters did not show up to play for this second game in this series. Howard was the best example of a non show and as one of the Captains of this team he lead very poorly effecting his teammates. Howard needs to stop twittering and start focusing on the game now otherwise the that first win at Boston won’t mean anything. Orlando right now has homecourt advantage, but if they showup like they did last night that advantage won’t mean a thing. Time to focus and play like the team leader he is supposed to be.