Finals
Jun 12 2009, Marcus Brooks

Magic coach, Stan Van Gundy had to put a massive, rabbit from Orlando’s hat. He was down 2 to 1 in a best of seven Finals matchup. He was a Courtney Lee layup away from a stirling, Game 2 victory. His team shot the lights out in Game 3 and...

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Germany’s Maria Riesch kisses the trophy of the Women’s World Cup slalom discipline title during the alpine World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Friday, March 13, 2009 (AP photo/Scanpix Sweden/Janerik Henriksson)