So far the Clippers are up 48-41 and played pretty good ball in the first half. A few things I have seen so farClippers:-Elton Brand is doing awesome. He has 13 points so far, and shooting 6 of 8 with 6 rebounds. Tony Battie, Darko Milicic and Dwight Howard are all trying to say in his face and playing decent defense, he is just a beast. His mid range shot is going as well as his post moves. I hope Howard develops a mid range shot like Elton Brand has developed one, he will be unstoppable then.-Tim Thomas is playing very well, and again shooting well. He hasn't made any three's, but he has hustled and made alot of long jumpers inside the three point line.-The Clippers are very long, and challenge shots on defense. With Livingston and Thomas in the lineup, both help add to the team defense with their long arms and ability to challenge the shots of other players.Magiclaying bad for the most part and turning the ball over alot, with 10 points in the first half. Nelson, Ariza and Howard are pretty much the only three that have done anything worth noting.-Nelson has played well, is hitting his shots, and running the offense. I'm glad he is in the starting lineup.-Howard is getting doubled alot, by long people like Brand and Kaman. That is making it hard to pass out, and a big reason for his 3 turnovers so far. Regardless he is still playing good though making his shots that he takes for the most part, and rebounding well especially on the offensive boards. -Ariza has played awesome off the bench, and brought energy as usual. He brings the type of energy this team thrives off of. He is running, grabbed a couple of boards, and made a couple of dunks. His cutting through the lane really helps out with the double teams. I would say all of Howards assists have come from passes to Ariza cutting through the lane.- JJ Redick played, and still looks bad. He is shooting short which tells me he needs to hit the weight room and work on his leg strength the most. He also needs to get more explosive which working on his leg muscles will help. By being more explosive he can come around screens much quicker without the ball and put up his jump shot quicker. - Turkoglu continues to play bad. He is not hitting his jump shots, and not playing much defense which really hurts us more than helps us.- Carlos Arroyo is still playing terrible, and I truely believe Diener still deserves to play above Arroyo because he brings more to the table than Arroyo does.
Great comeback after we were losing at halftime. Jameer Nelson had a hell of a game. Putting up 29 points, 4assists, 3 rebounds. We were destroyed by Brand, Thomas, and Kaman in the first half. Im suprised Brand finished with only 15? He had like 13 in the first half.Turkoglu was BIG at the end. He hit 3 straight long-range jumpers (1 was a 3). Started a big magic run in the middle of the 4th. Then Clippers came back, Mobley hit a 3 to cut it to 89-86. And then Redick threw away an inbounds pass (because Shawn Livingston f*cking held Turkoglu from getting it). And then Tim Thomas missed an open 3.Great win for Orlando. We played without Grant Hill and Keyon Dooling for the 2nd straight game and we've won both. Redick has done a pretty nice job actually. Finally the guy is getting PTMagic now lead the southeast again :happy0144: 3RD IN the EAST!!!! :dribble:
