<div align="center"> <font size=""3"">@</font> </div> Where: Atlanta, Georgia When: 1:30 ET November 5, 2006 Who: Orlando Magic @ Atlanta Hawks Today the Magic will be playing in their first road game against the Atlanta Hawks. After going 4-0 on the road in preseason, the players will hope to continue this trend now that the regular season is here. Both Orlando and Atlanta are 1-1 and will be looking to improve their records today. Last season, the Magic only won 10 games on the road. This was a huge weakness of ours and if we want to reach the postseason we will have to consistently win games on the road. Starting Lineups <font color=""Blue"">Orlando Magic</font> (Jameer Nelson, Grant Hill, Hedo Turkoglu, Tony Battie, Dwight Howard) <font color=""Red"">Atlanta Hawks</font> (Speedy Claxton, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Shelden Williams, Zaza Pachulia) My Prediction I think the Magic will come back strong after their loss to the Sixers. Expect big games from Dwight and Jameer and I predict a Magic win, 103-97.
Im expecting a big win by the Magic, Dwight is going to dominate and Hill is going to play good under the radar. Magic by 15
The game is starting now. Let's try to get this game thread really active and flowing with discussion throughout the game. I think Dwight Howard is going to have a HUGE game today. Because he is originally from Atlanta, he has a lot of friends and family that he wants to perform well in front of at the game. Also, the Hawks don't have anyone that can really lock him down because Zaza and Shelden Williams are no match for Dwight. I'm predicting a 23 point and 18 rebound outing for him. EDIT: Ok right now we are playing terrible. We have three possessions so far in the game and three turnovers. This is disgusting so far and we need to stop playing so sloppy.
looks like hill is having another good game, and milicic is playing ok. but besides that it isnt really lookin too good yet.
ok...im pissed...we should kill ourselves...dwight howard=sucks so far...how the f**k do you lose to one of the worst teams in the east???? by 12??? eeewwwwwwww....the reason is garrity vs chicago, garrity (DNP) magic win vs philadelphia, garrity (14 mintes) magic lose vs atlanta, garrit (11 minutes) magic lose I HEREBY DECLARE THIS THREAD, THE "OFFICIAL TRADE GARRITY THREAD"
I don't like how Dwight only got 5 touches, while Dooling and Turkoglu got 10 touches each and they were shooting like sh**. I noticed that we had Turkoglu at SG and Hill at SF this time. Carlos Arroyo was 9-9 though and 3-4 free throws, he had 22 points.
WTF? I wasn't home at the start of the game, come home, and find out that the Magic lost to possibly the worst team in the East. What happened?
We're the same old Magic. Overachieve against good teams and underachieve against teams we should beat. I got my hopes up that this year would be different.
