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Foyle's Corner

Western Conference Semifinals

By Adonal Foyle, with Chris Navalta

After celebrating the euphoria of beating the No. 1 seed Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, we went back to work and are now focused on our next opponent - the Utah Jazz. We split our regular season series with the Jazz (2-2) and we feel that this is a team we can definitely play with.

We were able to handle Dirk Nowitzki in the first round. But Utah, as a whole, is big. And they're skilled and they like to go under the glass a lot. We're going to have to beat them off the glass if we want to be successful. If we can get some rebounds or some deflections, we think we can be enormous in this series.

We also have to keep with our running style. That's our strength. In order for us to win this series, we know we have to win at least one game in Utah. History is definitely not on our side. The Warriors, as a franchise, are 14-56 all time when playing in Salt Lake City and we haven't won a game there since Nov. 25, 2005. We're hoping to reverse that history. That's just the reality.

In the first round, we didn't feel any pressure on us. We were just thrilled to make the playoffs. At this point, with all the national attention, I think there's a little more pressure on us in terms of approaching the game and doing what we want to do. There's no doubt that we're going to be in every game, the way we play. And we're always going to be going down fighting. But if we don't play the way we're capable of playing, everyone is going to say 'Well, they did well. Yada, yada, yada.' But if we can go in and play well against this team and beat them, I think that's going to send a very loud message.

Wish us luck, More to come later on.




NBA PLAYOFFS 2008 · Eastern Conference Playoffs · The Magic fall to the Detroit Pistons 4 games to 1 in the Second Round best of seven series. For NBA Playoff information, including matchups, player profiles and tickets, click here.>
NBA PLAYOFFS 2008 · Adonal's Playoff BLOG · Read Adonal's daily entry covering each day the Magic's run in the Playoffs. BLOG.>
April 13, 2008 · Nifty Fifty! · The Magic hit the 50 win mark with a 104-84 win over the Chicago Bulls. News Story.>
DIVISION CHAMPS! · Magic Clinch Southeast Division Title! · The Team clinches their first division title since 1995-96. For complete team information, click here.>
Athletics and Academics Camps · 2008 Summer Series Announced. · Adonal is pleased to announce his "Athletics and Academics" Basketball Camp Series taking place this summer in the San Francisco Bay Area. For dates, locations, and sign-up information, click here.>
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