2009/2010 Orlando Magic thread
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damn, dwight. bout time
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Pietrus!!!!!
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stupid yet unbelievable shot pietrus...
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im tellin yall when the lights are bright MP turns into an allstar he loves the big games
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After he made that shot Pietrus should of did that Jordan Shrug
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the first half was everything i love about this team. the second half was everything i hate
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? ... smh... now these ? will really believe they can hang in this series
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how much longer is gerald wallaces contract? he'd look good in blue no dizz
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Bobcats play hard every game they just need a legit big man and they can contend
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this is why toronto fans boo vince......he never wants to try
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horrible second half, and we still won by 9.
love captain jack and gerald wallace but they cant do it all by themself
game ball to jameer. 32 points, 6 assists
smh @ vc but a win is a win
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look at it like this Vince and Dwight combine for 13 and we got the win
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*sighs* The ? vince has a chance to clean off some of that tarnish on his name... but he's not starting off well at all
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—Gerald Wallace(notes) spoke with a bit of feistiness and flavor Monday, fed up with the notion his Charlotte Bobcats might be intimidated by Dwight Howard’s(notes) presence in the paint.
So this time Wallace sent an ever-so small shot back.
“We’re not going to just let him think he’s the bully or that he’s a factor up under the basket,” Wallace said, “because he’s not.”
Say this about the Bobcats: They still have some fight.
Their offensive efficiency was a tale of two halves in their Game 1 loss to the Orlando Magic on Sunday. Charlotte turned into a perimeter shooting team when Howard swatted eight shots in the first—nine for the game—and was pushed out of the paint.
The Bobcats went down by 22 points, and sputtered until the reigning defensive player of the year hit foul trouble in the third quarter. To have any chance to even the best-of-seven series when it resumes Wednesday in Orlando, they know they have to score more around the rim.
Even if that means on Howard.
“He’s a shot blocker, and we’re a team that attacks the rim,” Wallace said. “You put those two together, and somebody has to win.”
Score the first round for Orlando.
But the Bobcats believe they have more than a puncher’s chance.
Their attacking style in the second half nearly led them to an upset of the second-seeded and defending Eastern Conference champion Magic. Charlotte closed the gap to five points in the final minutes, driving to the basket with more pop that forced Howard into foul trouble.
“That’s why he had a lot of blocks, because we were taking it in there,” Bobcats point guard Raymond Felton(notes) said. “We can’t be intimated that he’s going to block our shots. We got him in foul trouble. He had nine blocks, but he also almost fouled out.”
Monday also offered the Bobcats hope they could make a series turnaround.
The nervousness players said they had in the franchise’s first-ever playoff game was washed away, and playful joking and trick shots were back after practice. Felton, for instance, said the “chills” he felt before Game 1 were gone.
Confidence that they were close started to take shape.
“To know that you’re able to win this series, I think we got a chance. I like our chances. Granted, they’re a great team. But so are we,” Felton said.
Perhaps the best news of the day for Charlotte came with an MRI on Stephen Jackson’s(notes) hyperextended left knee that showed a small bone bruise but no structural damage.
The Bobcats swingman sat out practice and had an ice wrap around his knee. He walked with a slight limp but expects to start in Game 2.
“It’s real sore,” Jackson said. “It’s way sorer than it was yesterday. But hopefully come Wednesday, the little swelling it has will go down.”
Or as Bobcats coach Larry Brown put it, “I think if the MRI said he had an ACL (tear), he’d play anyway.”
Now if only the entire team would play so fearless.
Charlotte’s second-half scrappiness at least provided them with some confidence that the series might not be so lopsided. The pushing and pulling on Howard kept the All-Star center grounded offensively, holding him to five points and seven rebounds.
While Orlando’s center was frustrated offensively and played only 27 minutes because of foul trouble, his defense was enough of a force for Brown to call him the “most valuable player” of the game afterward.
The Bobcats’ approach is simple: drive at Howard even harder in Game 2, and live with the results.
“We’re going to keep going at him, and we’re going to keep attacking,” Wallace said. “If he ends up with 20 blocks, he ends up with 20 blocks. He’s going to have to work for his 20 blocks.
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^^^damn id like to have gerald wallace in orlando
We gotta go at stephen jackson and that ? knee in game 2 -
i wish Dwight was the type of player to take that shot personally but hes not and will brush it off. Hopefully stan starts playing Peaches and Barnes together during some parts of the game so we can put them on Jack and Wallace or move Barnes to the 4 spot to match up with Diaw
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Congrats to Dwight for winning Defensive Player of the Year. He truly deserves it. Thank ? the voters were not as dumb as folks on this site who look for every way to discount Howard and find ways to give it to Lebron. Lebron was not even in the top 3.
Howard received 576 total points, including 110 first-place votes from a panel of 122 writers and broadcasters. Atlanta’s Josh Smith(notes) was second with 136 points, and Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace finished third with 113 points. -
Congrats to Dwight for winning Defensive Player of the Year. He truly deserves it. Thank ? the voters were not as dumb as folks on this site who look for every way to discount Howard and find ways to give it to Lebron. Lebron was not even in the top 3.
couldnt have said it better myself.
the comments on the espn story are hilarious. its insane how many people think like ICers -
couldnt have said it better myself.
the comments on the espn story are hilarious. its insane how many people think like ICers
BIG Ups Howard, Josh Smith is a good choice for second... and I don't even wanna read what ESPN commenters might have to say... ? is prolly worse then on here -
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I'ma DWIGHT HOWARD ya, HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO
Its actually not that bad, but from some reason, i cant stop Laughing -
lol dwight play that nice guy role, but he got them goons
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Lmao @ Dwight Howard ya
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Game time, Howard gonna play much better in this game most likely
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if we played as hard as charlotte does, we'd be unstoppable