Preview:Magic @ Wolves <div align="center"> <font size="4">@ </font> <font color="Blue">Orlando Magic </font> @ <font color="DarkGreen">Minesota Timberwolves</font></div> When: Tuesday , February 3. Where: Target Center , Minesota Time: 8:00PM ET TV:Local , NBAPL <u>Records:</u> : 13-36 Last Ten: 4-6 : 33-13 Last Ten: 8-2 <u>Probable Starters:</u> Andrew Declerq vs Ervin Johnson Juwan Howard vs Kevin Garnett Keith Bogans vs Latrell Sprewell Tracy Mcgrady vs Trenton Hassel Tyronn Lue vs Sam Cassel <u>Injury List:</u> : Grant Hill Pat Garrity : Wally Szczerbiak Michael Olowokandi <u>Key Matchup:</u> <font size="1">Juwan Howard and Drew Gooden vs Kevin Garnett</font> VS <u>Key Factor:</u> <font size="1">Tracy Mcgrady</font> Tracy Mcgrady is Expected back for tuesday against the Timberwolves after missing last game against the Clippers for Personal Problems(Death of Aunt)however , will he be back down? or will he be back inspired? everybody has to step up against a team like Minesota , but without T-Mac it will be really hard to beat them. <u>Important Tip:</u> Last Time these two teams met with each other the Wolves play Zone against the Magic during the whole game and T-Mac was really having problems against it..he was scoreless for the first half and score only 4 pts on the game in a 2-10FG shooting night. <u>TMaC_OwNz's Take:</u> Well..My 2 favorite teams and my 2 favorite Players go at it...It will be tough for the Magic to win this one..but im going for an inspired T-Mac and a Tired Wolves. Magic by 5.
Nice Preview. I will never say the Magic will lose a game in a preview because you never know. In this case it's likely they will lose. But I'm going to say somehow the Magic are going to pull this one off in an upset by 5 in OT possibly. That's just me.
This seems too difficult for you guys to pull it and win it. My team would probably beat this lineup even on a bad day. Poor Gooden, Howard and TMac would have to do all the work. I don't really mind if TMac plays badly, he has a reason. You guys better watch out for Hassell, he's good offensively, Lue sure as hell wouldn't be able to take him, you'd need to zone him. Just go for easy baskets and you might have a chance. Use zone, man to man won't cut it here. Great preview by the way. Even Ervin Johnson will school Declerq, I say put Zaza in. Timberwolves with ease, by 15.
Blowout.. This isnt even going to be funny.. When the keymatch up is Two guys on one.. You know its gonna be sad... Just don't bother playing Delclerq.. Keep Hunter and Zaza in, Play Gaines and Giricek more... This is going to be bad..
I expect to see a BUNCH !! of minutes from Hunter Tonight ... btw , Howard should be Big in this game..I mean he wants Minesota to know what he is capable of doing.
Gaines should start tonight. The paper didn't seem to think that Lue was going to start today. Rod will probably be the starter.
Beginning of 3rd: Orlando 48, Minnesota 53 McGrady with 16 on 7-16 shooting Juwan Howard has 10 points and 4 fouls KG 15 points and 7 rebounds Cassell 11 points 8 assists ------- Timberwolves 113, Magic 100 McGrady finished with 34 points on 12-31 shooting. He also added 5 assists along with 6 rebounds. Juwan Howard had 17 points and 8 rebounds but was in foul trouble throughout the game. As for the Timberwolves, KG put on his usual MVP performance with 30 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists. Amazing Box Score
damn we lost..we started excellent in both ends T-MAC wasnt hot early but then got hott and showed the Wolves he wasnt going to have 4 pts again.everything was going well until a 10-0 run at the end of the 3rd quater if im not wrong...then JD was too late bringing TMAC back...we started 12 - 4 ...then they got closer it was pretty much a close game until that run...Hunter and Williams didnt play. Final Score Wolves 113 Magic 100 btw , i just found out Shammond Williams is KG's cousin...NO WONDER HE IS GOOD.he got garbage minutes...Gaines had 2 assists and 3 pointer if im not wrong...play him and sw more.
Your not wrong. Gaines, Shammond Williams and Steven Hunter played the last 2 mins. Gaines had 5 pts, hit his only shot from the field(3 pt) and made 2 ft's. Give the kid more playing time. Hunter had 1 pt, with 1 ft. Shammond didn't have any pts.
No I didn't. ANyway I didn't get to watch this one. I'm impressed with the score and scoring. Good game Magic it could've been worse.
