@ <font color="Blue">The Orlando Magic (12-34)</font>@<font color="Blue">The Washington Wizards (13-30)</font> Time: 7:00 Eastern Place: The MCI Center TV: Local =================================== Last 3 games: <u>ORL-</u> *Loss to Cleveland 99-98 *Loss to Houston 99-87 *Win over Philly 98-93 <u>WAS-</u> *Loss to Portland 94-83 *Win over Indiana 107-96 *Loss to Boston 100-89 ==================================== Probable Starting Lineups: Tyronn Lue/Brevin Knight Tracy McGrady*/Juan Dixon Gordan Giricek/Jarvis Hayes Juwan Howard/Kwame Brown Andrew Declercq/Brendan Haywood *Tmac is questionable* Sixth Men: Drew Gooden*/Steve Blake *Drew Gooden is Questionable ============================== Injury Report: <u>ORL-</u> SF Keith Bogans Leg Questionable PF Drew Gooden Hip Questionable SG Tracy McGrady Toe Questionable SF Grant Hill Ankle IL SF Pat Garrity Knee IL <u>WAS-</u> SG Larry Hughes Knee Questionable SG Jerry Stackhouse Knee IL PG Gilbert Arenas Abdominal IL PG Chris Whitney Ankle IL ============================= Key Matchup: *Juwan Howard always brings his a game against the Wizards *Kwame Brown has molded into the form that Wizards fans are starting to love, can he take another step the next step to becoming a star in this leauge. ============================ Keys to The Game: <u>ORL-</u> *Do not let Dixon get hot *Feed the ball to the post if Tmac does not play *Get Offensive Boards *Double Kwame, make the outside shooters win the game <u>WAS-</u> *If Tmac plays, have Dixon go at him right away *Get more Rebounds than the magic, Washington is horrible at rebounding *Limit Turnovers *Feed Kwame and Brendan down low ============================== The "X" Factors: <u>ORL-</u> Juwan and Lue are returning to old stomping grounds, how will they produce <u>WAS-</u> Will Jarvis Hayes decide to show up tonight, or will he take another 14 shots and make 2 of them. ============================ Prediciton: Since Washington is at home, I will take them to win this one by 5...Kwame will have 18 10 and 3 ============================= P.S. Kwame is averaging 17.5 pts a game and 8.3 boards against the magic this year.
I love kwame since the beginning..but I think T-Mac is not questionable at least thats what I heard..and coming off a 34 pts half and then leaving cuz of an injury??hell nah he better drop 50 tonight..anyways this should be an easy 1 for the Magic .. Magic by 8.
The Wizards have been playing unbelievably well lately, however the Magic haven't. I still think they're the better overall team though. I just hope to see my man Dixon stepping up with Blake and taking to the frontlines. Their only hope is zone, doubling on TMac or even tripling, Kwame sure as hell can't take him alone. He'll only be able to fight for boards. Magic by 9.
Magic has come out strong beating the Sixers, so I will predict Magic will win by 2+ and T-Mac will have 30+ points.
Everyone on Washington, except Kwame and Brevin Knight SUCK! Tmac is torching us w/ 23 pts on 8-12 shooting...and it is just halftime Kwame Brown has 15 pts on 6-9 shooting, and 3-4from teh Charity Stripe...11 boards, 5 offensive, Brevin Knight has 11pts on 5-10 shooting, everyone else is basically non-existant Magic- 60 Wizards- 46 ================================= Kwame Finished w/ 15pts but also had 15 boards... Juan Dixon cought fire in teh Second half, but Tmac was too much scoring 39 points <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Tracy McGrady's big toe is feeling just fine. Just ask the Washington Wizards. McGrady scored 39 points in a terrific all-around game to lead the Orlando Magic to a 104-100 victory over the Washington Wizards McGrady made 15-of-31 shots and collected nine rebounds and five assists just two days after being unable to play in the second half at Cleveland due to a sprained left toe. </div> Full Recap Box Score
