Six games into the NBA postseason and the Orlando Magic look utterly unstoppable.

The Charlotte Bobcats couldn’t stand in their way as they lost four-straight in the first round. And now the Atlanta Hawks are down 2-0 in a best-of-seven series scheduled to resume in Atlanta on Saturday at 5 p.m. and Monday at 8 p.m.

Jameer Nelson (Photo by Scott McCall)

But with the Magic on a 12-game winning steak that reaches back to April 3 – and in the mist of 26 wins over their last 29 games, in which one of those losses came at Atlanta – how will anyone knock Orlando from its perch?

“We need to put four solid quarters together to beat this team,” said Hawks Coach Mike Woodson.

To clarify, he means four solid quarters in the same game.

On Thursday in Game 2, Atlanta gave the Magic all they could handle through nearly three quarters of play before falling flat the rest of the way. They posted 27, 30 and 26 points in the opening periods before a buzzer-beating bank shot from beyond the arc by Jameer Nelson altered the remaining 12 minutes of play.

That was just seconds after Atlanta’s Jamal Crawford buried a 25-footer in Nelson’s face at the other end of the court.

“When I shot it I knew it had a chance,” said Nelson, who matched Crawford’s effort as the defender’s hand hung in the balance. “I just wanted to get it up there.”

That gave Orlando an 84-83 lead after three and led to a 28-15 fourth quarter advantage for the home team in a 112-98 win. On Tuesday in Game 1, the Hawks posted 23 in the first quarter before combining for a measly 21 points over the second and third quarters combined and staggering along in a 114-71 Magic win.

“We have to be able to finish out games,” said Atlanta’s Josh Smith. “The fourth quarter turned up to another level and we stayed at where we were at.”

Dwight Howard (Photo by J.C. Carnahan)

On Tuesday, four players scored in double figures for Orlando as the Magic were led by Dwight Howard with 21 points, Vince Carter with 20, Nelson with 19 and J.J. Redick with 10. On Thursday, four players scored at least 20 points with Howard going for 29, Carter for 24 and both Nelson and Rashard Lewis dropping 20.

The last time an NBA team had four players go for at least 20 points in the same playoff game was in 2007 when Baron Davis, Al Harrington, Jason Richardson and Matt Barnes each did so for the Golden State Warriors against the Utah Jazz.

“I thought our ball movement was pretty good and we got good shots,” said Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy. “It’s not easy to do against a good, long, athletic defensive team like they are.”

What’s been easy for Orlando this series is seemingly the efforts of Howard, who is a combined 16-of-19 from the field with 29 rebounds and six blocked shots in the opening two games.

Nelson has dished out 11 assists and drained five 3-pointer’s through games one and two and looks to be as healthy and energized as he’s ever been in his NBA career.

“I’m just taking advantage of the opportunity I have right now to try and lead this team to a championship,” said Nelson.

Not that he has to try and do it all by himself.

“This year we have a veteran team and we know how to win,” said Nelson. “We showed that toughness that we have and that winning attitude we have in the second half.”

And at this point that momentum seems to keep building with each game they play.