MySigs: 2009-2010 Signatures Designed by TrueMagicFan07

TrueMagicFan07 · August 3, 2009

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2008-2009

MAGIC BENCH:

JJ Redick - SG, Mickael Pietrus - SF, Brandon Bass - PF, Marcin Gortat - C, Ryan Anderson - PF, Jason Williams - PG

*Subject To Change*vvv

CAVALIERS BENCH:

DeLonte West - SG, Jawad Williams - SF, Daniel Gibson - PG, Anderson Varejao - C, Leon Poe - PF, Jamario Moon - SG, Zydrunas Ilgauskas - C

Medical Watch:

C Shaquille O'Neal (right thumb surgery) is expected to be back for the playoffs.

F Antawn Jamison said his right foot is fine. He said it wasn't even bruised. During a drive to the basket with 2:41 to play on Thursday, Bulls forward Luol Deng stepped on his foot. He limped off the court.

...Oh wait!!!

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Magic Team Report

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Yahoo! Sports - 7 hours, 42 minutes ago

With three games remaining, the Magic are now competing with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Although the Magic are locked into the No. 2 playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference, it's the Lakers in the West, with the identical record (56-23) who are providing the incentive to keep pushing through the regular season.

The only reason it would matter is if they meet again in the NBA Finals, where the team with the better record would have home-court advantage. A year ago, the Lakers with the home court, beat the Magic in the Finals.

"If we ever get there -- and it's a long way to go -- but I'd hate to be sitting there in the Finals going, 'We could have had a shot at this if I didn't rest so-and-so for no (good) reason,'" coach Stan Van Gundy said. "I'm not saying we'll get there, but if we do, I want every advantage and I think that's a lot more important than giving a guy a night off."

Van Gundy was referring to why he hasn't started giving Dwight Howard a night off, much like the Cavaliers and Lakers have done with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

Both Howard and Van Gundy said that they expect Howard to play all 82 games this season for the fifth time in the last six years.

"I'm not jealous. Those guys (Bryant and James) can rest, but I'm going to continue to play," said Howard after getting 25 points and 13 rebounds in an easy victory over the Knicks on Friday night. "I think (coach) Stan's (Van Gundy) motto is, 'You can rest when you die.'"

In 11 of the last 14 NBA Finals, the team with the home-court advantage has won.