[MJG]

Orlando has gone on 20-5 and 19-0 runs in this game, with the latter not yet over

[twinz2gether]

Well looks like we are going to win with 48 or so left...

I knew it, The magic were overated and we were so cold in the first half, we had to get better in the second.

[MJG]

Got to give Hughes credit for some good play down the stretch. Doesn't excuse the crap he was doing earlier, but I'm glad he came through at the end.

Haywood was rocking during the too few moments he wasn't in foul trouble. If he can keep himself in the game for closer to 30 minutes as opposed to 20, it can only help.

Going to keep complaining about it until it happens -- Arenas, do more!

Good win overall. Games like this, close ones against division rivals early in the year, can really add up when we get closer to the spring.

[stlrebfan]

Originally posted by <b>jazzy1</b>!
Yeah you are right again about Hughes. I guess hitting 10 of 11 FT's is not enough. The guy is a scorer. period. Reggie Miller is a shooter. BTW the guy also hit most of his shots down the stretch as we pulled away for the win. Amazing some of the things I read. His Defense, boards (5), and assists (4) were pretty solid as well. Good win Wiz!

Hughes will always be a bad shooter he's a volume scorer not real efficient.

He doesn't get to the line much and takes awful shots.

Arenas has done a real good job with shot selection he's trying hard to stay in the offense and get others involved.

Jamison is starting to bother me in that he's taken his game strictly perimeter.

Against the Heat last night Jamison seemed hesistant to take the ball inside. He wasn't even cutting to the hoop. The best way to play Shaq is to attack him off the dribble with your guards and go right at him to draw fouls and make him move his feet. He simply parked in the lane against our non scorers inside in haywood and ruffin and dared our perimter player to come inside.

This is why I've been so adamant about Kwame and the inside game. We have good perimeter players but neither one is efficient in their ability to score. A Post option creates easier opportunities for them. And brings up their fg %.

We need desperately for Haywood to score 12-14 points inside something I think he's capable of.

EJ foolishly only played Haywood against Shaq and didn't exploit Doleac with Brendan inside.

Some of EJ's tactics bother me sometimes.

[CP26]

Great game by Hughes, Jamison, and Hayes. Arenas was really a non-factor in the 2nd half.

[stlrebfan]

Originally posted by <b>MJG</b>!
Got to give Hughes credit for some good play down the stretch. Doesn't excuse the crap he was doing earlier, but I'm glad he came through at the end.

Haywood was rocking during the too few moments he wasn't in foul trouble. If he can keep himself in the game for closer to 30 minutes as opposed to 20, it can only help.

Going to keep complaining about it until it happens -- Arenas, do more!

Good win overall. Games like this, close ones against division rivals early in the year, can really add up when we get closer to the spring.

gamers come through when the game is on the line. He has done that often in his career here yet is totally underappreciated IMO.

[JNice]

Originally posted by <b>twinz2gether</b>!
Well looks like we are going to win with 48 or so left...

I knew it, The magic were overated and we were so cold in the first half, we had to get better in the second.

Haha .. overrated after this one game? Orlando really blew this game and even so they were on the road with two starters out of the game ... one of which is their best perimeter defender and the other of which is their best interior defender and the best guy at starting their main source of offense, the fastbreak.

It was a good win for Washington, but it by no means proves Orlando is overrated.

[bullet for life]

Im so happy we won that one. division rival, solid beginning, aviod a 3 game L-streak etc..


I wouldnt call Orlando overraated at all. They have so many new players on their team, I think once they get healthy and have some more exp together, theyll be much better..

Also, overrated means people had expectaions for this season for Orlando, when I think most people have a big question mark over them. No one knows how good (or bad) they really will be.

Id leave judgements on their being over or under rated until maybe mid season. After 4 games i think its kinda ridiculous/harsh to make any broad statements about a team's quality this soon. At 3-2, i think our record really doesnt say too much about our season yet.

[twinz2gether]

sorry i meant that i think the magic are overated.

The thing was is that we just played outright horribly in the first half, and they were losing by the end of it!

I'm not sure if Mobley and Cato would have helped enough for the team to win. They were rebounding so well anyway, so cato wouldn't be much of a factor. And i also think Mobley really sucks.

Think about it though, i don't see how analysts predict the magic in the playoffs preseason!? They traded T-Mac, juwan howard, and lue for francis, mobley and cato, is that an improvement??



on another note i was watching on league pass, and it was on the sunshine network. Those announcers are just so damn stupid! They called our offense the "poor mans princeton offense" (yeah then why have we been averaging almost 100 points a game?), and near the end they started saying how all our guys had really good games. Then they said "well not to make excuses, but mobley and cato are out" and they talked about that for 5 minutes about how it happens, but them being out hurt the team.
At least our announcers have some common sense and don't blantantly insult (or when their team is losing badly, complement them highly) the other team and make excuses.

[JNice]

Originally posted by <b>twinz2gether</b>!
sorry i meant that i think the magic are overated.

The thing was is that we just played outright horribly in the first half, and they were losing by the end of it!

I'm not sure if Mobley and Cato would have helped enough for the team to win. They were rebounding so well anyway, so cato wouldn't be much of a factor. And i also think Mobley really sucks.

Think about it though, i don't see how analysts predict the magic in the playoffs preseason!? They traded T-Mac, juwan howard, and lue for francis, mobley and cato, is that an improvement??



on another note i was watching on league pass, and it was on the sunshine network. Those announcers are just so damn stupid! They called our offense the "poor mans princeton offense" (yeah then why have we been averaging almost 100 points a game?), and near the end they started saying how all our guys had really good games. Then they said "well not to make excuses, but mobley and cato are out" and they talked about that for 5 minutes about how it happens, but them being out hurt the team.
At least our announcers have some common sense and don't blantantly insult (or when their team is losing badly, complement them highly) the other team and make excuses.

It isn't just Francis, Mobley, and Cato. Orlando also added Turkoglu, Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, and Tony Battie. Oh yeah, and apparently some guy named Grant Hill.

Mobley isn't that great, but he is our best perimeter defender. Hughes wouldn't have had that good of a game if Cat were there.

Orlando will definitely be in the playoffs. You can mark my words on that.

[afireinside]

Hughes was more of the 'Player of the Game' than Jamison. he contributed in every category.