<div align="center">- <font color=""RoyalBlue"">Teams: Magic(12-16) Vs. Raptors(9-22) TV: Toronto (SCN), Orlando (Local 6) Radio: Toronto (Fan 590), Orlando (WOQN 120) Date: Wednesday, January 4th 2006 Tipoff Time: 7:10 EST Venue: Air Canada Center</font> ------------------------------------------- <font face=""Comic Sans MS"">Team Comparison: Team/ Record/ Standings/ PF/ PA/ Road/Home/ Streak/ L10/ Orlando/ 12-16/ 2nd SE/ 90.1/ 92.6/ Road 4-7/ Lost 1/ 5-5/ Toronto/ 9-22/ 4th AL/ 96.5/ 102.3/ Home 2-12/Won 3/ 5-5/</font> ------------------------------- Projected Starters: <font color=""Purple"">The Raptors: <font size=""1"">-Mike James-Morris Peterson-Joey Graham-Chris Bosh-Rafael Araujo-</font> 6th Man: <font size=""1"">-Jose Calderon-</font> Head Coach: <font size=""1"">-Sam Mitchell-</font></font> ----------------------------------- <font color=""blue"">The Magic: <font size=""1"">-Steve Francis-Deshawn Stevenson-Grant Hill-Dwight Howard-Tony Battie-</font> 6th Man: <font size=""1"">-Jameer Nelson-</font> Head Coach: <font size=""1"">-Brian Hill-</font> </font> -------------------------------- Team Leaders: Points: C. Bosh TOR 22.4/ S. Francis ORL 17.4 Assists: J. Calderon TOR 6.2/ S. Francis ORL 5.7 Rebounds: C. Bosh TOR 9.6/ D. Howard ORL 12.4 -------------------------------- <font color=""Red"">Keys To The Game:</font> Rebounding: Last time these two teams played the Raptors held Dwight Howard to just 8 rebound that going to be a key in this game as well keep Dwight from rebounding but the Raptors did get out rebounded so they have to get everyone to rebound. Shot Selection: When the Raptors shoot around 40-45% the usually have a good game and they have a winning record shooting at that percent so they have to get good shots and move the ball around. Turnovers: The Turnovers usually end up hurting the Raptors near the end of the games the Raptors have to keep them down if they want to win this game. ------------------------------------------ <font color=""Teal"">Game X-Factor:</font> Charlie Villanueva had a bad game last night he will look to rebound after scoring 25 and getting 10 rebounds in one game he only got 2 points and 2 rebounds. Eric Williams has also been good playing consecutive games for the first time all season. <font color=""Purple"">Prediction:</font> The Raptors are going to have to play good D and keep Dwight from rebounding I say the Raptors pull out another win at home 95-89. Ps. Swish to me to post this </div>
Thanks for posting this The_Answer. This should be interesting to see how our team bounces back from the Pistons game last night and see how having a back to back on the road effects our play. This is a very winnable game for the Magic and we need to beat teams like the Raptors if we want to earn a playoff berth. We will be looking for revenge tonight since we lost to the Raps at home early last month. I'm also looking forward to the Dwight vs. Bosh matchup tonight. These are two of the leagues future stars and they should be going at it throughout the course of the night. I expect the Magic to pull out the win in this one, 96-92.
If we lose by less than 20 this game, it's going to be shocking. We can't rebound, can't shoot, can't play defense. Here we go again playing down to the team we play against. It's layup or dunk after layup or dunk
We're down 19 to the Raptors in a half in which "their entire team" Chris Bosh played 4 mins. PATHETIC.
Wow this is just awful. It really shows how much we miss Grant Hill and how inconsistent we are. I can't believe we just lost by that much. The only thing keeping me from throwing up is the fact that Jameer played well.
Ugh.. 24 point blowout. But yeah, Jameer had a career high in points tonight. Where was Grant? I heard he had a soreness or something.
Jameer Nelson is a great player. They just need to cut down on his TO's and get another player to play with him and Dwight and the magic's future is bright. PS half of the turnovers he has aren't even his fault.
