Official Game thread: Atlanta Hawks @ Orlando Magic

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WHEN: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:00 PM EST
WHERE: Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL
WHAT: Pre-season Game #4 for the Orlando Magic

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ORLANDO MAGIC (3-0):
The Magic are coming off of their third straight and probably most impressive win thus far this preseason against western conference powerhouse San Antonio Spurs. The Magic were down in the first half by 13 points but slowly got their way back into the game behind the stellar play of 2nd year reserve point guard Travis Diener to win the game 92-87. The win put the Magic to 3-0 on the preseason, while still playing without 7 rotation players. Darko Milicic also had a good game putting up 14 points and 8 boards in 27 minutes of action.

ATLANTA HAWKS (2-1):
The Atlanta Hawks are also coming off of an impressive showing against the defending champion Miami Heat on Saturday. The Hawks were led by star shooting guard Joe Johnson, who poured in 22 points in just 28 minutes to help the Hawks knock off the defending champs 91-81. Rookie power forward, Shelden Williams, struggled as he went 1 for 8 from the field in 29 minutes and scored only 4 points on the evening.

PREDICTION:MAGIC:103, HAWKS: 85

 

so shelden williams' head is too big for the screen lmao...sorry i couldnt find a better pic...they dont have one for him on nba.com which i spretty gay so i had to find one on google of him in his jersey so i just cut atound it and got his head but it still appears to be too big lol

 

Dwight's got 21 points at the end of the third.

 

what impresses me the most is the 3 blocks and 5 assists from dwight...darko is sucking and looks like hedo is still sick from what i hear don the radio...jameer and arroyo are back though so things are looking even better

 

also, why is hill not playing??? what happened now? what kind of injury could he possibly have now?

 

Darko and Dwight are both leading the game with 5 assists each

 

so the first loss...hows it feel? i personally am pissed but its all good, its only pre-season...still feel as though we should have won that game, maybe if hill played we would have won, who knows, anyways at least we have a chnce to get em back on thursday, im sure we will

 

The turn out for the game was good. As for the game we def should have won that game, but we let it stay to close at the end and we gave it away... There was no need to play hill, he can play a lil bit thursday and then save him for memphis this weekend. So whats the deal with J.J.? is he comin back soon... it was good to see jameer and carlos out there... dwight was good, and only if he didnt get in foul trouble so early...

 

My friend went to the game and said that Darko was getting pushed around a lot by Sheldon. The game is a tough break for Orlando but its only the preseason.

 

as i said, we got em next game ((((((((tomorrow))))))))

 

<div class="quote_poster">d-money12 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">also, why is hill not playing??? what happened now? what kind of injury could he possibly have now?</div>

He's not hurt, they wanted to rest him. They was going to rest him on the last game but due to all the injuries they went ahead and let him play.

 

I'm not worried about losing at all. Dwight Howard and Keyon Dooling looked extremely good. Everyone else was alright, but Jameer/Bogans were coming off of injuries. Darko/Hedo were the 2 most disappointing players in my eyes.

 

<div class="quote_poster">GatorsowntheNCAA Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm not worried about losing at all. Dwight Howard and Keyon Dooling looked extremely good. Everyone else was alright, but Jameer/Bogans were coming off of injuries. Darko/Hedo were the 2 most disappointing players in my eyes.</div>

Bogans wasn't hurt. You mean Arroyo?