Preview: Magic @ Raptors <div align="center"> vs <font color="Blue">Orlando Magic</font> at <font color="Indigo"> Toronto Raptors </font> When Wednesday, February 4 Where Air Canada Centre Time 7:00 ET TV Local Records Raptors:22-24 Magic: 13-37 Season Series The teams split their first two meetings, with Orlando posting a 104-93 victory on December 21.</div> Previous Games <u>Raptors</u> <ul>[*] 02/03/04 Win 93-80 @ Philadelphia [*]02/01/04 Loss 84-83 vs L.A. Lakers [*]01/30/04 Loss 90-89(OT) vs Detroit[/list] Last 10: 3-7 <u> Orlando </u> <ul>[*]02/03/04 Loss 113-100 @ Minnesota [*]01/31/04 Loss 115-106 vs L.A. Clippers [*] 01/29/04 Loss 89-79 vs New Jersey[/list] Last 10: 3-7 Probable Starters Andrew DeClercq vs Chris Bosh Juwan Howard vs Donyell Marshall Keith Bogans vs Vince Carter Tracy McGrady vs Alvin Williams Tyronn Lue vs Jalen Rose Injury List <u> Orlando</u> Pat Garrity Grant Hill <u> Toronto</u> Michael Bradley Michael Curry Eric Montross Keys to the Game <u> Orlando</u> <ul>Rebound the basketball[/list]<ul>Shoot the 3's. The Raptors are the worst team in the league when it comes to defending the 3 point line. The Magic must make the open looks.[/list]<ul>Bench Production. Rookies Reece Gaines and Zaza Pacuila have seen an increase in minutes throughout the week. They must take advantage of any playing time they get, to prove themselves worthy of more.[/list]<ul>Help McGrady; The Magic have yet to establish their second scorer because everyone is so inconsistant.[/list] [quoteright]"Whatever I've done I'm going to keep doing it. Fans just want to see what's going to happen next, what are you going to do next. That's one of the things I really enjoy doing, keep people guessing, wondering what I'm going to do next. Maybe that's it. I really don't know what the key ingredient it is." -Vince Carter[/QUOTERIGHT] <u>Toronto</u> <ul>Vince must attack the basket. He will either have his way in the paint or get the whistle from the refs.[/list] <ul>Contain McGrady. Vince/Tracy love to put on a show, they need to try and out due eachother to win the ballgame.[/list] <ul>Make sure Marshall and Bosh get their touches. They are solid in the post and finish their shots.[/list] Current Team Leaders <u> Orlando</u> <ul>[*]Points Tracy McGrady (27.0) [*]Rebounds Juwan Howard (7.0) [*]Assists Tracy McGrady (5.6) [*]Steals Tracy McGrady (1.34)[/list] <u>Toronto</u> <ul>[*]Points: Vince Carter (21.3) [*]Rebounds: Carter Bosh (7.5) [*]Assists: Vince Carter (4.6) [*]Steals: Vince Carter (1.05) [/list] <div align="center"> Key Bench Players <u> Orlando</u> Drew Gooden 12 Points Per Game, 6.7 Rebounds Per Game, 1.2 Assists Per Game <u>Toronto</u> Morris Peterson 7.3 Points Per Game, 2.7 Rebounds Per Game, 1.4 Assists Per Game</div> Key Matchup <font size="1">Tracy McGrady/Vince Carter</font> Look for these cousins to bring their 'A' game trying to outduel eachother. The 'X' Factor Magic rookies; If given the minutes, can they produce? Ice's Take Raptors in a very close game <font color="Red"><font size="1">Go to NBA.com for the official preview</font> </font>
lol I love this...not only is T-Mac vs Vince show...but is AT Toronto...that means every time T-Mac touches the ball he will get boooed...and then he will go and shut them up and as usual finish with more pts , ast , rebs , steals than their All-Star. Magic by 6.
Nice Preview Ice. I agree with you tmac-ownz. It's fun seeing T-Mac shut up the haters. Too Bad I'm not going to be able to see this one. I say Mgaic by 9.
Can you post this in the Raptors forum..... Bosh and Alvin both have spained ankles so I dont think they will play. Moiso and Peterson might take there spot.
I think the Raptors will be able to win this one. It should be a good game, it is always great to have two stars face each other. Raptors by 4.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">lol I love this...not only is T-Mac vs Vince show...but is AT Toronto...that means every time T-Mac touches the ball he will get boooed...and then he will go and shut them up and as usual finish with more pts , ast , rebs , steals than their All-Star. Magic by 6.</div> Yea well his stats are all ur team can look forward to, he will probably play his best against raps, then u might as well celebrate like u've won the playoffs cuz thats all the win ur going to get, if ur lucky enough. And you should win, if Magic dont win when Bosh and Alvin are out, thats pretty sad.. AllStars are ones that can lead their team to the playoffs, cant say much for T-Mac, and I like his play more than Vince too!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting intrepid1983:</div><div class="quote_post"> AllStars are ones that can lead their team to the playoffs, cant say much for T-Mac, and I like his play more than Vince too!</div> Tracy cant do it all if thats what your implying.. Hes getting no help.. The talent is there but they just are playing as a team.. When you have Drew Gooden, a good shooter in Giricek, Juwan Howard, and a great surprise in Keith Bogans.. Your a playoff team adding McGrady.. They arnt playing as a team though.. T-Mac can't do it all, hes trying to lead his team.. Hes not doing a very good talking wise, but hes trying so on the court.. You cant say that a All-Star is someone who leads his team to the playoffs.. Because the best player in the NBA could be on the worst team, and still lose.. Hes still a All-Star, Just because the Talent around him isnt it or isnt playing like a team does not mean he should be ruled out as a All-Star. Is Chris Bosh out? I heard about him being Day To Day.. Still have to deal with Carter, Marshall And Rose.. Which isnt easy.. Raptors should win in a good game though..
^ Very well said Zero To One. Tracy can't win the games on his own. He needs the rest of the team to cooperate. They seem to just now start to do that. When McGrady missed that game because of the personal ossue his team stepped up alot. Even though they dudn't win they played their asses of. That's what tracy needs and will probably recieve EVERY game next season. As for this season all we can do now is play for a better record.
damn back...lucky raptors. at least gaines is getting career high minutes lol , I dont get how hunter and williams dont play tho.JD has personal problems against them or something? Final Score: Raptors 110 Magic 90
Zaza!!!! 14 and 5 in 21 mins! He'll play 2 or 3 mins next game as a reward for a great game. Gaines played 14 mins 1-6 from the field. Hopefully this is how we play our team mmore often. Shammond had 7 mins and Hunter had 2, tmac_ownz, only active player that didn't play was Tmac. Howard led us with 22 pts.
I dont think anyone expected for it to be close with Tracy out.. Johnny Was actually thinking playing Gaines for a quarter or so.. Glad to see Zaza do great... I wish Hunter would of played more.. Oh well..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">damn back...lucky raptors. at least gaines is getting career high minutes lol , I dont get how hunter and williams dont play tho.JD has personal problems against them or something? Final Score: Raptors 110 Magic 90</div> Are you being serious? Yah its lucky that we beat you by 20 instead of 30. Sorry but with Orlando playing without Mcgrady a win is not luck....its inevitable
Your not wrong, the last quarter was gaines, giricek, gooden, bogans, and zaza. I agree with you zerotoone
Man I wished we played like this at the beginning of the season. We seemed to work so together and everything. Too bad Tracy couldn't play, he would've made the games' turnout different IMO. Nice playing by everyone that played and especially Zaza. See what happens when you give the ma a chance. Think JD think.
