Washington @ Orlando - 1/28/05

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<font color="navy">The Washington Wizards (26-15)</font> @<font color="blue">The Orlando Magic (22-19)</font>
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern
Place: TD Waterhouse
TV: Local</div>


<div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="navy">Wizards Head Coach</font></font>

<font color="navy">Eddie Jordan</font></div>


<div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="navy"> Wizards Projected Starting Lineup</font></div></font>
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<font color="navy">(Gilbert Arenas, Jarvis Hayes, Jared Jeffries, Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood) </font></div>

<div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="blue">Magic Head Coach</font></font>

<font color="blue">Johnny Davis</font></div>

<div align="center"><font size="5"><font color="blue">Magic Projected Starting Lineup</font></font>

<font color="blue">(Steve Francis, Doug Christie, Grant Hill, Dwight Howard, Kelvin Cato)
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<div align="center"><font size="5">Bench Factors</font>

(<font color="navy">Juann Dixon</font>,<font color="blue">Hedo Turkoglu</font>)
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<div align="center"><font size="5">Key Matchup</font>

(<font color="navy">Gilbert Arenas</font>, <font color="blue">Steve Francis</font>)[/i]
<font color="navy">Gilbert Arenas:</font> 23.8 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 4.1 rpg
<font color="blue">Steve Francis:</font>21.6 ppg, 6.9 apg, and 6.4 rpg</div>

<font size="5">Keys to the Game</font>
<font color="navy">Washington:</font>
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[*]Keep Up the Play- The Wizards are playing some of the best ball in the league right now and are catching up to the Heat in their division, a loss to the Magic (also in the division) would be a major setback.
[*]Arenas- Can he continue his rampage on opposing PGs? This should be a great matchup, two of the biggest and quickest pg's going at each other, Arenas needs to bring his scoring, passing, defensive, and rebounding game in this one.
[*]Strong Game from AJ- Jamison. He needs to have a good game, he is going up against a rookie, he should own him, take the kid to school, embarrass him, make him remember you.
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<font color="blue">Orlando:</font>
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[*]Stop Gilly- Gilbert Arenas has been on a tear with Larry Hughes out, for the Magic to win they need to force him to take bad shots and make bad passes.
[*]Tear it Up at the SG Spot- The Wizard's best defender is out, tear them a new hole at that position, they have shown no ill effects of losing Hughes yet, the Magic could really benefit from that.
[*]Stevey Franchise- The Franchise needs to get his teammates involved early and often. There is no reason why he shouldn't get atleast 10 assists in this game. Look to get teammates involved early..and often.
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<font size="5"> Prediction</font>
Washington has been on a tear lately, they have the second best record in the East and are creeping up on Miami for the best record in the East, I expect Washington to win...and they will..by atleast 7.

 

Well we couldn't win this one. Arenas struggled from the field. Jamison was the only other Wizard to hit big shots.

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 28 (Ticker) -- Steve Francis had one of the worst games of his career but still managed to lead the Orlando Magic to victory.

Despite missing his first 11 shots, Francis scored four points in the final 45 seconds as the Magic snapped the Washington Wizards' four-game winning streak with a 108-101 triumph. </div>

<div align="center">Wizard/Magic Recap
Wiz/Magic Box Score </div>