boytiks 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 quote: Originally posted by jadee0301: quote: Originally posted by boytiks:INJURIES: jj redick - back hedo - ankle jameer shoulder off night + injuries = eliminated on 1st round unless we draw detroit there is no way we lose in the first round. even against detroit i think we would win in 6. getting knocked out in the second round is more likely hopefully.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gporter 5 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 These are the most meaningless games ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ma 6 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 Van Gundy gave stock down to every player and said that he is not surprised about anything that happened. He also said he doesn't accept the crap about these games not meaning anything and looking forward to playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COLOMBIANO 118 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 Howard and Lewis are not helping my fantasy teams and I am in the finals! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRevTy 6 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 Nothing quite like late-season games that are utterly meaningless to elicit a strong response from the fans. Two straight 4-page gamethreads? For serious? I'll be honest, I had no clue there was a game tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number 11 CLee 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 How did Lee play tonight in this meaningless game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the anchovie 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 REDICK PLAYER OF THE GAME - STOCK UP - And Sub of the GAME. Why? Because he had the highest + - ratio. Top that guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miller4Prez64 1 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 quote: Originally posted by TheRevTy:Nothing quite like late-season games that are utterly meaningless to elicit a strong response from the fans. Two straight 4-page gamethreads? For serious? I'll be honest, I had no clue there was a game tonight. Either did I. I looked on the net and saw we lost by 10 to the Nets tonight and it kinda pissed me off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nike 2 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 And we're still at 4 pages? Where is everyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ma 6 Report post Posted April 11, 2009 Skywise must have forgot about the game today also :-) One thing I noticed in the last games is that, when we lose, there is nothing on front page of NBA.com about us. When we beat Cavs, there was a feature on it :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skywise316 211 Report post Posted April 12, 2009 Wow. TWO straight game threads with 4 pages. So anyways... This game really tested the mantra of how this is about how players/categories did against the recent past, whether than just what did well and what sucked. So just keep in mind that nearly everyone and everything was teetering on Stock Hell after the Knicks game. Stock Up: Team Assists. (One of the few things the Magic did right. 22 assists tonight.) Rafer Alston. (He was Mr. 3rd Quarter tonight.. and SVG promptly plays AJ the entire 4th quarter. But anyway, for the scant 26 minutes that he was out there, Alston played very well. 13 points on 6 of 13 shooting and 1 of 4 from downtown. 3 boards, 8 assists against 2 turnovers, and a steal.) Tony Battie. (No offense, but if Battie is your #1 player in a given game.. you may have problems. 14 points on 5 of 10 shooting, 0 for 1 from Three Land, and 4 of 6 from the free throw line. 4 boards, 1 assist, a steal, and 2 turnovers.) Courtney Lee. (He had a decent offensive night, and his defense was far better than it has been lately. He's one of the few guys out there that I can say that about! 10 points on 4 of 11 shooting and 2 of 4 from deep. 3 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a turnover.) Hedo Turkoglu. (Other than getting injured, Hedo had himself quite a nyce game tonight too. Especially whenever Yi JianLian was in front of him. 16 points on 5 of 8 shooting, 0 for 1 from deep, and 6 of 8 from the charity stripe. 6 boards, 2 assists, a steal, a block, and no turnovers.) Anthony Johnson. (No offense to him or anything, but if AJ is one of your top three players in a given game.. you may have problems. His D was "meh" against Dooling or CDR, but he brought some other offense of his own. 11 points on 4 of 9 shooting, 1 of 1 from Three Land, and 2 of 4 from the foul line. 2 boards, and 4 assists against 2 turnovers.) Team Rebounding. (Believe it or not, Orlando outrebounded Jersey 35-34, and the Nets only had 5 offensive rebounds.) Marcin Gortat. (He sure did play better against the Nets than the Knicks. 8 points on 4 of 6 shooting and he missed the free throw he took. 6 boards, an assist, and 2 turnovers.) Stock In The Middle: Turnovers. (12 giveaways for O-town.) Three Point Shooting. (Orlando shot 7 of 18 for an okay 38.9 percent.) Stock Down: Stan Van Gundy. (You can't play bench guys for half the game and then complain when you lose. What, you ahven't been resting Rafer Alston enough the last 4-6 weeks or so? What about playing Pietrus defensively on VC instead of Lee, when Lee was clearly having the more disruptive defensive night? And for the kicker, why in the world would you keep Adonal Foyle out there after his free throws, especially when there's a dead ball situation not longer after? Why?? Not only did the players come off lazy, but the coaching came off as lazy. Lawrence Frank's team just seemed far better prepared that our guys, especially on defense. The only thing SVG did right all night was play Dwight-Gortat together, but that was probably only because Sharmin was sitting out. SVG can spout off at the mouth about how terrible the Orlando Magic are playing right now. But what exactly does Stan Van Gundy plan on doing about it?) Three Point Defense. (The Nets shot a blistering 11 of 20 from beyond the arc for 55 percent. That's an Epic Fail on the part of the Magic's defensive rotations.) Free Throw Shooting. (The Magic only shot 16 of 29 for 55.2 percent from the charity stripe. Yep! The Nets nearly shot better from the three point line than the Magic did from the free throw line.) Opponent's Field Goal Shooting. (Jersey shot 38 of 70 for 54.3 percent overall. Ouch, much?) Dwight Howard. (Well his defense was a little better this time.. but the offense, well... yuck. 7 points on 2 of 7 shooting and 3 of 7 from the line. 8 boards, 4 blocks, 2 assists, 2 turnovers.) Mickael Pietrus. (Yeah, he scored 14 points. But he needed 13 shots to get those 14 points, and played zero perimeter defense in the meantime.) That's it. The Magic were outcoached, couldn't make a free throw, and got bombarded by threes. Game over. Your Southeast Division Champion Orlando Magic fall to 58-22 and would have to win the last two games to finish with 60 wins now. Seems like Turk will be okay.. hopefully the Magic have a full (minus Meer) compliment of players by at least the Charlotte game, because there's a need to regain some intensity and timing BEFORE the playoffs. Hey. At least Detroit lost. Until the very last Stock Meeting.... Good night and good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBallinHot 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2009 Dang 4 pages? Missed the game due to work, and glad I made some money rather than watching this game...eh well now everyone seems to think the Bulls can possibly "upset" us since we are struggling. Whatever 2 more games left folks and then its the time we've been waiting for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
