<u>WHO: </u> <font size=""7"">VS</font> <u>WHEN:</u> Monday, December 4, 2006; 10:00 P.M. EST <u>WHERE:</u> Arco Arena; Sacramento, CA <u>TV: </u> <u>RADIO: </u> <u>LAST MEETING:</u> Magic won 83-78 <u>WHY?</u> Did the Clippers shoot so well against us? <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 (13-5), Kings (8-7) <u>PREDICTION:</u> Magic: 106, Kings: 90 <u>MY TAKE:</u> In this game the Magic will come fired up, and ready to prove that last night, it wasn't them out there in LA, that it was some other team disguiesed as them. Look for the Guards (Bibby/Martin VS Nelson/Hill) to have a firey match-up going back and forth all game. The Kings will have to double team Dwight Howard if they want to win this game, as they have nobody on their team capable of stopping him. When the double team comes, Dwight will have to find Hedo, Jameer, Dooling, or even Garrity (if you can't beat him, join him I guess) for the open three, like he did on a couple of occasions last night. The ex-factor in this game will the play of the Magic Bench. If Darko/Arroyo/Dooling/Ariza/Bogans can do what they've been doing all year, this game should not be a tough one for the Magic as they look to snap an 11 game loosing streak at Arco, and get back to their winning ways. Good luck, and Go Magic. EDIT: Ron Artest is listed as Day-to-Day with a starined lower back. He could play and he couldn't, but the Magic still have to come out prepared for a team without it's star.
This will be a huge test for this Magic ball club. They got embarrassed for the first time all season last night and have to come back out the next night to play on the road again. How will they respond?
Back to back games are always difficult. Especially when you're on the road and you just got killed the night before. I think we are talented enough to beat this team but it all comes down to how bad our guys want it. Dwight Howard should have a big game after having a mediocre performance last night. I predict he will score 20 points and grab 15 rebounds. Grant Hill will also be really important for us tonight. He is probably going to have the hardest time playing in back to back games so how he fares might determine the outcome of this game. This should be a good game and I'm really looking forward to how our team plays. Two losses in a row wouldn't be a good thing because we would lose some of this confidence and it would start to effect our performance on the court. My prediction for tonights game is a Magic win, 98-96.
Wins like this were hard to come by last year, but man this year it seems we are able to keep our head up and finish out games. That really shows the growth of this team and man do they make it fun to watch. We need to play better ball, too many turnovers and careless possesion. But a win is a win.. ill take it.. 5-1 in the west??? no one thought that could happen...
jameeeeeeeeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!!!!!...no magic team has ever won 5 games on a 6 game west coast trip, we can do it on wednesday...go magic!
<div class="quote_poster">Chuck Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">We won 4 out of our 5 West Coast road games. That really shows we aren't a joke.</div> Exactly. Last night's win really proved to me that we are one of the best teams in the league. I wasn't able to watch this game but from the looks of the box score, all of our guys did pretty good. Great job by Jameer to hit the clutch three to give us the win. Also, was Grant Hill hurt? I noticed he only played like 20 minutes. Were they resting him just to be safe because it was a back to back?
he picked up 2 fouls in the firstv three minutes and that was all we got of him in the first half...he played well in the second half...one thing i can say, we have to make those free throws that we missed last night...but yeah this game would have been a loss last year
<div class="quote_poster">d-money12 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">he picked up 2 fouls in the firstv three minutes and that was all we got of him in the first half...he played well in the second half...one thing i can say, we have to make those free throws that we missed last night...but yeah this game would have been a loss last year</div> Oh ok, thanks d-money, and yeah we would have lost this game last year. Good job distributing the ball by Jameer as well. He racked up 7 assists last night but still had 3 turnovers. He and Dwight really need to cut down on those turnovers.
Jameer, man what clutch. If maybe Artest would've played it could have been a different story. It's a win nonetheless. The Magic are no joke this year and are proving it to everybody.
