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Bobcats @ Magic Thread; 01/05, 7:00 PM, Amway Arena
Topic Started: Jan 4 2007, 10:21 PM (2,166 Views)
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Charlotte (9-22) at Orlando (19-14)
Magic - 2nd Southeast / 6th East
Bobcats - 5th Southeast / 14th East

What: Regular Season Game #34
Where: Amway Arena
When: January 5, 7:00 PM
Broadcast: TV -- Sun Sports, Radio -- AM 580 WDBO


The Orlando Magic haven't had a winning streak of more than two games in over a month. They'll try for a third straight victory when they host the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday.

Following a season-high six-game winning streak from Nov. 22-Dec. 1, the Magic (19-14) had gone 4-10 and posted consecutive victories only once before opening a four-game homestand on Saturday.

That night, Orlando snapped a season-worst four-game losing streak with a 97-68 win over Miami. On Tuesday, the Magic beat the Los Angeles Clippers 91-86.

After trailing by seven at halftime, Orlando outscored the Clippers 26-15 in the third quarter and held them to two field goals in the final five minutes of the game.

The Magic have clamped down defensively in the last two games after giving up an average of 105.2 points -- 12 1/2 above their season average -- during the four-game skid. The homestand ends Sunday against Boston.

"I think we're going in the right direction," Orlando coach Brian Hill said. "(Tuesday) was kind of the test game for me to see whether we were moving in the right direction or not. Now we just can't have a letdown."

Grant Hill, averaging 15.1 points, missed his second straight game Tuesday and is day-to-day with a sore left foot.

Guard Jameer Nelson helped make up for Hill's absence against the Clippers as he scored a season-high 29 points on 11-for-16 shooting.

Reserve forward Trevor Ariza added 14 points, and is averaging 15.5 over the last seven games as his playing time has incrased due to injuries to Hedo Turkoglu and Hill. Turkoglu has scored in double figures in all four games he's played since missing three weeks with a sprained ankle.

Charlotte (9-22) had won back-to-back games for the first time all season before losing 102-96 to Minnesota on Monday. The Bobcats defeated the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana to close out 2006.

Monday marked the first time in four games the Bobcats, who average 94.5 points per game, did not score more than 100 points.

It was the first game they had to play this season without starting forward Gerald Wallace, who separated his shoulder on Saturday against Indiana and is expected to be out at least a week. He averaged 34.0 points in his previous two games before the injury.

"It definitely hurt not having Gerald," said Adam Morrison, who had 18 points Monday after scoring 30 at Indiana. "He's our do-everything type of guy, inside and outside."

Starting guard Brevin Knight is expected to miss at least three more weeks with a torn abdominal muscle. For depth, the Bobcats acquired veteran guard Jeff McInnis from New Jersey on Wednesday for swingman Bernard Robinson.

McInnis, a Charlotte native, spent this season on the inactive list with the Nets. He averaged 5.3 points in 28 games last season with New Jersey, but missed the final 48 games after undergoing knee surgery.

These teams have split two games this season, with each winning at home. Sean May had a carer-high 32 points in Charlotte's 99-89 win in the most recent meeting on Dec. 14.

The Magic have won three straight at home over the Bobcats.


If we win this game against the Bobcats, we will be the 1st team in the East to reach 20 wins. :yes:
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Good news is they don't have Brevin Knight and we're playing at home so this should definitely be a win. But they did beat us the last time we played them so you never know. But hopefully G-Hill will be back for this one. Magic win 101-90 :yes:
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Jan. 4 2007 10:03 PM
Good news is they don't have Brevin Knight and we're playing at home so this should definitely be a win. But they did beat us the last time we played them so you never know. But hopefully G-Hill will be back for this one. Magic win 101-90 :yes:

Yea Keyon and G-Hill should be back for this one.
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B-Hill said on the radio tonight that G-Hill and Keyon are most likely out.
Look at it this way, more JJ, Diener, and Augustine hopefully. :D
Also, we are undefeated without G-Hill and Keyon. :D :yes:
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Jan. 4 2007 11:07 PM
B-Hill said on the radio tonight that G-Hill and Keyon are most likely out.

Oh really? Thats not what the guys who cover the Magic said... But ill go with what Coach Hill says. So its gonna suck not to have them but, hey, if were undefeated with them out then we should be fine. :yes:
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Good to see that Brevin Knight will be out. That guy gets injured every other day. It's ridiculous. He's like the Grant Hill of Charlotte.
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Should be a W
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I would love for us to get another easy win (by at least 10 points).
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Win 3 of our future 5 game win streak.

Redick-Morrison, Howard-Okafor...this matchup is turning into a battle of the draft picks. I love it.
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This should be a W, but nothing has been a guarantee this year, lol.
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I have an uneasy feeling about this one, however it just might be something I ate for lunch.

Charlotte can play well and has some quality wins this year. The key as I see it is to get em down early, its one of those games that if you allow someone to hang around you could pay dearly.

Brutal

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Magic333
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Since we are at home, and playing a team he is terrible. This should be an easy win.
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wow...we are already approaching the half way mark of the season
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TheFalcon
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Well, we are currently 6th place in the East, but only a game and a half behind the 1st place Pistons.

We are 5 thousandths of a percent behind the Wizards for first place in the East (we've played an additional two games).

The Eastern Conference is shaping up to be a pretty close race. As of this afternoon, there are four teams with 19 wins, and one with 18. Nobody has really seperated themselves from the pack yet. We have an opportunity to stay with the group, or possibly move ahead, if we continue to play like we are. Tonight's game is big for us, because losses to poor teams will really come back to haunt us.
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This should be an easy win. Go magic!
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