<u>WHO:</u> <font size=""7"">VS</font> <u>WHEN:</u> Tuesday, January 23, 2007; 7:00 PM EST <u>WHERE:</u> Amway Arena; Orlando, FL <u>WHAT:</u> Game #43 for the Orlando Magic <u>TV:</u> <u>RADIO:</u> <u>LAST MEETING:</u> Orlando won, 108-99 <u><font size=""5"">STARTERS:</font></u> <u>PG:</u> <u>SG:</u> <u>SF:</u> <u>PF:</u> <u>C:</u> <u><font size=""5"">COACHES:</font></u> <u><font size=""5"">ORLANDO MAGIC (23-19):</font></u> The Orlando Magic come into tonight's game after knocking off conference rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. You can expect a fast paced game, but not with many points, due to the fact that both teams play good defense. The Magic really need to contain Josh Howard tonight. This will be a bit of a problematic task, because Trevor Ariza is still out. Keith Bogans, Grant Hill, and Hedo Turkoglu will all have their hands full tonight. On the Magic there is no one really who matches up well with Nowitzki, so we just have to hope that his shot is not there tonight. With a win, we move to 1.5 games behind Washington for the top spot in the east, and they play the Phoenix Suns tonight, a game that we should all have an eye on. <u><font size=""5"">DALLAS MAVERICKS (34-8):</font></u> The Mavericks come into tonight's action with a 7 game winning streak on the line with the latest of the wins, coming in Miami on Sunday afternoon, in a rematch of last years NBA Finals. Jerry Stackhouse scored 16 of his 23 in the fourth quarter, and will be looking for his shot again tonight. The Mavericks need to find a way to stop Dwight Howard from picking up offensive rebounds for stickbacks, which could turnout to be vital in tonight's game. With a 33 and 8 record through the first half of the season, the Mavericks are on pace to record the highest win total since the 96' Bulls did with 72. <u><font size=""5"">PREDICTION:</font></u> Magic: 100, Mavericks 104
For some reason that I can't comprehend, the Orlando Magic normally play very good against the Dallas Mavericks. We actually normally beat the Mavs. I expect us to stay somewhat close especially if Grant Hill plays again.
yeah we always beat them at home, last year, the year before that...even the year when we won 21 games lol...but for some reason i have a feeling we're going to lose this one, i hope im wrong, but the mavs are as hot as they come right now
<div class="quote_poster">GatorsowntheNCAA Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">For some reason that I can't comprehend, the Orlando Magic normally play very good against the Dallas Mavericks. We actually normally beat the Mavs. I expect us to stay somewhat close especially if Grant Hill plays again.</div> Exactly. Mavs just cant seem to win at Orlando for some reason no matter what form they are in. I think Orlando will snap the Mavs winning streak tonight. Keyon Dooling is gonna rip through the Mavs defense.
Good preview d-money. Like you guys have mentioned, we seem to have the Mavericks number. We always play well against them but I'm not sure if we will be able to win tonight. The Mavericks have been great lately and we're in the second game of a back to back and we haven't been playing very good lately if you didn't notice. Something tells me Dirk is going to come out and have a huge game tonight and Dallas will get the best of us. Prove me wrong Dwight!
<div class="quote_poster">Sergio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">well, with 5minutes left in the 2nd quarter we're already 20 points behind o_0</div> I'm the next Ms. Cleo.
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm the next Ms. Cleo.</div> Lol.. you predicted the Mavericks would beat the Magic and you're right?! Gotta be psychic. But I figured we wouldn't win this game tonight either, I mean with the way we've been playing lately and the way the Mavs have been playing lately. This game was just in the Mavs favor. Still a quarter and a half to go though, we'll see what happens.
i attended the game..seemed to be more mavs fans than magic fans..the game was over the first 3 mins..we never gave howard or hedo a chance till the end
i was at the game and talked to mark cuban lol...i had seats in the first row behind the mavs bench...i asked cuban for josh howards head band and he threw the wristband but some kid caught it and then i asked for the headband and he told me, i can give u my underwear LMAO what a moron...oh yeah stackhouse and nowitzki said whats up lol...those dudes are tall as heeeeeeellllllllllll lol
d-money so u got to see the halftime show lol...did u happen to see the crazy blonde girl in the pink dirk jersey that had his sweat towel??
