WHO: (19-27) @ (24-23) WHERE: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI WHEN: Wednesday February 8th, 2006, 7:00 PM TV-Radio MILWAUKEE: TV: FSN North RADIO: WTMJ 620 ORLANDO: TV: Sun Sports RADIO: WDBO 580 PREVIOUS MATCHUPS Bucks: Bucks 86 @ Cavs 89 Magic: Magic 82 @ Wizards 94 Streaks Bucks: Lost 1 Magic: Lost 1 Season Series 12/3 Magic 84 @ Bucks 104 12/26 Bucks 93 @ Magic 108 2/8 Magic @ Bucks 4/5 Bucks @ Magic Injuries Bucks: Mo Williams- OUT (Ankle) Magic: Kelvin Cato- OUT (Ankle) Jameer Nelson- OUT (Foot) Grant Hill- OUT (Sports Hernia) Bo Outlaw- DOUBTFUL (Knee) Probable Starters C: Jamaal Maglorie/Tony Battie PF: Andrew Bogut/Dwight Howard SF: Bobby Simmons/Hedo Turkoglu SG: Michael Redd/DeShawn Stevenson PG: TJ Ford/Steve Francis 6th Men: Joe Smith/Keyon Dooling Coaches: Terry Stotts (1st yr w/ Bucks 24-23, 3rd ov. 76-108) Brian Hill (5th yr w/Magic 210-131, 8th ov. 241-254) Matchup to Watch Dwight Howard vs Andrew Bogut Bogut: 9.2 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 2.2 APG, 52.8% FG 62.3% FT Howard: 15.3 PPG 12.5 RPG 1.4 APG 52.0% 61.2% FT Predictions The Bucks head home to take on the Magic. Yes....Spike Diener returns to the BC. Magic fans have some weird nickname for him....get it right..its Spike. Anyways....Bucks win this one. Bucks 105 Magic 93
This is another dangerous game; we're coming off a tough loss (a game we probably should've won) back to the BC to play a banged up team that appears far below us. However, the Magic are nothing if not scrappy and dangerous, and we've struggled with teams like that this year (Utah, Houston, Chicago...) The Bucks need a good effort tonight to keep above the .500 mark. Things are getting serious now, and we absolutely must have games like this in the win column. Bucks 103 Magic 99
