Preview: Magic @ Hornets <div align="center"> vs <font color="Blue">Orlando Magic</font> at <font color="SeaGreen"> New Orleans Hornets </font> When Saturday, January 17 Where New Orleans Arena Time 7:00 TV Local</div> Records Hornets: 22-17 Magic: 10-30 Previous Games <u>Orlando</u> <ul>January 16, Won 124-118(OT) vs Boston January 14, Loss 120-110 @ New York January 12, Loss 87-82 vs Philadelphia [/list] Last 10: 2-8 <ul>January 15, Loss 78-74(OT) vs Toronto January 13, Loss 94-89 vs Minnesota January 10, Loss 89-84 @ Chicago [/list] Last 10: 4-6 Probable Starters Andrew DeClercq vs Jamaal Magloire Juwan Howard vs PJ Brown Keith Bogans vs George Lynch Tracy McGrady vs Baron Davis Tyronn Lue vs David Wesley Injury List <u> Orlando</u> Pat Garrity Reece Gaines Grant Hill <u>New Orleans </u> Courtney Alexander Jamal Mashburn Team Updates <u>Orlando</u> The Magic won last night 124-118 against the Celtics in overtime. Drew Gooden scored a career high 32 points along with 8 rebounds. Tracy McGrady poured in 42 points on 15-31 shooting. Zaza Pachulia had 9 points and 6 boards in the victory as well. The Magic have stated they want to develop and play their rookies more, since they aren't going anywhere. <u>New Orleans </u> The Hornets are coming off a 78-74 overtime loss against the Raptors. 4 Hornets scored in double figures in the loss. PJ Brown had 11 points and 10 rebounds on 4-13 shooting. Robert "Tractor" Traylor pulled down 10 rebounds along with 9 points. Darrell Armstrong is returning against his former team, look for him to hurt the Magic down the stretch. [quoteright] "Really, not after this year. Nope. I'm being serious. It's just been a tough season," "I really feel I am an all-star, but when you look at my team, our situation, our record . . . No, I really don't want to be there." -Tracy McGrady, who likely will qualify for his fourth consecutive all-star game.[/QUOTERIGHT] Keys to the Game <u> Orlando</u> <ul>Defend the basket. The Hornets have several big men who like to attack the basket.[/list]<ul>Give Gooden the ball. He's our top post player and his confidence is on a high. He scored a carreer high 32 points in the OT victory against the Celtics.[/list]<ul>Contain the big guys; The Hornets will most likely kill the Magic on the boards because of their big guys.[/list] <u>New Orleans</u> <ul>Set the tempo of the game.[/list]<ul>Contain McGrady. With all the big men on the Hornets, it shouldn't be too hard to put a hand in his face.[/list]<ul>Defend the perimeter. McGrady, Lue, Strickland, Gireck, and Nailon can all knock down the outside shots.[/list] Current Team Leaders <u> Orlando</u> <ul>Points: Tracy McGrady (26.1) Rebounds: Drew Gooden (7.4) Assists: Tracy McGrady (5.8) Steals: Tracy McGrady (1.3)[/list] <u>New Orleans</u> <ul>Points: Baron Davis (23.6) Rebounds: PJ Brown (9.5) Assists: Baron Davis (8.0) Steals: Baron Davis (2.49)[/list] Key Bench Players <u> Orlando</u> Drew Gooden<ul>12.7 Points Per Game, 7.4 Rebounds Per Game, 1.3 Assists Per Game[/list] Rod Stickland<ul>5.6 Points Per Game, 2.3 Rebounds Per Game, 3.0 Assists Per Game[/list] Lee Nailon<ul>5.8 Points Per Game, 3.0 Rebounds Per Game, .5 Assists Per Game[/list] <u>New Orleans </u> Robert Traylor<ul>4.3 Points Per Game, 3.4 Rebounds Per Game, .4 Assists Per Game[/list] Darrell Armstrong<ul>9.7 Points Per Game, 2.8 Rebounds Per Game, 3.4 Assists Per Game[/list] Stacey Augmon<ul>4.0 Points Per Game, 2.1 Rebounds Per Game, .9 Assists Per Game[/list] Key Matchup <font size="1">PJ Brown/Juwan Howard</font> The 'X' Factor How many points will the Magic give up in the paint? Ice's Take Hornets by 7+ Recap and Boxscore following the game <font size="1">Go to NBA.com for the official preview</font>
Gooden still only averages 12 points per game? Damn, everytime I see his post game stats, they always seem to be over 20. Hornets by 8.
just let me re-phrase ur Team Updates there Ice for Orlando I did hear we will play our young guys..but not cuz we aint going nowhere..and for the Hornet they dont just come from a loss in OT against a short-handed raptors..they are in a 4 games losing streak.if players aint that tired from last night..Magic by 8.
aww man this is stupid..T-Mac drove to the basket and he got knocked out and they didnt blow the whistle! man thats what home court advantage does when u got that kinda referees calling the game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">aww man this is stupid..T-Mac drove to the basket and he got knocked out and they didnt blow the whistle! man thats what home court advantage does when u got that kinda referees calling the game.</div> Your right, the refs freaking swallowed the whistle's on that call. He got hit big time but that's our luck this year. The magic lost the game in the beginning of the 4th though, when t-mac was on the bench they were up by 9 and when he came back in 2 mins later the game was tied.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">aww man this is stupid..T-Mac drove to the basket and he got knocked out and they didnt blow the whistle! man thats what home court advantage does when u got that kinda referees calling the game.</div> That's what the 10- point advantage a home team has against their opponents. It's kind of sad though
oh well..I still think it was our game tho 10 - 31 .. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It came down to McGrady vs. Augmon in the waning seconds. With the Magic trailing by one point, McGrady took the inbounds pass and drove around Augmon to the basket, where he drew contact from P.J. Brown and watched his layup roll off the rim with less than a second remaining. </div>
Your Kidding Me?! Oh damn, i forgot about the game tonight... Still this sucks.. They lose to the hornets again.. By one point like the first game if i am correct... Well it shows you that when McGrady sits.. the team falls apart and loses any lead/momentum they have....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting :</div><div class="quote_post">Stacey Augmon helped slow down McGrady in the fourth quarter as the New Orleans Hornets rallied for a 91-90 victory over the Orlando Magic that snapped a four-game losing streak. The 2003 NBA scoring champion, McGrady torched the Hornets for 31 points through three quarters, helping the Magic build a 75-66 lead. Hornets coach Tim Floyd went to the 6-8 Augmon, who is nicknamed "Plastic Man" for his long arms and defense, to guard McGrady in the fourth quarter. McGrady managed just a pair of free throws while missing three shots. </div> Recap Box Score
Well now everytime the Magic face the Hornets.. Stacy Augmon is gonna be on McGrady.. He held him to that much in a quarter.. Who knows what he could do.. Thank god this was the last game against them... Yeah Mcgrady needs a break.. But when they take him out for a little bit in the second half.. The team falls apart..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ice Breaker:</div><div class="quote_post">Recap Box Score</div> It wasn't that stacey played great d on t-mac straight up, it was that he wouldn't let the magic get t-mac the ball.T-mac was scoring on him and lynch all night long. The media makes it look like stacey just played d on him in the 4th which is not true. They took turns all night and t-mac burned them with 30 points in 3 qtrs. The hornets just did a great job of keeping the ball out of t-mac hands the whole period. T-mac should of been shooting free throws at the end though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jump:</div><div class="quote_post"> What a lovely foul.</div> yeah .. an Offensive one !
Uh, no. There is no way in hell that could be an offensive foul. The image shows the goal within arms length of McGrady's left handed, meaning they're inside the circle. And, PJ Brown has left his feet.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Air Canada:</div><div class="quote_post">yeah .. an Offensive one !</div> How can it be an offensive one when the defender isn't even set,all he's doing is going for the ball from the weak side.However instead he got Mcgrady's arm.I'm not Magic fan but that should of been two shots.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting allnet:</div><div class="quote_post">How can it be an offensive one when the defender isn't even set,all he's doing is going for the ball from the weak side.However instead he got Mcgrady's arm.I'm not Magic fan but that should of been two shots.</div> Me neither, I simply respect the players there. I never actually watched the game, they were so close, but yeah from the looks of it, this should've been 2 shots from the charity line. Although the Hornets are a better team in general over the Magic anyway. They should've/could've taken this one.
Yep. It's not like it would have mattered anyway though because Tmac would have missed at least 1 of the FT's, maybe both. The Hornets would have won in OT. I still wish they would blow the whistle down the stretch. Oh well. I didn't see the game either.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sportsrock37:</div><div class="quote_post">Yep. It's not like it would have mattered anyway though because Tmac would have missed at least 1 of the FT's, maybe both. The Hornets would have won in OT. I still wish they would blow the whistle down the stretch. Oh well. I didn't see the game either.</div> Man, I don't understand you sometimes sportsrock. He has hit big shots this year and especially free throws I'm pretty sure he would hit both or at least one that's all we needed to tie. They are 3-0 in overtime this year so why do you say they would lose? Just because of our record? you have to have a little faith. I bet you thought we were going to lose the game vs boston to. I think someone is getting in your head and you know who I'm talking about.
Yes, I know who your talking about. That's not the case though. All I remember is, it was against Boston we were down 5 or 6 with near 30 secs left. Paul Pierce fouled Tmac shooting a 3. He missed them all. He missed 3 Ft's. That was what I was thinking. I just think that Darrell would have lit us up in the OT. He would find a way to win, which is what we needed this year. Actually I didn't even see the Boston game. I was working. The season's over for the Magic, so my morale of the Magic is very low, so sorry if I cut them down from now on.
