<u>WHO: </u> <font size=""7"">VS</font> <u>WHEN:</u> Friday, November 24, 2006; 7:30 <u>WHERE:</u> American Airlines Arena; Miami, FL <u>TV: </u> <u>RADIO: </u> <u>STARTING LINEUPS:</u> <u>PG:</u> <u>SG:</u> <u>SF:</u> <u>PF:</u> <u>C:</u> <u>COACHES:</u> <u>RECORDS:</u> Magic (8-4), Heat (4-7) <u>PREDICTION:</u> Magic: 97, Heat: 93 <u>MY TAKE:</u> The third quarter will determine the outcome of this game. If the Magic can play a good first half and have a 5+ point lead at halftime, and maintain a 7+ point lead heading into the fourth quarter, we should be good. Expect Dwight Howard to come out angry and aggressive, trying to grab everything off of that iron becaus he didn't get the third 20-20 in a row against Indiana. If we can win this game, it'll put a 4.5 game difference between us and the Heat going into the Atlanta game tomorrow. The ex-factor for the Magic tonight will be on defense. You can't shut Wade down, I mean you can but the easier way to go is, to stop everyone else. Udonis Haslem can't have more boards than Dwight. Antoine Walker can't hit 4+ 3's on us and have 20+ points. Jameer can't get into a talking game with Payton. Finally, Alonzo Mourning can't be the defensive force that he is, if we want to win this game how we usually do, high field goal percentage. Good luck and Go Magic!
I have a feeling that Hill and Wade are going to have some sort of a "shootout". Also if the Howard/Zo matchup should be interesting. Go Magic!
<div class="quote_poster">TwinTowers Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I have a feeling that Hill and Wade are going to have some sort of a "shootout". Also if the Howard/Zo matchup should be interesting. Go Magic!</div> that would be awesome, as long as we win lol
We are playing so bad right now, but still are up by 2. We aren't turning it over, but we are missing waaaaaay too many layups. Dwight is 2-10, Ariza 1-6, Darko 1-4 and all of them are essentially layups that they msised.
9-0 run to start the 4th to give us a 9 point lead, with Wade one the bench. I would just like to point out that this scorekeeper is absolutely horrible. Darko has at least 4 blocks today and they only marked him in for 1 and 1 steal and Dwight just caught an airball for a rebound and they gave it to the Magic as a team rebound. That would have been his 10th rebound. We are looking good in the 4th, but we really haven't looked good at all this game. Dwight is struggling shooting(5-14), but has 20 points because he is 10-13 from the line.
**** YEAH ************!!!!!!!!!!! What a great game. The Heat played so damn well and we still pulled it out. NINE AND FOUR BABY, THAT'S 70% WIN PERCENTAGE!
BYAH!!!!! This is awesome, we're leading the East right now, since Cavs lost tonight. Grant had a great game, and hit the last shot for us at the end, he had 24 points. Dwight struggled from the field (6-19) but made his free throws (11-15), he finished with 23pts and 12rebs. Darko continued to play well off the bench with 11pts and 8rebs. We only had 8 turnovers tonight. GO MAGIC!!!!
Dwight is playing like a superstar, we're first in the Eastern Conference, Grant Hill is healthy, and the media is bowing down to us right now. Ah, the pleasures of being a Magic fan.
If we can freaking beat the Hawks we should move up pretty nicely on the power rankings on monday... Being that we dont play our best and yet we still win is crazy. This game shouldnt have been as close as it was, Wade just gets so many calls and him going to the line 20 times kept them in the game...
