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Orlando Magic (12-3) @ Portland Trail Blazers (5-8)
Date: Monday, Nov 26th
Time: 10:00 PM ET
Southeast Standings:
W L Pct GB
Orlando 11 3 .786 -.-
Washington 6 7 .462 5.0
Charlotte 6 7 .462 5.0
Atlanta 5 7 .417 5.5
Miami 3 10 .231 8.0
Orlando Probable Starters:
PG: Jameer Nelson
SG: Keith Bogans
SF: Hedo Turkoglu
PF: Rashard Lewis
C: Dwight Howard
Player GM GS MPG PPG FG% 3PT% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOPG PF
Nelson 14 14 31.0 13.8 .470 .325 .833 4.7 6.4 1.0 0.1 2.6 2.2
Bogans 15 15 32.5 9.7 .421 .386 .750 4.3 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.8 2.3
Turkoglu 15 15 36.5 18.5 .433 .383 .746 5.7 3.8 0.9 0.2 2.6 2.9
Lewis 15 15 38.9 19.8 .493 .438 .860 4.9 2.4 1.0 0.2 2.1 2.7
Howard 15 15 38.0 23.4 .615 .000 .603 14.5 1.6 0.9 2.5 3.0 3.3
Portland Probable Starters:
PG: Steve Blake (6.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 5.5 APG)
SG: Brandon Roy (18.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 5.2 APG)
SF: Martell Webster (12.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 1.5 APG)
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge (18.8 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 0.8 APG)
C: Channing Frye (6.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 0.9 APG)
Orlando Magic Bench:
Player GM MPG PPG FG% 3PT% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOPG PF
Dooling 15 18.0 6.0 .416 .292 .972 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.5 2.1
Arroyo 14 18.6 5.6 .403 .375 .750 1.8 2.9 0.6 0.0 1.1 1.1
Cook 2 8.5 3.5 .429 .250 .000 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0
Evans 1 12.0 6.0 .429 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Garrity 9 13.3 2.6 .313 .188 .000 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.9 1.4
Foyle 15 10.0 1.8 .393 .000 .455 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.2
Augustine 7 4.6 1.4 .833 .000 .000 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
Redick 4 4.8 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Last Game:
Orlando Magic 120, Miami Heat 99
November 24, 2007 - Amway Arena
Orlando Magic Head Coach Stan Van Gundy:
“I thought that was the closest we have come all year to putting 48 minutes together. I thought at the offensive end of the floor we were outstanding against a very good defensive team. I thought it was a great effort against a team who played well, their three main guys all played well. It’s not like they came in and their guys had a bad night. Wade was outstanding, as you can see my knowledge of his game was able to limit him to his season-high points of 32… My outstanding game plan. I thought Shaq was really good and Ricky Davis took advantage of every opportunity. They had a pretty good night but we had a great night and this is a very good win for us heading out on the road.”
On his team getting caught up on the score:
“I thought tonight they did a good job. They got it back to within 11 and we never caved or gave them a big run tonight. I still think our defense can be better and will be better when we get some practices under our belt. Our offense is real good, our energy, our ball movement. We only had 11 turnovers, we shot the ball well, we got to the free throw line, I just thought we had a very good night. It’s still very early in the year, last night the Sentinel said I was grumpy but tonight I couldn’t find a whole lot to criticize. I’m sure I will after I watch the film.”
On playing against his former team:
“Tonight was like any other game, it really was. I think if I have any emotion on that it will be when I go back into the Miami arena and know a lot of people there, that might be different. We also haven’t had any time to think about it, this isn’t like football where you play once a week and you have all week to build up and think about it. This is our fifth game in seven days so I didn’t have time to think about this game until last night after the game and getting ready for the walk through. We just want to keep winning and I have said all along if we start putting more importance on one game than another you are going to end up in trouble.”
On Maurice Evans and Brian Cook:
“I like the possibility of playing Evans and Cook. To be honest, Cook needs to get in better shape, he wasn’t playing many minutes so I don’t think he was in very good shape. I think his skill level was evident, we just have to get him running up and down the court and get him to play with the pace we want to play in. I think Evans’ energy was very evident because he was able to get down the floor. He was upset about missing those two corner three’s, so you know he hasn’t been here very long because nobody else is worried about it.”
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