jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 ***** ***** ***** ***** Monday... January 21,2008...7:00 P.M. Home Again ... Single game FSN NBALP Tonights Game Against the Detroit Pistons {29-12} Don't forget to LISTEN LIVE to NBA audio League Pass... http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html Pre-Game show...WDBO Radio...Usually 1 hour before game... http://580wdbo.com/ Games in Spanish can be heard here; Spanish Radio: AM 1030 WONQ CHAT about the game while it's on... join in at the LIVE Chat room. Or stay right here and chat with other fans. Here's the Links for LIVE STATS ... http://www.nba.com/games/20071101/scoreboard.html http://sports.yahoo.com/nba http://www.sportsline.com/nba/scoreboard http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/scoreboard MOST IMPORTANT...THE FANS... Key's ...Predictions...PRE and POST game comments for the game. Let it out...Tell us your thoughts. WHATEVER... For to-night's game. Probable Starting 5 for Our Orlando Magic; { Subject to change } Foward 15... Hedo Turkoglu 6-10.. 220 ..2007-08: 18.7 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 4.2 apg... Foward 9... Rashard Lewis 6-10..235..2007-08 18.6 ppg., 5.1 rpg., 2.5 apg... Center 12... Dwight Howard 6-11.. 265.. 2007-08: 22.1 ppg., 15.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.55 blk... Guard... Maurice Evans 6-5.. 220.. 2007-08 6.9 ppg., 2.6 rpg., 1.0 apg... Guard14...Jameer Nelson 6-0.. 190.. 2007-08: 11.0 ppg., 3.9 rpg., 5.8 apg... Injury report ; Tony Battie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 ***** ***** ***** ***** Monday... January 21,2008...7:00 P.M. Home Again ... Single game FSN NBALP Tonights Game Against the Detroit Pistons {29-12} Don't forget to LISTEN LIVE to NBA audio League Pass... http://www.nba.com/broadband/alp_schedule.html Pre-Game show...WDBO Radio...Usually 1 hour before game... http://580wdbo.com/ Games in Spanish can be heard here; Spanish Radio: AM 1030 WONQ CHAT about the game while it's on... join in at the LIVE Chat room. Or stay right here and chat with other fans. Here's the Links for LIVE STATS ... http://www.nba.com/games/20071101/scoreboard.html http://sports.yahoo.com/nba http://www.sportsline.com/nba/scoreboard http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/scoreboard MOST IMPORTANT...THE FANS... Key's ...Predictions...PRE and POST game comments for the game. Let it out...Tell us your thoughts. WHATEVER... For to-night's game. Probable Starting 5 for Our Orlando Magic; { Subject to change } Foward 15... Hedo Turkoglu 6-10.. 220 ..2007-08: 18.7 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 4.2 apg... Foward 9... Rashard Lewis 6-10..235..2007-08 18.6 ppg., 5.1 rpg., 2.5 apg... Center 12... Dwight Howard 6-11.. 265.. 2007-08: 22.1 ppg., 15.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.55 blk... Guard... Maurice Evans 6-5.. 220.. 2007-08 6.9 ppg., 2.6 rpg., 1.0 apg... Guard14...Jameer Nelson 6-0.. 190.. 2007-08: 11.0 ppg., 3.9 rpg., 5.8 apg... Injury report ; Tony Battie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hutchence 1 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 we win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Natmayo 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 Oh hell yeah, Im ready for this one. Pistons looked beatable against the Bulls last night, Hopefully we keep their skid going Magic 98-92 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 THEY definately need to win this one for the FANS... no more domination by the Pistons. GO MAGIC !!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barnettej 263 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 I really think that this game will be a "grading factor" of where we actually are. I know the first game showed us that we have some improvement that needs to be addressed. Did we address them? That will be up to the outcome of tomorrows game. I dont like not having our full roster, but maybe the adversity will keep us on target and more aware leading to better play. We had a few chances of beating them in the past, but let the games get away late. The team needs to stay focus the entire game. Must Happens: -Howard needs to take advantage of the paint, because they dont have a true center. Also the Magic have to keep him involved the whole game. -The turnovers have to be minimized as much as possible. This is going to be the primary focus of all the players, to make the right decision and not to throw lazy passes. -Defense, Defense, Defense. We know they are going to have some players like RIP, Prince and Billups get their points. We need to target on the rest of the team and shut them down as much as possible. So that means playing tight and contending all shots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jameera Nelshon 3 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 If I am not mistaken, this will be the first time that Arroyo will start (I do not think that SVG would start with Dooling and Nelson's injury seems to need more rest) against his former team. He knows the Piston's core players well, and he knows Flip Saunders also. I expect Arroyo to play with great control and confidence tomorrow, similar to the way he plays for the PR national team when facing the USA dream team. I think that Arroyo has a special interest in this game and so does the Magic team as a whole. The Pistons are in a slump right now, therefore I expect them to bring a great effort tomorrow to try to make this game their turning point for the second half of the season. If we win this one it will be our turning point, and for that we need to play them big and use more penetrations, since their main problem as of late is the lack of a true big defender to back-up Wallace (who is not a true center). I expect tomorrow lots of penetrations from our players. Magic win by 10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Engel 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 Billups is a Magic killer, dooling should get a lot of playing time tommorow. he has been playing good w/ 7 pts and 5 assts vs Blazers. Magic 107 Pistons 102 Book it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ball junkie 277 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 I posted this on another thread but I'll post it here too. Denton just blogged about playing the Pistons tommorrow night. Here's some quotes: quote: ``The first time we played this season there was all of this emotion for us after what happened in the playoffs, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks Junkie ... but I posted this inthe News from the wire part of the game thread... But thanks for posting it here to ...sometimes fans don't read that part of the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 NBA Preview... By JUSTIN EINHORN, STATS Senior Editor The Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic are still on top of their respective divisions, but they have not played much like first-place teams lately. Coming off yet another lopsided loss, the Pistons look to avoid a season-high third straight defeat on Monday and try to blow out the Magic for the second time in as many meetings this season. Detroit (29-12) lost just seven of its first 33 games, racing to a 10-game lead in the Central Division. That stretch concluded with an 11-game winning streak, which ended with a 92-85 home loss to Eastern Conference-leading Boston on Jan. 5 - a defeat which seems to have sent the Pistons into a funk. It was the first of five losses in the last eight games for Detroit, which has seen its division lead dip to seven games over second-place Cleveland. "We're playing with no type of energy and no kind of chemistry," Pistons forward Antonio McDyess said. "It's like everyone is out of whack. I don't know what it is but we have to come together." Detroit handed the Magic (25-17) what remains their biggest loss of the season, 116-92 in Orlando on Nov. 2. That was one of just four defeats in November for the Magic as they took control of the Southeast Division. They ended 2007 on a four-game winning streak, but have gone 3-6 this month to see their division lead shrink to two games over Washington. It had been a month since the Magic beat a team with a winning record before they posted a 101-94 home victory over Portland on Saturday. "This one is out of the way and we have an even better team coming in Monday, the Detroit Pistons, so we have our work cut out for us," Orlando's Rashard Lewis said. "I think we are a great scoring team but we just have to continue to play defense." The way the Pistons have lost some games lately has coach Flip Saunders concerned. Last Sunday, Detroit managed only one more point than the lowest total in franchise history in an 89-65 road loss to a New York team which owns the second-worst record in the East. The Pistons bounced back to beat Toronto on Tuesday, but have since suffered back-to-back losses to sub-.500 teams. One night after a 100-93 home loss to Sacramento, Detroit was held to 14 points in the fourth quarter en route to a 97-81 defeat at Chicago. "I told our players they have an obligation to go out and give great effort every night," Saunders said. "And the last two nights I don't think we played with the passion we need to play with so we addressed it and we need to get back on track." The Pistons have given up more than 95 points in back-to-back games for the first time since mid-November. Detroit is also shooting 40.9 percent from the field over the last eight games while getting held to an average of 88.3 points, nearly 10 below their season average. "This is definitely fixable," Pistons guard Richard Hamilton said. "We have to be ready to play. We can't wait until the fourth quarter, we can't wait for the playoffs. We have to come out and play hard and play 48 minutes." Rasheed Wallace has become a non-factor offensively, failing to score in double figures in four straight games. He's averaged 6.5 points in that span while shooting 27.5 percent from the field and 1-for-14 from 3-point range. Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu had been in a similar slump, averaging 8.7 points on 9-of-36 shooting during a three-game stretch, before scoring 36 points over the last two games. He led the Magic with 20 points in Saturday's victory. Even Dwight Howard has been less effective offensively in recent weeks, scoring 17 points or less in seven of the last 11 games. He averaged 23.7 points through the first 25 games of the season. Howard was limited to 16 points in the first meeting with Detroit, which has won five straight and nine of 10 versus the Magic. Detroit Pistons Record: 29 - 12 (.707) Standings: First, Central At Home: 14 - 4 At Road: 15 - 8 Streak: L 2 Season PPG: 97.8 Opp PPG: 90.1 FG%: .458 Opp FG%: .439 RPG: 40.7 Opp RPG: 39.9 Orlando Magic Record: 25 - 17 (.595) Standings: First, Southeast At Home: 9 - 8 At Road: 16 - 9 Streak: W 1 Season PPG: 103.5 Opp PPG: 100.5 FG%: .463 Opp FG%: .447 RPG: 43.1 Opp RPG: 42.5 http://www.nba.com/games/20080121/DETORL/preview.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jack daniel 999 27 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 Game Notes... Detroit Notes Jan 20 The Pistons are just 4-5 in their last nine games after winning 11 straight. ... Detroit is 14-0 this year when recording 25 or more assists in a game. ... C Rasheed Wallace and F Antonio McDyess were held in check with eight combined points on 4-of-14 shooting. ... The Pistons fell to 1-7 against Chicago since former Detroit C Ben Wallace left following the 2005-06 season. Orlando Notes Jan 20 The Magic have beaten Portland six of the last seven meetings. ... After starting the season 16-4, the Magic have lost 13 of their last 22 games. ... G Jameer Nelson strained his tendon in his right foot in Wednesday's loss at Charlotte and is listed as day-to-day. ... Although Orlando's offense ranks among the leaders , the team is struggling elsewhere. The Magic are 20th in points allowed, 21st in turnovers and 23rd in free-throw shooting. ... At 25-17, the Magic are just above their record at this time last season (23-19). ... Orlando outscored Portland, 14-2, in fast-break points. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2008012119 ______________________________________________ THREE THINGS TO NOTE *Carlos Arroyo will start again at PG for ailing Jameer Nelson, but expect to see more of Keyon Dooling vs. Chauncey Billups. *Pistons own 9-game win streak vs. Magic, including playoffs. *Detroit has hit a lull, having lost five of its last eight games. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/basketball/magic/...an21,0,6271067.story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
