Magic Sweeps Bobcats   

All the rest and scouting reports for either teams will help. It all depends whether they're rusty or not. But rest is always important in the playoffs. Hawks are deep and the likes of josh smith, joe johnson, al horford and even the darkhorse jamal crawford would creat matchup problems. So it's total domination by dwight howard.

Either Atlanta or Milwaukee could give the Magic a good challenge. However, taking into consideration Andrew Bogut's absence, I think Orlando should prefer Milwaukee over Atlanta. Without Bogut, the Bucks will be relying heavily on Brandon Jennings, John Salmons, and more support from Carlos Delfino, Ersan Ilyasova, Luke Ridnour, and maybe veteran Jerry Stackhouse. The Bucks will need all the help they can get against the heavy artillery of the Magic.

Against the Hawks, the Magic could see some good challenge. Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford, Mike Bibby, Josh Smith, and Al Horford could match Orlando's heavy firepower.

Dwight Howard however will be a major advantage for the Magic against either of these teams. Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, Mickael Pietrus, Matt Barnes, JJ Redick, Jameer Nelson, and Jason Williams makes the Magic a very deep team against either the Bucks or the Hawks. Add to that big men Marcin Gortat and Brandon Bass.

The Magic is the only team who was able to sweep a series. They could still do it in the second round against Atlanta or Milwaukee.

really strong showing by orlando in this series.

bobcats was the more athletic team but orlando had too many offensive weapons. to think that howard had a sub-par performance in this round. he wasn't making his shots, he didn't established himself defensively, and he was saddled with foul trouble all through out the play-offs. big series win here for the magic. they now have the luxury of resting their starters and scout both atlanta and milwaukee.

anyway, i think it doesn't matter who orlando goes up against in the second round. this orlando team will move on to the eastern conference finals to lose to james and the cavaliers. i'm gettign to ahead of myself. lol!

the hawks provide a better match-up against orlando but neither atlanta nor milwaukee have enough big to throw at howard. it would have been a different series had bogut and redd been with the bucks. those are arguably the best two players in the bucks team adn look at what the bucks have accomplished. anyway, i'm looking for dwight howard to have a better performance this second round and the rest of the team, jameer, vince, lewis, and pietrus (man! i love pietrus!) to back up howard and this magic team to march on to the eastern conference finals.

just my thoughts.