Magic @ Utah Preview: 12/8/04 <div align="center"> Orlando Magic @ Utah jazz Where : Delta Center Date: Sunday December 8th TV: Sunshine, NBALP Coach Johnny Davis Probable Starters ( Steve Francis PG, Cuttino Mobely SG, Grant Hill SF, Dwight Howard PF, Kelvin Cato C) Sixth Man Hidayet Turkoglu SG/SF ------------------------------------------------------------------ Coach Jerry Sloan Probable Starters ( Carlos Arroyos PG, Gordan Giricek SG, Matt Harpring SF, Carlos Boozer, Jarron Collins C) Sixth Man Kirk Snyder Key Players </div> Why are they the Key Players First off lets start with Stevie Franchise in 2003-04, joined Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson and Grant Hill as the only players in NBA history to average 15 points, five rebounds and five assists in each of their first five seasons . Now in the 2004-05 season he has continued the streak or looks tobe continuing it by averaging 20.4, 6.80, and 6.4. Francis will be going against a player who is without question been in a slump this season after playing in the Olympics over the summer, and having a great year last season he is only averaging 8.8 points this season with how ever 6.2 assists 1.2 assists higher then what he averaged last season. Arroyo although in a slump can bust out at any moment which makes him a constant threat to our team. With weapons like Carolos Boozer 19.4 points this season, Arroyo has a lot of guys to get involved in the offense. I think he, and Boozer should be our main focuses this game. Dont Look for to much Magic from... IR 55 Andrew DeClercq IR 7 Michael Bradely IR 8 Pat Garrity Magic Keys... * Have a good game out of Howard Howard broke out of his slump against the Nuggets notching 23 points and 10 rebounds getting his first double double after combining for only 9 rebounds the two games before that. He will look to continue it against the Jazz and Carlos Boozer, and the Magic need him to produc to be successful. * Have a good game form Hill and Francis this is a repeating thing. When Francis and Hill perform they have won when they dont they have lost. Its a simple thing, but it has held true all year. * Limit turnovers. Turnovers continue to be the Magics down fall this year they ahd a ton in Denver which was a blow out lose, and if the game is tight turnovers will kill the team again. Leo's Prediction Francis comes out with intensity and gets teammates involved every. Francis finishs with a triple double. Hill over 20 points. Magic by 8. I do not Hedo will have a good game hope I am wrong though. I think that the main reason we will win this game is due to the fact AK is out if he was in there lineup I would not be as optamistic about this game.
I thought Kelvin Cato was out for three weeks with a shoulder injury? Regardless this could be a tough game for the Magic. The Jazz are a pretty solid team inside, and with the recent injury to Cato, this may cause the Magic to have problems. For the Magic to win this game, I expect a lot from Grant Hill, Steve, and Cuttino Mobley. Dwight Howard will have to play hard in the paint also.
