WHERE: Continental Airlines Arena. RECORDS: Magic 19-59; Nets 45-32. BROADCAST: TV -- TNT. Radio -- 580 AM (WDBO); Spanish language 1440 AM (WPRD). MAGIC UPDATE: The Magic dropped their 11th consecutive game Tuesday night in Auburn Hills, Mich. losing to the Detroit Pistons 102-86. . . . G Tracy McGrady is out for the rest of the season with a sore left knee. C Steven Hunter is not on the trip, left at home because of an eye infection. . . . Orlando is 0-3 this season against the Nets. NETS UPDATE: The Nets welcomed back all-stars Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin in a 103-98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. . . . Kidd and Martin, who both have been out with left knee problems, came off the bench. Kidd scored nine points and had five assists in 21 minutes and Martin had six points in 21 minutes. . . . The Nets have wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Nets will want to get Kidd and Martin primed for the postseason, emphasizing their running game against the Magic's poor transition defense. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bask...?coll=orl-magic
Tonight game will be just to evaluate how kidd & k-mart look. And to try to establish our regular rotation before the playoffs start. Wins & losses are kind of meanless right now for the Nets. But the way Kidd & K-mart play will be. I also want to see how Rodney adjusts going back to the bench. And find out more about how serious Kittles injury is & how it will affect him come playoff time.
In NJ, I say we'll lose by 12. Declerq and Britton Johnsen will continue to get more mins than Gooden, Zaza, and Hunter. Lue will play 43 mins tonight.
That sucks , except for Lue lol jk Gaines , Stevenson should get more mins at the PG. I just want 1 win to end season with 20 and not ended with a losing streak...Maybe the Nets will try new things and practice plays for the Playoffs and will chill against Orlando and we can come up with a win lol I tought K-Mart and Kidd wouldn't be back by now lol oh well... Magic by 4.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post"> Magic by 4.</div> I know your loyal.. But Dude Come On.. All We Need To Know: Another Loss, and No Minutes For Hunter.. 3523425 For Delclerq and Johnsen
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ZeroToOne50182:</div><div class="quote_post">I know your loyal.. But Dude Come On.. All We Need To Know: Another Loss, and No Minutes For Hunter.. 3523425 For Delclerq and Johnsen</div> I posted why and how it could happen... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe the Nets will try new things and practice plays for the Playoffs and will chill against Orlando and we can come up with a win </div> You and Sportsrock also said Magic wouldn't score more than 60 against the Pistons...they had 80+
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">I posted why and how it could happen... You and Sportsrock also said Magic wouldn't score more than 60 against the Pistons...they had 80+ </div> No the nets need to gain postion for the playoffs.. They need to get Kidd and Martin back into the game, so they are not off beat for the playoffs.. And I had them scroing under 70...
Anyways , commentarists said the same thing I said when Nets were down ...they said they were trying a lot of new rotations and stuff...unfortunely they used the old one in the 4th and killed us..wow if we could have good 4th quaters we could've been a playoff contender...
This just proves to me that Orlando has a future bigman who can become a possible force in the eastern conference. Once again, Orlando gives Drew Gooden those big minutes and he impresses, well impresses me at least. Drew Gooden: 30 minutes, 20 points, 12 rebounds Kenyon Martin: 32 minutes, 14 points, 7 rebounds I understand Kenyon Martin isn't FULLY healthy, and I understand Kenyon and The Big Drizzle weren't matched up for the entire game, but Gooden is once again showing his potential granted starting minutes. Tonight was just another example, against one of the best power foward defenders in the league, and all star I might add, and Gooden came up big on both ends of the floor. Sure, it's another loss but these games are showing me that Gooden DEFINTELY deserves to be starting and Juwan needs to catch the first flight out of Orlando.
I agree , Gooden is just missing confidence to make the next big step , that confidence will come with being the starter , I really hope we trade Juwan instead of Gooden because He will be a start very soon , this was just a wasted season for Gooden to develope into what I think he could be...an 18ppg 12rpg kinda guy.
