Magic @ Heat, 12/28, 7:30 PM, American Airlines Arena

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What: 31st Magic Regular Season Game! - Magic (19-11) vs. Heat (8-21)

Where: American Airlines Arena

When: Friday, Dec. 28, 7:30 PM

TV: FSN FL

Radio: AM 580 WDBO


Probable lineups:

Magic:
C- Howard
PF- Lewis
SF- Turkoglu
SG- Bogans
PG- Nelson

Heat:
C- Shaq
PF- Haslem
SF- Wright
SG- Davis
PG- Wade


Player to watch: Dorell Wright just might be the Scrubway Scrub of the game tonight (stolen from H2H ). Good thing Smush Parker isnt with the team anymore because he would kill us every game.

ANOTHER GAME WE SHOULD WIN IF WE PLAY ALL GAME LIKE WE DID IN THE 4 QUARTER AGAINST THE KNICKS WILL BEAT THEM BY 30

Yeah, we SHOULD win this game.

Luckily it's on the road, so that should help us out (as weird as that sounds).

I hope Nelson finds his groove back. He looked pretty good in the 4th quarter against the Knocks. Although, sometimes I hate him having a good quarter because he gets some confindence and then the next game goes 3-12. Hopefully, he learns that on the nights that he is off, he should pass the ball...period!

Anyway, was it me or did I see some agressiveness on Rashard's part during the Knicks game?

Also, did anyone see the no-look-over-the-shoulder pass that Arroyo did to a Fan in the stands? Woaoo....that took some concentration.

You guys think SVG has finally grown a pair and will change the starting lineup by starting JJ instead of my-knees-are-killing-me-and-my-defense-sucks-as-well-as-my-3pt-shooting-going-1-11 Bogans?

Go Magics!

This post has been edited by Nogaro on Dec. 27, 2007 01:04 PM

I hope the broadcasters for this game arent the Miami guys, they are friggin annoying, the one guy thinks he's created his own "catch phrase" whenever someone from Miami sinks a good shot he goes ... "Kaboom!" wonder if he says the same thing to his wife when they're...nevermind. The other guy sounds like he outta be selling watches out of the back of a Cadillac in New jersey. "da heat dey gotta get dat defense going der." Speaking of Boston, the announcers there or rather the one guy who awards "tommy points", man I like to stuff a jock strap in his mouth. " KG gets a Tommy point for dat one" yeesh If I were a Celtic I'd ask for an incentive clause in my contract, another grand for every Tommy point I earned.

This post has been edited by Odin on Dec. 27, 2007 01:25 PM

ROFL!!

<Hands a $20 to Odin to keep the jokes going>

Another winnable game but with this team one never knows.

Miami wants to break their losing ways badly. This will not be easy.

The key for us is to get a big lead early to break their will from the get go. I don't think we can win it if we only show up in the fourth like we did against the Knicks. That won't work against a Wade-led team.

Let's get our 20th W.....Go Magic!

According to some reports, Rashard's neck injury was a lot more serious than the Magic led on. It was so bad some nights he couldn't lift his head to see the basket or turn his head to the side...and he still played through all the pain.

Looks like he is on his way back to health and you could tell he was feeling better in the Knicks game. Let's see if he continues against the Heat.

Will be at the UCF-UCONN game (tip-off at 8 p.m.) so I'll miss this one and Charlotte because I'm immediately driving out to Memphis all night and morning to get to the Liberty Bowl.

I say let Wade get his...play Foyle additional minutes to beat up Shaq, hope that Ricky Davis doesn't have one of those big games he sprinkles into a season of mostly poor play, attack the basket and get Shaq off the floor, know Wade will be Wade, don't commit resourses to shutting him down, just try to slow him some.

Jump on them early and they will fold up. I knew the Heat would be challanged this season and I would say the biggest surprise is the lack of fight they have. With Zo gone they have even less. Must drive Riley nuts. There is lots of quit in the Heat.

Glad to see that I can contribute to the site.

With Dorell, and Davis getting burn, Along with D Wade One of them is going to blow up on us based on our inability to play perimeter defense.
Its going to be painful watching jameer trying to guard Wade.

This post has been edited by Hill2Howard on Dec. 28, 2007 03:03 PM

They put Bogans on Wade when the Heat played in Orlando in November.

Jwill played 29 mins that game as they're starting PG, He's injured now, So Wade is starting at the point. So Jameer has to either guard Wade or Davis....Either way we're screwed.

This is a game where we could have really used Ariza. Put him on Wade.