Was Orlando supposed to go 21-0 to be impressive? I think beating bad teams is the sign of being a great team.
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We won against them on their court without Oden (when we were the worst defensive team in the league) by 7 - with D-12 abusing us. The Magic are not as good as their record, plain and simple.
This thread has all the makings of a DaRizzle trap; he sets up Orlando as a bogus team, and then if the Blazers don't hold serve on their home court he gets to come back in and talk shit, if we win it's because we were supposed to. Well played sir, well played.
Well, any game against a team starting Redick is a must-win, IMO. Redick and Bogans, I believe, is their backcourt. That's a backcourt that Roy should shred and Blake should have no defensive troubles against. I like the idea of having Batum make things tough on Turkoglu. And while Howard is a major stud, Przybilla and Oden, combined, have been providing stud production and defense at the center position. Orlando has no answers for Aldridge, Fernandez or Outlaw. The Blazers definitely seem like the better team, by quite a lot. But they still have to play well.
According to ESPN, Orlando has had the 30th hardest schedule in the league -- otherwise 'the' easiest in the league. Portland is 10th. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi?season=2009&sortColumn=sos According to another SOS measure on teamrankings.com, Orlando is 27th, Portland is 7th. http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/rankings/?cat=team&pan=412
You know, you really should have won tonight against the bogus Magic...It was on your home court! I mean really, wtf is up with that?
We started off the season 0-2 against 2 teams we should've and would easily handle now. Lol, funny reading how ppl on here severely underrated the magic tho. Not to mention, we didnt even have a starting 2-guard to guard Roy. Roy was having a feild day out ther...
This was a good game by both teams - the Magic were just on fire from the 3. The goal for this game was to control Howard (we did) and hit the boards for rebounds (we did). They just shot unconscious from the 3 and Brandon missed a couple of FT shots he should not have. Good game by both teams and way to go for Orlando. Like us - they often live and die by the 3 - and this time - they were draining them like there was no tomorrow. Jameer Nelson was just unconscious tonight. Great game from them - and to be honest - other than some cold shooting by Rudy/Blake at the start, missed FT by Brandon and a break in the last possession - we had a good game as well. Sucks to have missed it - but let's give the Magic props for firing amazingly from distance and go get a win in Utah.
