Milwaukee Bucks (0-0) @ Orlando Magic (0-0) TV: UPN 24 Radio: Milwaukee: 620 AM WTMJ Previous Game NONE Streaks NONE Probable Starters C: Dan Gadzuric 6'11 240 UCLA Kelvin Cato 6'11 275 Iowa St. PF: Joe Smith 6'10 225 Maryland Dwight Howard 6'11 240 SW Atlanta Christian Acadamy (HS) SF: Keith Van Horn 6'10 240 Utah Grant Hill 6'8 225 Duke SG: Michael Redd 6'6 215 Ohio St. Cuttino Mobley 6'4 215 Rhode Island PG: Mo Williams 6'1 185 Alabama Steve Francis 6'3 200 Maryland 6th Man: Desmond Mason 6'5 222 Oklahoma St. Hidayet Turkoglu 6'10 220 Turkey Head Coaches: Terry Porter/Johnny Davis Injuries Bucks- TJ Ford- OUT Mike James- OUT Zendon Hamilton- OUT Magic- Andrew DeClercq- OUT Brandon Hunter - OUT Mario Kasun- OUT Matchup to Watch MICHAEL REDD VS. CUTTINO MOBLEY Prediction The Bucks have many question marks going into this matchup with the new look Magic. With TJ Ford and now Mike James out, Mo Williams will get his chance to shine. Since its the first game, I'll be a homer and predict a win.... Bucks by 5
If Stevey plays a great game its Magic by 10+ if he doesnt but either Mobley, Dwight or Cato has a good game then Magic by 4+ if no one in the starting line has an above average game then Bucks by 15+. Desmond Mason is the man, he should start at SF of Van Horn or slide Van Horn to PF and Joe Smith to C then you got a crazy good starting lineup.
Milwaukee 25 22 20 25 92 Final Orlando 21 29 24 19 93 Bucks Leading Scorer- Michael Redd 19 Pts Magic Leading Scorer- Steve Francis 26 pts Bucks Leading Rebounder- Keith Van Horn 10 boards Magic Leading Rebounder- Dwight Howard 10 boards Bucks Leading Assists- Mo Williams 9 assists Magic Leading Assists- Steve Francis 7 assists Bucks 0-1 Magic 1-0 Next Games: Bucks: vs Cleveland Saturday Magic: @ New Orleans Friday GMan's MVP: Steve Francis Bucks MVP: Mo Williams I thought we played very well tonight. The Magic are for real this season and showed it tonight. The Bucks proved that they can still get out and run without TJ, especially with Mo Williams running the point. He really impressed me a lot tonight, except giving up the game winning layup way too easily to Francis. Zaza played very well, hustle player, a lot of energy, will be starting soon. I am disappointed that we lost, but losing by 1 on the road the first game of the year isn't bad, but to do it the way we did hurts.
Heartbreaking loss for the Bucks. The game slipped away from them in the last 2 seconds. From the box scores, it seems Mo Williams played really well, and Van Horn did well too. I'd expect 25 points from Redd though, it seems he needs to step up.
