@ Philadelphia: 3-3 Orlando: 4-2 <font color="Red">Injurys:</font> = Questionable = Questionable = Out <font size="2"> <font color="Navy">Starting Lineups: (If Cato and Mobley play)</font></font> Point Guards: Steve Francis/Allen Iverson Shooting Guards: Cuttino Mobley/Willie Green Small Forwards: Grant Hill/Andre Iguodala Power Forwards: Dwight Howard/Kenny Thomas Centers: Kelvin Cato/Marc Jackson 6th Man: Kyle Korver/Hedo Turkoglu Note: Korver is coming off a career game against the Pacers, 23 points, with 7-10 shooting from downtown. <div align="center"><font color="Blue"><font size="2">Key Matchups:</font></font></div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center">Allen Iverson/Steve Francis</div> Both players are coming off monster games against two (last year) power houses of the east and west. Iverson nailed his first game winning shot against the Pacers on Saturday, while Francis drops 32 on the Lakers. Both players should follow up with a 20+ point day on Sunday. ---------------------------------------- <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center">Dwight Howard/Kenny Thomas</div> Dwight got his welcome to the NBA against Kobe on Friday. Dwight should get his easiest test of the year so far against a much smaller (6'7") Kenny Thomas. I am expecting a very good game from Dwight, 15 points 13 boards from the 18 year old. -------------------------------- <font color="Blue">Nelson returns to Philly:</font> Jameer Nelson is going to return from Philly after he spent a 4 year college career at St. Joes. It should be an emontional night for our backup point guard. -------------------------------- <font color="RoyalBlue">Orlando Keys:</font> The Magic can't let 6th man Kyle Korver explode from downtown like he did friday night against the Pacers. Korver has a quick release, and the Magic should try to keep a man on him at all times. The Sixers come in with a very good perimeter attack as well, with guys like John Salmons, Willie Green, and Allen Iverson can all hit it from 3. The #1 key to the game for the Magic is to defend the perimeter and not let the Sixers get hot from downtown. <font color="DarkRed">Sixers Keys:</font>: The Magic offensce is becoming one of the best offenses in the league, droping 122 on the Lakers on Friday the Sixers #1 key should be to get back on defence, and don't let the Magic explode for 110+ points again. The Sixers should also try to get rookie Andre Iguodala more involed in their offsence. ----------------------------------------------------- <font color="Blue"><u><font size="2">CourtKing's Prediction:</font></u></font> Both the Magic and the Sixers are deep so the bench should be a problem for both teams. Francis and crew need to get off to a good start and contain Allen Iverson. I am taking the Magic in this one 108-102.
I think the magic will take this one as it should be a upt empo game and no one can run with the magic. I expect a big game from dwight, hopefully he comes through.
Nice Preview! That has to be one of the best I have seen on this site. Good Job! I agree with your prediction except I think the scores will be lower. Other than that nice job.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting OrlandoMagicFan:</div><div class="quote_post">nice, any updates on status of Mobley and Cato?</div> They are both still listed as questionable on NBA.com
hopefully they will play, especially Mobley, Battie is good enough to be able to play if he stays out of foul trouble but Magic dont have very strong SG position
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting OrlandoMagicFan:</div><div class="quote_post">hopefully they will play, especially Mobley, Battie is good enough to be able to play if he stays out of foul trouble but Magic dont have very strong SG position</div> Yeah I agree. If Mobley doesn't play we might run the same offense we did against the Lakers with Grant Hill at SG and Hedo Turkoglu at SF. That seemed to work well since both guys had outstanding games.
or maybe he would keep DeShawn or someone else starting and then just get Turkoglu off the bench like usual.
The betting lines favor the Sixers by 3.5 points, with the sole reason being home court advantage. I don't think it will play a factor, and with both teams being rested I'll take Orlando and even say we win by 6+.
well...i think augmon and battie going to start the game...so mobley and cato still not playing this... i hope we can win this away game, looking forward to watching the magic to have another big and winning game in a min time. Go MAGIC! I predict magic win by 5
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Anton:</div><div class="quote_post">The betting lines favor the Sixers by 3.5 points, with the sole reason being home court advantage. I don't think it will play a factor, and with both teams being rested I'll take Orlando and even say we win by 6+.</div> agreed magic +3.5 is a good betline to bet on i've put my money on this and i hope magic can win by 5+++
Good start by the 76ers. Their defense is looking pretty good, so far they caused two shot clock violations. Iverson is looking to score, and Dalembert is back in action so that's a big help.
Wow. I didn't expect the 76ers to do this good. Check out Allen Iverson btw. 29 Points, 6 Rebounds, 12 Assists with 1:53 to go. However, he does have 7 turnovers. Yikes! __________________ Final Score- Magic 87, 76ers 96 Player Of The Game: Allen Iverson 29 Points (12-25 FG), 6 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 1 Steal
sad to see that we cant score and the sixers did well in the second half... well...we lose next game we'll bounce back.
