Competition Discussion: Orlando

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Until tonight, everyone's still undefeated
Published 10/30/2007 by Crucifictorious at We Rite Goode
... we'll.......wait, wait. Hold on. Not only does the season tip off tonight, there already are a gazillion, top-notch NBA previews to choose from. Tom Ziller offers the appealing, non-denominational Festivus series on Ballhype. Celtic Blog's Jeff Clark earlier corralled an entire league's worth of bloggers to post about their favorite teams. Even our hometown heroes, Prada and Jake at Bullets Forever, have done due diligence on the Wizards while offering "competition discussions" to take the pulse of the league. The list goes on and ...

Open thread: Regular season Game 3
Published 11/3/2007 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
The essentials: Magic (1-1) at Wizards (0-2) 7 p.m. Verizon Center Comcast Sports Net Last year: November 6: Magic 106, Wizards 103. December 29: Wizards 112, Magic 111. January 19: Wizards 114, Magic 93. April 17: Magic 95, Wizards 89. Notable Magic numbers (all are 2006/07): 12th in expected winning percentage (.514). 25th in pace factor (88.5 possessions per game). 22nd in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (106.3). 7th in defensive ...

Open thread: Regular season game 60
Published 3/5/2008 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
The essentials: Magic (39-23) at Wizards (29-30) 7 p.m. Verizon Center Comcast Sports Net This year: November 3: Magic 94, Wizards 82. Notable Magic numbers this season: 9th in expected winning percentage (.514), third in the East. 10th in pace factor (91.9 possessions per game), second in the East. 5th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (113.2), first in the East. T13th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (108), tied for sixth in East. Key links Third ...

Open thread: Regular season game 67
Published 3/19/2008 by Pradamaster <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever
The essentials: Wizards (33-33) at Magic (45-24) 7 p.m. Amway Arena Comcast Sports Net This year: November 3: Magic 94, Wizards 82. March 2: Magic 122, Wizards 92. Notable Magic numbers this season: T8th in expected winning percentage (.684), third in the East. 10th in pace factor (92 possessions per game), second in the East. 3rd in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (113.8), first in the East. 11th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (107.8), fifth in the ...