Magic @ Boston <div align="center"> <font color="Green">Boston Celtics </font> vs <font color="Blue">Orlando Magic</font> Time: 7:00 PM ET Venue: The FleetCenter TV: NBA TV Records Celtics: 25-36 Magic: 17-44 Seasonal Series The Celtics have won two of three meetings with the Magic this season. They have won 10 of their last 11 home games against Orlando. </div> Previous Games <u>Celtics</u> <ul>[*]02/29/04 Won 91-82 @ Toronto [*]02/27/04 Won 88-75 vs Toronto [*] 02/25/04 Loss 106-104 vs Milwaukee [/list] Last 10: 3-7 <u> Orlando </u> <ul>[*]02/28/04 Won 104-99 @ Atlanta [*]02/27/04 Loss 112-107(OT) vs Cleveland [*]02/24/04 Loss 94-91(OT) vs Portland [/list] Last 10: 4-6 Probable Starters Steven Hunter vs Mark Blount Juwan Howard vs Brandon Hunter Deshawn Stevenson vs Jiri Welsch Tracy McGrady vs Paul Pierce Tyronn Lue vs Chucky Atkins Team Updates <u>Boston:</u> The Celtics are trying to win three in a row for the first time since January 7-11. <u>Orlando: </u> Orlando lost consecutive overtime games before posting a 104-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on the road on Saturday. <font size="1">ESPN </font> Injury List <u> Orlando</u> Pat Garrity Grant Hill Andrew DeClercq <u> Boston</u> Kendrick Perkins Raef LaFrentz [quoteright]"Best players play. This is the NBA. You don't wait to find out how guys fit in; you just play the best players and you adjust for them, is my belief." -Interim coach John Carroll[/QUOTERIGHT] Current Team Leaders <u> Orlando</u> <ul>[*]Points Tracy McGrady (27.7) [*]Rebounds Juwan Howard (6.8) [*]Assists Tracy McGrady (5.5) [*]Steals Tracy McGrady (1.31)[/list] <u>Boston</u> <ul>[*]Points: Paul Pierce 22.9 [*]Rebounds: Paul Pierce 6.4 [*]Assists: Paul Pierce 5.0 [*]Steals: Paul Pierce 1.64[/list] <div align="center"> Key Bench Players <u> Orlando</u> Drew Gooden 11.7 Points Per Game, 6.6 Rebounds Per Game, 1.2 Assists Per Game <u>Boston</u> Chris Mihm 7.0 Points Per Game, 6.0 Rebounds Per Game, .3 Assists Per Game </div> Key Matchup: <font size="1">Tracy McGrady/Paul Pierce</font> The 'X' Factor <ul>[*]Matchup of McGrady/Pierce [*] Tempo of the game [*] Bench Production[/list]
Noce Preview Ice. The Magic are capable of winning this game without that much of a struggle. If they can buckle down and play some decent D and make shots and get rebounds the way they're supposed to we could win this one. Magic by 4,
Celtics are inspired right now , they want to make the final run to make the playoffs. The way we've been playing lately I won't be surprise if we can beat them. Bench productions is one of the keys and who do we have coming off the bench? Drew Gooden and Keith Bogans , they could be starters themselves. Magic by 7 , T-Mac loves to play against Pierce and if Pierce gets hot expect T-Mac to have a big game.
The Magics aren't that great at the FleetCenter.So i think that i think the Celtics will win this one but i think T-Mac will have a great game, maybe 30+pts.I predict that the Celtics win by 7.
Magic are leading 75-73 with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, I really hope the Magic win this one because the Celtics are only half a game behind the Heat... LET'S GO MAGIC!
Final Score:Celtics 117, Magic 96 Scoring leader: TRACY MCGRADY 29pts (Orl) MARK BLOUNT 28pts (Bos) Rebounding Leader: TRACY MCGRADY and Keith Bogans 8 reb (Orl) MARK BLOUNT 21 Reb (Bos) Assist Leader: TYRONN LUE 11 ast (Orl) PAUL PIERCE and CHUCKY ATKINS 9 ast (Bos) Mark Blount played great.
Aw man another loss. And we were doing so good. Let's hope we can build from these losses and get som W's or at least Okafor. He's playing awsome tonight.
I looked up and Boston was pulling away.. Wow.. Well it looks like everyone had some contribution.. Wasnt enough i guess.. Its nice to see Gaines with Two Points and THREE Assists.. Haha..
What?? 95 - 82? lol it was 117 - 96 ...Celtics had a 25-0 run in the 4th quater we didn't score until 4:19 min left in the 4th (FT by Gooden.) Even T-Mac was struggling oh well , I'm happy for the Celtics they move up to the 8th spot.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">What?? 95 - 82? lol it was 117 - 96 ...Celtics had a 25-0 run in the 4th quater we didn't score until 4:19 min left in the 4th (FT by Gooden.) Even T-Mac was struggling oh well , I'm happy for the Celtics they move up to the 8th spot.</div> Oh sorry it must have been a glitch at NBA.com.
Mark Blount = 28 points, 21 rebounds? LMAO We seriously need a big man. I missed the game but I'm assuming HUnter got torched. What happened with Howard?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting crazytown:</div><div class="quote_post">Mark Blount = 28 points, 21 rebounds? LMAO We seriously need a big man. I missed the game but I'm assuming HUnter got torched.</div> Hey , don't blame it on Hunter he had his 6 points 6 rebounds and 3 blocks which is more than Orlando asked from him and certianly more than Declerq gives most of the nights (besides rebounds because of hustling.) Mark just had a great night , he earned it. I was surprise when I heard he reached a career high when he got like 21 points or something like that I've been a fan of him with Boston , and I really tought he had done more than that in past seasons. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I owe it to hard work," Blount said. "I'm not doing anything different, just working hard. I've been playing with the same guys now for a while and I feel real comfortable. These guys look for me and make my job easier." </div> Main reason is Brandon Hunter from the Celtics. He is a great help for Mark now he can relax and think more on the offensive end when you have another big buy on the paint and helping you with the rebounds. Just to finish my post here is a little quote from the Official Recap Dedicated to sportsrock <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Magic guard Tyronn Lue had 14 points and tied a career high with 11 assists. He did not have a turnover. Orlando was without starting forward and leading rebounder Juwan Howard, who was sidelined with a stomach flu. </div> I still don't know how you don't like T-Lue again in that strech of the game where noone seems to get an easy buckets he just knocks down the shots and keep us in the game.
Gaines is playing good whenever he plays. Not bad for like 3 mins. We need to play him when it matters, hopefully he'll get some time now that we cut Rod Strickland. He'd be a great backup PG for us. He's like how troy hudson was when he was with us. We need a starting quality PG. He takes way too many stupid shots.
