2008 NBA Playoffs - Day Four - April 22

Here at About.com, we'll be following each day of the 2008 NBA Playoffs - nothing too in-depth with these posts, but a bit of a recap that gives a couple of brief sentences or so, the final results, as well as links to the boxscore.

Phoenix Suns 96, San Antonio Spurs 102 @ San Antonio / Box Score

Tony Parker straight up torched the Suns as he took the ball to the rim at will, leading the Spurs with 32 points to lead the Spurs to victory. Steve Nash, great player. Defensively, not so much. Of course, this was one fear in trading Shawn Marion away as his perimeter defense and overall defensive ability helped cover for Nash's shortcomings on defense. In any case, the Spurs definitely are in the proverbial driver's seat moving forward. Spurs lead series 2-0.

Toronto Raptors 103, Orlando Magic 104 @ Orlando / Box Score

Once again, Dwight Howard dominated to the tune of 29 points and 20 rebounds in this series against the Raptors and preserve home-court advantage. Chris Bosh had a chance to win the game for Toronto, but missed a 19-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds left in the game. The series shifts to above the border to Toronto, but I'm betting that the team flights up to Toronto will have totally different moods. Magic leads series 2-0.

Dallas Mavericks 103, New Orleans Hornets 127 @ New Orleans / Box Score

THEY ARE NOT A FLUKE! The Hornets are killing the Mavs and it doesn't look like the killing is going to stop. Poor Mavs... two years in a row they will probably get ousted in the first round.

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