Magic It Is...

April 15, 10:23 a.m. Thank you Devin Brown!!!!! "Onions Baby Onions" - two free throws with two-tenths of a second on the road no less and the Cavs send Philly off to Detroit as the 7th seed with the Raps set for a weekend date ( time, dates-TV will be announced later) in Orlando. Book it-Raps in six. Point guards and bigs will be the deciding factor for the Raps. Trust me, I have a great deal of respect for Stan Van Gundy...he is an excellent coach. But the Raps have more depth and have a clear advantage at the point guard position. The Raps have bigs and each has six fouls. Send Howard to the line..no easy power dunks. Howard is shooting 58% from the line. Foyle 48%. The Raps must seal the gaps on the wings. Lewis and Turkoglu are outstanding shooters. Andre Miller was furious with the call on Samuel Dalembert and punted the ball. Are we talking a fine or one game suspension that will be served Wednesday night against the Bobcats? The Raps took care of a stubborn Miami team in the fourth quarter and improved to 41-40 as they play at Chicago tomorrow (8:30 on The Score). The Bulls scored 151 points and put away the Bucks by 16. How would like to score 135 points and yet lose by 16? What's up with that? Luol Deng scored 32 on 15 of 20 from the floor. The 151 points was one point shy of a franchise record. The Wizards played their backups as Roger Mason scored 31 as they beat the Pacers. The Hawks are in the playoffs for the first time since '99. The Cavs get home court advantage in their series against the Wizards. Major bummer...I love the Warriors style of play but you'll see Baron Davis on the golf course by the end of the week. Howard Schultz , former owner of the Sonics is preparing to file a lawsuit against current owner Clay Bennett to return the Sonics to Schultz. Darius Miles career may be over after the Blazers waived him...so much promise so little fulfilled. For the Blazers it's all about the cap. Where's Jack Armstrong.....David Nonis is out as GM of the Canucks. HELLO!!!!! The Carmelo Anthony story is a sad one so please friends think and act responsibly. Want a crazy stat? Jose Calderon-last nine games...70 assists- 2 turnovers in the past nine games. Are you kidding me? Want one more off the wall stat? Ramon Sessions of Milwaukee set a franchise record with 24 assists in Milwaukee's loss to the Bulls. Thoughts on the Raps/Magic? Who will win and why? I will publish as many as I can. Thank you again for the support of the Raptors and I enjoyed meeting many of you last night . E-mail me at cswirsky@torontoraptors.com or call me at 416-815-6189. Always a pleasure.