Orlando Magic 84, Philadelphia 76ers 81

Another blown lead created drama at the Wachovia Center.

And after a series of being invisible, Mr. 4th Quarter delivered again. Hedo Turkoglu and the Magic took the ball with 14 seconds left.

Turkoglu bided his time, sizing up Andre Iguodala -- much like Iguadala had done a week earlier -- pulled up and hit a fade-away 3-pointer to give the Magic a gut-wrenching three-point win in Game 4.

But the feeling was more relief than exuberance, like most of this series.

The Magic held a 10-point lead with about four minutes left when the jumpers stopped falling, the ball stopped going to Dwight Howard and the 76ers started getting out on the break.

To that point, Orlando probably had played its most complete game of the series. Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis were getting involved in the offense and the defense was clogging driving lanes. Outside of the turnover issues, it was a great effort.

The best part was the rotation starting with post ups by Howard or post ups of Lewis on Andre Miller.

For the first time all series, the Magic controlled the two Andre's and dictated the pace of play. The score indicated that.

But in the end, Orlando continued to struggle finishing. The team seems so used to finishing without getting Howard involved in the offense, that it just does not want to do it.

Howard finished with 18 points on six of 11 shooting. But very little of that came in the fourth quarter, especially as the Magic let their lead slip in the fourth quarter. It was incredibly frustrating to watch Orlando continue to feed Philadelphia's fast-break offense with missed jumpers.

The key to this series has and will always be to attack the basket, whether with Howard or not. When players miss jumpers it gets the speed of the game up and that is something Orlando must not do. As I said at the beginning of the season, Orlando had to control the pace of the series and be the ones deciding whether to pick up the pace or slow it down.

So far in this series, they have not done this and the struggles have been apparent.

Even after committing nine turnovers in the first half, Orlando was clearly still dominating and controlling the pace of play. This is more of what the team has to do in Game Five to be successful.

Every game of this series, Orlando has been playing more or less as the passive team, letting Philadelphia dictate what it wants to do.

The feeling, again, was more of relief than exuberance. Orlando has not played a perfect game all season. With three games possibly remaining in the series, the Magic have to find a way to dominate and finish.