Cavs and Magic battle for best in the East, Magic dominate 116-87

If I were to tell you the Cleveland Cavilers and the Orlando Magic were playing and the final score was 116-87 you would probably guess the Cavs won, right? That was not the case last night.

The third seed Magic crushed the top seeded Cavilers 116-87 last night in Orlando. It was the first time in LeBron James's career where he has ever been down by 40 points. The Magic were on fire shooting 53 percent from the field. The Magic were led by Dwight Howard who had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the victory.

""We did not have a guy who didn't play well tonight, not a guy," said Stan Van Gundy, head coach of the Orlando Magic.

The goal for any team in the eastern conference in the playoffs is to try and stay away from Cleveland for as long as possible. However, for the Magic this win might have given them the confidence to really believe they could beat Cleveland in seven game series.

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