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It's playoff time, and FanHouse has got you covered. Our previews will give you the critical points of every series, so you can talk to your friends like you've been following every team in the Association all season long. Which you probably haven't.

Biggest Reason You Should Watch: Because Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh are the league's most talented big men not yet household names. Winning the Slam Dunk Contest certainly helped raise Howard's image, but the playoffs are where reputations are really created, and for the first time ever, one of these two are guaranteed to advance to the second round.

Orlando Can Win If: Hedu Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis stay hot from long distance. With Howard dominating the paint, Turk and 'Shard have been hitting 43.5% and 45.1% of their three-point attempts, respectively, since the All-Star break. The Raptors know a thing or two about hitting the long ball, but they don't have anyone as locked as those two.

Toronto Can Win If: Bryan Colangelo puts out a hit on Howard? Okay, that's a bit extreme, but at the very least they'll need Bosh to play a near perfect series. In the Raptors' only win against the Magic this year, Bosh scored 40 points by going 14-16 from the field and 11-11 from the line. Obviously he's not going to be able to do that every night, so he'll need steady contributions from their supporting cast, not to mention cohesive play from their two-headed point guard monster, T.Jose Forderon.

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