[NorthEast Wiz]

The Wiz play a very important game vs the Magic on National TV. Probably no Hill and no Stack. We win defenitely.


When: Thursday ,7:30 pm
Who: Magic
Where: Phone Booth (MCI Center)
Where to watch TV: TNT

[BCH]

I will be at the game and that is a stone cold lock to be a loss.

[erickboy22]

I want to say that the Wiz will win 2nite ... but I don't think we match up well with the Magic ... ORL has no inside presence what so ever ... BUT the Wiz have no inside game either ... no advantage there ... No one we have can handle Mcgrady ... Jordan did a decent job when they last played ... but if Jordan is going to concentrate on defense ... WHO is going to score ... M. Miller has burned the Wiz this season ... ORL have great perimeter shooters and I dont think we can match up well 2nite ... I'm thinking a loss

[jazzy1]

I was never as disappointed in the Wizards as I was after the Raptors game. That loss really hurt with the total lack of effort. Thats all I will say about that.

As far as this game goes I look for a Wizards victory here. I think because strangely enough, Stack being out, it changes the match-ups for us that didn't work the 1st 2 times we played them and I think that throws them off. The Magic won't have the same comfort level with the different match -ups. I look for Dixon to play really well tonight and Mj and Tmac to go at it. Hughes bounces back and the big guys show up tonight. The energy will be there after such a poor effort last game. Wiz will respond big time tonight.

[erickboy22]

Originally posted by <b>erickboy22</b>!
I want to say that the Wiz will win 2nite ... but I don't think we match up well with the Magic ... ORL has no inside presence what so ever ... BUT the Wiz have no inside game either ... no advantage there ... No one we have can handle Mcgrady ... Jordan did a decent job when they last played ... but if Jordan is going to concentrate on defense ... WHO is going to score ... M. Miller has burned the Wiz this season ... ORL have great perimeter shooters and I dont think we can match up well 2nite ... I'm thinking a loss

WHOOPS ... was i wrong ... I'm surprised by the way the Wiz came out 2nite ... Jordan really set the tone w/ 20 pts in the 1st qt ... i said that we don't have any inside game ... but like i said about the magic DON't either ... AND 2nite the BIG Men came out and hit the boards well and gave great contributions ... L8 scoring 15pts 7rbs Haywood 16pts 6 rbs Kwame 9pts 6 rbs ... Great game by Larry Hughes who took it upon himself to do a lot of the scoring in the second half ...Didn't get to see it but was Hughes running SG while Jordan was sitting ...? NEway Great game by the Wiz ... and this makes up for the DUD they laid vs TO ... GO WIZ!!!!!

[MikeDC]

Good lord... nothing like a little injured pride to bring out the best in MJ

[NorthEast Wiz]

I didn't get a chance to watch a lot of the game but obviously MJ set the tone.

I can't help but wonder what will become of our team after this year. With no changes to the team I think we can hover around where we are. That is why I wonder whether it would be worth it to make a trade where we can address our major gap, post up big man.

We have four young big men, Kwame, Brendan, Etan and JJ. I say one of them goes before the deadline. I have been mostly a Etan supporter but he may be the one we can do without but he also is the one with the least trade value.

[BCH]

Was a fun game. Haywood and Brown really set the tone at points in this game, and helped us when we opened it up for good in the 4th.

The key thing tonight was Etan Thomas got an assist. When he passed it and MJ scored, I cried out, "Oh my god, he passed!" and people around me got a chuckle out of it.

Orlando really must be kicking themselves for trading Haywood.

[jazzy1]

Originally posted by <b>BCH</b>!
Was a fun game. Haywood and Brown really set the tone at points in this game, and helped us when we opened it up for good in the 4th.

The key thing tonight was Etan Thomas got an assist. When he passed it and MJ scored, I cried out, "Oh my god, he passed!" and people around me got a chuckle out of it.

Orlando really must be kicking themselves for trading Haywood.

We owed them one after they swindled us out of Ben Wallace for Ike Austin. They are really hurting to find big guys and we'd be foolish to trade them one of ours.

Tonights game.

Very impressive from all.

MJ was magnificent in the 2nd half as he set the table for everyone else when the temptation would have been to force shots and maybe shoot the Wizards out of the game.

Haywood and Kwame were given the chance to do their thing tonight and they came up big at the right time in the 4th quarter.
Kwame rebounded after playing tenative in the 1st 3 quarters. He plays so passive sometimes it drives me nuts and then all of a sudden in a spurt he looks so good. If he plays with the effort all the time it'll make the Wizards a very good team. Brendan was masterul at finishing around the basket and staying big inside, he challenged shots on the pick and Pop forcing the Magic's wing players to shoot over him. great job.

Hughes just continues to impress me with his basketball IQ and his shooting. He's playing so poised and aggressive its been a pleasant surprise at how good he is. He has a chance to become an allstar player one day.

Doug Collins deserves alot of credit for not going small tonight, we forced them to play our style using our bigmen inside. If he continues to make teams play our style we'll give alot of teams trouble.