Magic @ Rose Garden Game Thread

[KingSpeed]

I hope Greg gets 30-35 minutes so that we can see what Roy said- that Greg is better than Dwight Howard.

 

[MARIS61]

Stupid fouls are all that's stopping him.

 

[MARIS61]

Doesn't matter because Joel > Dwight.

(Dwight Schrute anyway.)

 

[alex42083]

Greg is not going to outplay Dwight Howard... All I care about is the guys just getting the win tonight. Greg's got a ton of work to be at the level of Dwight.

 

[MARIS61]

Over the last month Joel has been ranked higher than Dwight in Yahoo Fantasy points. Among true centers, only Yao and Bynum are ahead of Joel.

 

[VenomXL]

Howard will get his, but we have a lot of fouls to use on him. Should be a fun game, I have a good feeling about our chances. I think the guys will be energized by the home crowd.

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

Who cares about the Blazers or the Magic. This game is about ONE thing, and one thing only. The matchup between Oden and Howard.

 

[VenomXL]

Who cares about the Blazers or the Magic. This game is about ONE thing, and one thing only. The matchup between Oden and Howard.

Incorrect. It's about Nelson vs. Blake.

 

[drexlersdad]

i think pryz and oden should be able to slow down howard a little, and hopefully our bench just dominates theirs.

 

[Natebishop3]

Go at Howard. We beat them in their house last season because Howard was in foul trouble. Rinse and repeat imo.

 

[andalusian]

Go at Howard. We beat them in their house last season because Howard was in foul trouble. Rinse and repeat imo.

He finished with 4 fouls on 40 minutes of play. That was not a real foul problem.

The real issue for them was that we found someone who could deny him the ball by fronting him - and that was, surprise, surprise - LaMarcus. When Aldridge was guarding him - he scored only 6 of his 29 points.

 

[MARIS61]

On Nov. 10th we beat them despite no Oden, Joel had 2pts, 1 rb in 9 mins., Dwight had 29 and 19.

We killed them playing small ball.

http://www.nba.com/games/20081110/PORORL/boxscore.html

 

[Natebishop3]

He finished with 4 fouls on 40 minutes of play. That was not a real foul problem.

The real issue for them was that we found someone who could deny him the ball by fronting him - and that was, surprise, surprise - LaMarcus. When Aldridge was guarding him - he scored only 6 of his 29 points.

I'm pretty sure he went to the bench early because of foul trouble. I'm just going off memory though. I could be wrong.

 

[VenomXL]

Anyone found a working link yet?

 

[andalusian]

Here is a link to the box score:

http://www.nba.com/games/20081110/PORORL/boxscore.html

Howard played 2 minutes more than his season average against us.

He finished the first half with 23 points - but with Aldridge on him - he got only 6 in the 2nd half.

I am certain that they will try Greg on him first and follow that with Joel - but if it does not work - expect to see a small line-up with Aldridge trying to front him and deny him the ball.

 

[MickZagger]

Not very good, but here's one...

http://www.justin.tv/kidfly

 

[Darkwebs]

Here's a decent stream.

http://www.justin.tv/kingkongii
Password razor

 

[VenomXL]

Thanks for the links guys.

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

Terrbile officiating so far. Oden stands as still as a statue and somehow gets a foul and then Batum was shoved in the back on an easy allyoop and they let it go.

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

Then Batum with a very questionable blocking foul. Turk has given him the most trouble of any player in the league so far.

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

Oden really missed the boat on that play letting Nelson in for the too easy jam.

 

[VenomXL]

Howard is schooling us.

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

The officiating is not getting any better. Right now the game is stopped for no apparent reason.

 

[Natebishop3]

I have to say... I haven't had a chance to watch much of Dwight Howard this season, but man oh man.... he has gotten so much better. Some of those little baby hooks are money.

 

[retroblazers]

aparently portland didn't work on their fast break defense

 

[bluefrog]

eat shit Howard!

 

[VenomXL]

Woof. This transition D is awful. Nice play by Travis for the and 1.

 

[Natebishop3]

Rudy had a great game against these guys earlier in the season. Our bench needs to pull away from them.

 

[KingSpeed]

Trivia Question Answer: Batum?

 

[Drink Your Milkshake]

QUESTION: Who is awesome?