thirdquartercollapse.com - 12/10/2008
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The Orlando Magic faced an eight-point deficit with 2:15 to play in the fourth quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers, one of the best teams in the NBA; in the Rose Garden, where Portland had not lost all year; on the second night of a back-to-back. Gulp.
No problem. After the Magic's ...
thirdquartercollapse.com - 12/9/2008
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Note: this post was written before last night's
game between the Magic and the Clippers. I hate...
to write rebuttals to individual blog posts--I prefer to respond to general notions--but there is one thing I'd really like to clear up: Jameer ...
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Kindly Stop Hating on Jameer Nelson
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Game reaction: Magic 109, Blazers 108
Blazers Blog —
... Howard and Oden got in some decent sparring early. The Magic went right at Oden, who fouled Howard on the first possession. Howard then went to work, hitting a hook, a bank shot and two more shots over Oden for nine quick points. Before heading for a rest after only seven minutes, Oden did snare a rebound over Howard. He ferociously dunked for the Blazers' first field goal - and his only shot of the first period - and he appeared just as fired up about the matchup as Howard. Recap from Third Quarter Collapse: Portland's three-point defense tonight might have been its only ...
Wednesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Remember when your eighth grade coach told you to follow your shot? And have you noticed that much of the time NBA players don't? Ben Q. Rock of Third Quarter Collapse credits Keith Bogans with a game-saving play for Orlando: "... the Magic, a notoriously poor offensive rebounding team, got the biggest offensive rebound of the game, though, one that might have won it for them. Down 5 points with :33 to play, Keith Bogans spotted-up in the right corner, which is one of his favorite spots. The shot came up well short, but Bogans did the fundamentally ...
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