WHERE: The Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. RECORDS: Magic 19-16; Pacers 18-16. BROADCASTS: TV -- WRBW-Ch. 65. Radio -- 580 AM (WDBO); Spanish-language -- 1030 AM (WONQ). MAGIC UPDATE: Indiana had six players available when Orlando won Nov. 20 because of injuries and suspensions. Now Jermaine O'Neal is back. PACERS UDPATE: Despite the suspensions, Indiana has hovered around .500. WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Magic will have to find a way to slow O'Neal. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bask...?coll=orl-magic Should be a good game. Both teams have been lingering around .500 for a while now. If Orlando has an answer for O'Neal, they could escape with a victory, otherwise I'll call a Pacer win by 5.
The Magic Update looks more like another Indiana Update to me. This is a back-to-back game for both teams, Pacers coming from a great win against the Suns. I don't think we can contain O'Neal so I can't see us winning this one but I hope we keep this close, also I hope that we can see some bits of DC today.
Is it just me or does the topic say magic @ pistons ? lol Ne way. ONeal is on form atm and could be a huge job containing him. If we can we could be successful possibly.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting magicdamo23:</div><div class="quote_post">Is it just me or does the topic say magic @ pistons ? lol Ne way. ONeal is on form atm and could be a huge job containing him. If we can we could be successful possibly.</div> Typo on Orlandosentinel.com's part. Anyways I just turned the game on and we're up by 1. Francis and Battie have already fouled out and Grant Hill is playing great for us. O'Neal is having a huge game - 32 points and 13 boards so far.
OMG my nerves are shot to hell now. I just didnt need that, jameer didnt get 2 at end would have been happy. Great first half from us, great D but the fouls just got the best of us and we JUST by the skin of our teeth held on. Gotta say, Cato cluth ft's did the job really in those last minutes, well played.
Christie almost cost us the game with that stupid foul on Reggie Miller for 3 with 3 secs left when we were up by 3. It's not likely that Reggie Miller misses 1 FT when the game is on the line. I can't believe Jameer didn't make the 1st one. He did right missing the 2nd though. They had no timeouts left and 2 secs left to get the rebound and shoot it.
That foul on reggie was a joke, aka NOT A FOUL so it wasnt DC's fault in any way, other wise i thought he had a great debut. Reggie Miller did what we English would call "A dirty cheating dive" that is he made out that the smallest bit of contact that pretty much everyone will do was being "shot by a sniper" as one comentator put it. As Johny Davis said "Justice" when he missed it.
I agree that was a bull s*** call and it showed how bad these refs were. Still a great game by the Magic and lets start up a wining streak.
Yeah the refs are very bad so far in the past 2 games with francis ally-oop and now christies foul, reggie fadded away to far and let off an airball no foul but where was the whitsle when cato was getting hammered by three people under the hoop twice? It seems when i watch orlando the refs arnt so aggresive in calls and when they are they call little touches. The defense was like playoff defense very aggresive good thing cato and oneal arnt mad at each other or we might have seen a denver nene and t'wolves olowacambi(spelling).
Yeah have to say it was a bit of a joke on the ref side. Bit odd for a mid season game to see 4, thats FOUR players foul out. It was a "aggressive" game without being overly aggressive, cept on Oneal i guess.
