Pacers Finish Gentlemen’s Sweep Of Magic, Become First East Team To Advance

For the time being, though, Van Gundy says he isn’t worried about what happens next. The best part is that he addressed the questions surrounding his future in the most SVG way possible.

“I want to come back, but that’s not up to me,” Van Gundy told reporters at the press conference following his team’s loss in the first round of the playoffs at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. “As far as the speculation, I would say the same thing I’ve been saying all year: Who gives a damn?

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Almost, Larry! Just show a little more teeth!

Instead, Bird went right back to frowning again. Here he is after the buzzer sounded.

SEQUENCE 1: Davis is benched for the Magic’s final play and is not happy about it.

SEQUENCE 3: Davis tries to get as much separation as possible on his fadeaway, and loses balance, falling all the way into the Magic bench.

When Indiana struggled offensively in Game 1, the Magic were able to come away with a win. But after two convincing wins by the Pacers, it’s starting to look like that first victory was a bit of a fluke.

Here’s how to see today’s Game 4:

Wednesday night’s game will tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will air on NBA TV.

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It makes sense, then, that our friends over at Indy Cornrows didn’t exactly act with elation when their team claimed the Game 2 victory. Instead, they look forward to the rest of the series:

The recap at Indy Cornrows was quite in-depth, by the way, showing once again why SB Nation’s collection of blogs is the best in the business. Honestly, where else can one read about jump ball differential?

Insta-reax from our team blogs:

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Here’s the map of the probabilities of the various series outcomes:

Again, Log5 uses regular season Pythagorean win percentage, and Dwight Howard was a huge boost to Orlando’s in-season performance. The numbers are robust enough to get a reliable answer, but suffice it to say that the Magic’s performances sans Dwight was bad enough that an Indiana sweep wouldn’t be unexpected.

Here’s the series schedule as released by the NBA. All times are Eastern.

Game 1 - Sat., April 28 at Indiana, 7 p.m., ESPN

Game 2 - Mon., April 30 at Indiana, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV

Game 3 - Wed., May 2 at Orlando, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV

Game 4 - Sat., May 5 at Orlando, 2 p.m., ESPN

Game 5 - Tue., May 8 at Indiana

Game 6 - Fri., May 11 at Orlando

Game 7 - Sun., May 13 at Indiana