Blazers @ Magic <div align="center"> vs <font color="Red">Portland Trailblazers </font> vs <font color="Blue">Orlando Magic</font> When Tuesday, February 24 Where TD Waterhouse Time 7:00 ET TV Local Records Blazers: 27-28 Magic: 16-42 </div> Previous Games <u>Portland</u> <ul>[*]02/21/04 Won 105-84 vs Boston [*] 02/20/04 Won 94-93 @ Golden State [*] 02/18/04 Won 101-86 vs L.A. Clippers[/list] Last 10: 6-4 <u> Orlando </u> <ul>[*]02/22/04 Won 87-86 @ Detroit [*] 02/20/04 Won 102-98 vs Denver [*] 02/18/04 Won 90-77 vs Utah [/list] Last 10: 3-7 Probable Starters Steven Hunter vs Theo Ratliff Juwan Howard vs Zach Randolph Deshawn Stevenson vs Darius Miles Tracy McGrady vs Derek Anderson Tyronn Lue vs Damon Stoudamire Injury List <u> Orlando</u> Pat Garrity Grant Hill Andrew DeClercq <u> Portland</u> Eddie Gill Travis Outlaw Keys to the Game <u> Orlando</u> <ul>Rebound the basketball.[/list] <ul>Distribute the ball; McGrady had an off shooting night against the Pistons, but his teammates stepped up to win the game.[/list] [quoteright]"I don't care, I knew I'd get fined. I kicked a ball into the stands. I needed to let my frustration out. Ten thou . . . that's a lot of money. I'll have to get me another autograph-signing session to pay that." -Tracy McGrady [/QUOTERIGHT] <u>Portland</u> <ul>Maintain the tempo on the glass.[/list]<ul>Make sure Zach Randolph and Theo Ratliff get the ball. The Magic don't have anyone to match up against with them.[/list] Current Team Leaders <u> Orlando</u> <ul>[*]Points Tracy McGrady (27.7) [*]Rebounds Juwan Howard (6.8) [*]Assists Tracy McGrady (5.5) [*]Steals Tracy McGrady (1.31)[/list] <u>Portland</u> <ul>[*]Points: Zach Randolph (20.8) [*]Rebounds: Zach Randolph (10.8) [*]Assists: Damon Stoudamire (6.4) [*]Steals: Ruben Patterson (1.30)[/list] <div align="center"> Key Bench Players <u> Orlando</u> Drew Gooden 11.7 Points Per Game, 6.6 Rebounds Per Game, 1.2 Assists Per Game <u>Portland</u> Qyntel Woods 4.3 Points Per Game, 2.60 Rebounds Per Game, .9 Assists Per Game </div> Key Matchup: <font size="1">Zach Randolph/Drew Gooden</font> The 'X' Factor Can Orlando outrebound the Blazers and their big frontcourt? Fast Fact The Magic seek are currently riding a 3 game winning streak, tying their season best.
Great preview Ice. I look for the Magic continue their winning streak. tracy has just got them so motivated and it showed in their playing. Magic by 6.
lmao another autograph session... Portland just beat Miami ,5 games winning streak now if i'm not wrong , T-Mac will probably guard Miles and Bogans will defend Derek , Magic need to lose , I want to win and lose lol I don't like saying Magic down by 10. so... Magic by 6 , even if we lose I don't care
That's sad, you Magic fans don't care if you lose. I know you want your top draft pick and all, but I'd still root for my team to win. Anyways, with the way the Magic have been playing their last few games, I think they'll go ahead and beat the Blazers. Sure, Orlando lacks the toughness inside, but I think McGrady will have a big game coming off his worst shooting night of the season, and lead the Magic to victory by 4.
Stevenson has took the starting job away from bogans. I like the move we don't lose any thing on d and stevenson is the only other player on the magic who can create his own shot. I think the guy who needs to step it up is ty lue he isn't giving us anything on either end rod has outplayed him night in and night out to bad rod don't have the stamina to play starter minutes. rooks also looked good for us sunday.
Of course we want to win, but we wouldn't be as upset if we lose. I think Tmac is going to light it up tonight, shoot above 50 % and score at least 40, but unfortunately everyone will just be standing around and watching Tmac score, that they won't get invovled. Blazers by 2, Tmac has around 45 and we have 1 other guy in double figures. Randolph will kill us. My key of the game will be Drew Gooden. Can he give us some productive minutes and rebound aggressively like the llast 2 games or will he just not care and not play aggressively? If he plays good(near another double double) then we will win.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim is the key guy off the bench instead of Woods. As mentioned the Blazers frontcourt is stacked and controlling the boards and points in the paint will be the key for Orlando.
I wanna see Drew Gooden vs Zach Randolph I think it will be awesome during the whole game. Check that out I got a feeling , T-Mac will have a career high tonight 56 pts I don't know I Just feel I can predict everything we will win by 5.
I dont care who wins No really, I don't see the Magics win streak being more important than the blazers.. The blazers on are on a run for the playoffs.. This is a key game because it is a must win.. I see them taking it..
This is what I meant , if we lose we have to lose knowing that we could've win the game. Good Job for Magic , Theo IS "The" Block Machine god damn....
I would of loved to see this game on TV.. It looked really good from watching the Gamecast.. Portland continues their winning ways, and the magic should feel good about this, even though they lost..
this was a hard fought game by the magic it looks like stevenson is gonna be a big factor for them the man who killed them in ot was D Anderson he had 7 points in the ot
No way the guy that killed us was Theo and it was during the whole game , you guys saw that block when Hunter tried to dunk it with both hands? damn... Defense kept us in this game , Deshawn is the guy we needed awesome defense with him and T-Mac playing good defense it just makes the other play better defense.
T-Mac was way off again tonight. He's been in a shooting slump since the All-Star break. 11-32, 2-14 3pt. Ouch!
He'll find his ways again. He's due for a monster game, he might threaten his career high. Steven Hunter really impressed me and from what I see, he deserves more playing time and deserves to keep his starting spot.
happy to hear that from sportsrock hehe , T-Mac is ok if he shoots 10-30 at least...he is due for monster games yes , hopefully against LeBron
