I really believe that our fans thought we could do this, but nobody out there in the rest of the country thought we could get to this point and be playing for a championship. A lot of people laughed a couple of years ago when I talked about us winning that ‘ship a few years ago, but we’re the ones laughing right now.

And nationally, of course nobody picked us to beat Boston or even beat Cleveland. Every time I looked at TV and turned on ESPN it was all about Kobe and LeBron getting to the Finals. Now, ESPN talked to me last night after the game for its Sunday Conversation thing. Ya’ll gotta tune in and see it. Now, they are finally giving us some mad love.

My whole thought process going in to last night’s game was to dominate and don’t let Cleveland breathe. We really felt like we should have closed this series out on Thursday up in Cleveland, but we let it slip away. I was going to make sure that didn’t happen this time, so I went at their bigs right from the jump.

I’ve been telling everybody that we have the team and the talent to do this. When we run, rebound and defend, there aren’t many teams out there that can beat us.

I just tried really hard to make the right play against Cleveland. When they checked me 1-on-1, I attacked and tried to score. When they sent the double, I looked for my shooters and we made them pay all night. Ya’ll know I like to have fun and I’m usually laughing out there, but last night I was so focused and locked in it’s like I wasn’t letting anything get in my way.

It was so cool in the fourth quarter when the crowd was chanting M-V-P for me and they were singing na-na-na-nah to the Cavs. They were a really good team, but we just weren’t going to be denied.

Of course, I’m sure we’ll be the underdogs to the Lakers and nobody will think we have a shot at winning this series. But I believe and I know my teammates believe. We play the way we know how, and maybe we can make everybody out there across the country believe in the Magic.

Aiiiight ya’ll, I’m getting outta here for now, but we ain’t done yet. We’re going to the NBA Finals!!!! There’s still plenty of work to be done, but for one night we can celebrate that we’re one step closer to winning that championship.

– DWIGHT

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Ya’ll can look at the TV and tell me what ya’ll saw. I’m straight up and down on that sixth foul against LeBron and he gets the whistle. I didn’t even touch Z on my third foul in the third quarter but they say I hit him on the elbow.

I’m not going to lie – I’m frustrated with the calls that we’ve gotten in this series, but I can’t let it take me away from my focus. I know there’s nothing that I can do about it and I just have to stay aggressive even when stuff like that is going against us. I can’t worry about these calls that just tend to be going against me and I have to play my game.

It should have never come down to that stuff last night if we would have started the game better. They were making shots, like 67 percent in the first quarter, and we just weren’t getting any tough stops. And on offense, we turned the ball over way too much and that just let to even more easy baskets for them.

We fought back again in that second quarter, took a nice lead in the third and we were right there in the fourth. But LeBron killed us making plays and again those turnovers led to too many run-outs for them.

We have to try something different on LeBron because it’s just too easy for him now. He’s catching it in the sweet spot and it’s one dribble to the basket for him. We have to make it more difficult for him and make him take tougher shots.

They defended their homecourt here at The Q, and now it’s on us as a team to do the same back at Amway. Our crowd will be loud and behind us and I know we’ll play better. This game does nothing to shake our confidence. As long as we defend better, move the ball, run and get a few breaks we still feel like we’re going to win this series. There’s a lot of work left to be done and it won’t be easy, but we’ll be ready to get that one on Saturday night. Believe that!!!

Holla at ya’ll Saturday at Amway. Bring the noise for us. — DWIGHT

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Everybody who knows me knows I like to have fun, laugh and keep everybody else laughing. We’re a pretty loose team and I think that’s why we’ve been so good on the road for the last couple of years. We’re not intimidated going into hostile Arenas like The Q because we don’t seem to get too uptight over anything.

Our guys are confident going into tonight and we know that we can close out the Cavs. We’re so close to reaching the NBA Finals, but we know there is still so much work to do.

Cleveland is going to come at us really hard tonight and we have to withstand that first punch from them. Like I always says hit first before they punch you. Well, I can’t really punch them because of my tech thang, but ya’ll know what I mean.

We haven’t played very good at the start of games up there, so it’s my job to help us get off to a good start tonight. We need to have a lot of energy, run and defend. We play that way, we really think we can close this baby out.

We really want to do this now, so let’s go get us a win. It’s going to be hard, but we have the team to close this out. I know we’ll be ready to play, just like we have all playoffs and all season.

Holla back at you guys on Twitter after the game.

– DWIGHT

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We’re so, so close to playing for that championship in the Finals, but now is no time to celebrate because really we haven’t done anything yet. We’ve won three games, but you don’t get anything for that. If you think winning last night was hard, t rying to close out the Cavs at The Q will be super hard and we know it. That’s a good team that won 66 games and they aren’t going down without a fight.

Speaking of fighting, how about those tackles that Varejao put on me a couple of times during the game??? And I’m the one who gets the technical foul!!!! I was just playing with emotion. You get in the game and you score a big bucket, you let your emotions take over. I wasn’t taunting Varejao or anything. My thing was, it was a tough play, he grabbed me around the neck and I made the shot, so hopefully they will look at it.

And on that final lob play, he rode me out of bounds, but there was nothing called. I just feel like if that had been a certain guy on the other team, the whistle would have been blowing.

This thing with the T’s is bugging me pretty bad right no w, but I can’t let it take me away from my focus on helping us get the job done. I can’t believe that I’ve had six of them called on me so far, and some of them have just been crazy. I’m not a dirty player, I don’t talk a lot of trash and I don’t curse the officials, so I can’t figure out why I keep getting them again and again.

Hopefully, the league office will look at this one and realize it was just the heat of the game. There was no taunting. I’ve already had to miss one game because of my elbows, and I made a promise to myself that I’d never have that happen again with my elbows. The thought of me having to miss another game is killing me, so I’ve got to keep my mouth shut and my elbows down.

We’re getting contributions from so many guys now – Shard, Turk, MP, C-Lee and my man Skip to My Lou. That wasn’t Rafer Alston out there tonight, that was professional street baler, Skip To My Lou!!!!

We just feel like when we’re playing like we did last night, getting help from everybody, moving the ball, running and playing defense, that we can beat anybody.

We’ve got to close this baby out now. It won’t be easy, but we feel we can get it done against anybody if we just play our game.

I’ll be ready and my guys will be ready, so let’s go do this.

Holla. — DWIGHT

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Yes, we’re up in the series, but we can’t even look at it like that. We have to act like we’re down and we absolutely have to have this game. Really, this is like a Game 7, do-or-die for us. We were really goo din that situation in Boston and we’ve been pretty consistent all year in games that we had to win. So let’s go in here tonight with that hunger that we gotta absolutely win this game.

Right now, we’re so close to our goal and the only thing on our minds is reaching that goal that we want to accomplish so bad. That’s what motivates us. We want that goal of winning a championship and that’s keeping us hungry.

I just have to focus on keeping my cool out there tonight because I can’t afford getting any more T’s. It’s frustrating sometimes with me getting hit, but I have to keep my cool and go to the next play. I’m getting too close to getting another technical foul sometimes, so I have to find a way to keep my composure.

So tonight I have to keep my elbows down and keep my mouth shut. I’m thinking about duct-taping my mouth and put some elbow pads on just in case my elbows fly.

Of course, everybody is asking me about Mo Williams guarantee, but we ain’t putting much into that stuff. I would just say to everybody that there’s scripture that says: Pride comes before the fall. Being too prideful isn’t good, especially when it comes to the game of basketball.

I guess that’s how Mo feels, but we’ll see how it goes in the game. That’s the only place where it really matters – in the game tonight.

I’m hyped and ready to go and hope ya’ll are too. We’ve still to get two more wins, and this one tonight is like the most important game all year to us.

Peeeeeeaccccce out. — DWIGHT

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