Magic In Search of Second Sweep

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ATLANTA -- Since the NBA went to a best-of-seven, first-round playoff format for the 2002-03 season, only two teams have managed back-to-back sweeps going into the conference final.



The Orlando Magic expect to make that three.



The Magic, the only unbeaten team in the 2010 playoffs, easily dispatched the Charlotte Bobcats, 4-0, in the opening round, and they lead the Hawks, 2-0, going into Saturday's Eastern Conference semifinal Game 3 in Atlanta.



It's like blood in the water for a shark with its eye on the prize.



"It's natural to feel confident, good about yourself, when you've won (six in a row in the playoffs) like we have,'' said Magic forward Rashard Lewis. "We like what we're doing, but we're not taking anything for granted. Where we want to go, there is no room for any kind of letup.''



The only two teams that previously managed a pair of four-game sweeps to open the playoffs were the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009, and the Miami Heat in 2005. The Cavs crushed Detroit, then Atlanta. The Heat pounded New Jersey, then Washington.

 

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