Gamethread Nov. 22: Magic vs. Rockets @ 7PM

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Forgot to thank skywise for his kind words. Glad you guys like the thread!

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REMINDER: One hour to go, people!

 

One hour!

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Head To Head Comparison chart added to first post

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Denton / Schmitz: TURKOFLU STRIKES BACK!

 

Turk out - Bogans starts!

 

Schmitz:

 

Magic small forward Hedo Turkoglu is expected to miss Saturday night's game against the Houston Rockets because of the flu.

 

Turkoglu said he did not feel well Friday night after the Magic's win in Indiana against the Pacers. He shot 1 of 13.

 

It is the first game of the season the he has missed after playing in all 82 last season.

 

Keith Bogans was moved into the starting lineup at shooting guard, and Mickael Pietrus was moved the Turkoglu's spot.

 

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/

 

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By John Denton

 

FLORIDA TODAY

 

ORLANDO _ Hedo Turkoglu, one of four Orlando players to appear in all 82 games last season, won

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If there's one thing you can count on, it's the Turkoflu.

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There are four things guaranteed in civilized life..

 

Birth

Taxes

Turkoflu

Death

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First Rate game thread!

[Skywise316 211]

Great!

 

Tonight is the official return of the Turkaflu. Ugh.

 

Now I have no idea who's gonna win. Coin flip. I'm switching my X-factor to whoever gets the most bench minutes between Redick and Lee, because Bogans has to start now.

 

EDIT: What the.. Gortat's inactive instead of Foyle!?

 

*sigh* Whatever. SVG apparently learned nothing last season.

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Maybe it will give us a boost. Turk hasn't been consistent this year and not doing that great at all... and Bogans has been giving us some decent D and all right O.

 

I am however questioning the deactivation of Gortat in favor of Foyle to guard Yao. Why? Gortat is a shot blocker and Foyle is good at showing his moves in slow motion in real time.

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superb thread, plaudits deserved.

 

As for the game, time to see how deep we really are.

I too cannot understand why the warlock isn't allowed to play tonight

 

We win

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quote:

Originally posted by AddiFB:

There are four things guaranteed in civilized life..

 

Birth

Taxes

Turkoflu

Death

 

Add Dwight's FT shooting to that list.

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Prediction: A team will win this game.