<u><font color="Blue">Orlando Magic</font> @ <font color="Red">Miami Heat</font></u> When: Friday, January 2<font size="1">nd</font> Where: American Airlines Arena Time: 7:30 ET TV: Sunshine, WBFS, NBALP Records <u>Orlando:</u> 8-24 <u>Miami:</u> 13-19 Last 10 <u>Orlando:</u> 5-5 <u>Miami:</u> 6-4 Previous Games <u>Orlando</u> <ul> [*]December 29, Lost 114-86 vs New York [*]December 26, Lost 83-98 @ Spurs [*]December 25, Won 113-101(OT) vs. Cavaliers [/list] Streak: Lost 2 <u>Miami</u> <ul> [*]December 30, Lost 102-73 @ New York [*]December 30, Won 90-83 @ Chicago [*]December 27, Lost 100-80 vs New York [/list] Streak: Lost 1 Head Coaches vs. Johnny Davis vs. Stan Van Gundy Probable Starters vs. Rod Strickland vs. Rafer Alston vs. Tracy McGrady vs. Eddie Jones vs. Gordan Giricek vs. Caron Butler vs. Juwan Howard vs. Lamar Odom vs. Andrew Declercq vs. Brian Grant Injury List <u>Orlando</u> Pat Garrity Reece Gaines Grant Hill <font size="1">Tracy McGrady (Day to day)</font> <u>Miami</u> Jerome Beasley Udonis Haslem John Wallace Stat Comparison ESPN Key Factor <font color="Red">By TimFlem</font> Tracy Mcgrady as all of you should no is hurt. Will he play or will he be resigned to the sidelines. Will he come over this injury and lead the Magic to a victory over the short-handed heat or will he sit out and watch SKIP a.k.a Rafer Alston skip all over the court scoring easy buckets. Key Matchup <font color="Red">By Magic Johnson</font> Odom and Howard, although Odom being the better player, also improving as of late, will have the contain the decent offensive capabilities of Howard. And vice versa. Odom if left unguarded might be able to expose and abuse his slight three point skills. Butler will undoubtedly play a lock down play, especially if played man to man against Giricek. If he and Odom defend in unison or in conjunction, it'll provide a great defensive play for use on both sides of the court, meaning defence and offence. Keys to the Game <u>Magic</u> <ul> [*]Rebound [*]Get a substantial lead early on [*]Hold on to any leads [/list] <u>Miami</u> <ul> [*]Rebound [*]Force Magic to take the outside shot [*]Get to the free throw line [/list] Predictions <u>Magic Johnson</u> Both are missing two key offenders, hence overall I'd say the Magic are superior in both the matchups and actually teamwork, meaning players and statistics. I predict Magic by about 6. Magic 98 Heat 91 <u>TimFlem</u> If Mcgrady plays it should be easy for us (The Magic) to get the W if he doesn't then we'll have to fight for it. Magic in a nail-biter by 4. Magic 101 Heat 97 <u>Jump</u> This game will probably come down to McGrady's fitness. If he is able to get on the pine, and put his minutes in, I believe we stand a strong chance, however this does not mean to say that I am confident. Nothing in the Magic this year has installed confidence in me. Just when I believe they are back in the playoff hunt, we give away a silly loss. If we lose this one, it will be very hard to snatch a playoff spot. I would love to say that the Magic will win this, but something in my is saying that the Magic will lose, so Im going to go with my conscience. Heat 102 Magic 94 <font color="Red">By Jump, TimFlem and Magic Johnson.</font>
Him and Williams teamed up nicely for and off the glass oop when they played Atlanta this year. That was nice.
If Dwyane Wade plays and is healthy and T-Mac doesn't play, then there is no doubt in my mind the Heat will win.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jump:</div><div class="quote_post">I am told that McGrady is playing. I just hope that this doesnt make his condition any worse.</div> Thank you Jesus for letiing Mcgrady play. Let's just hope satin does not blow it for us
