The Orlando Magic have just made the basketball world CoNfUsEd after having a terrible 39-17 3rd quarter against Washington (which I painfully witnessed live), Orlando goes into Boston’s ruthless home court and puts on a 36-11 3rd quarter beating and displays what Grumpy Stan the Man Van Gundy says was the Magic’s best quarter in his three years of coaching Orlando. This is funny because less than 48 hours earlier Grumpy Stan the Man Van Gundy says that Orlando put on the worst quarter, in three years of coaching Orlando, against the Wizards. To put this into picture, only one thing can do it, and it is …. the return of Positive, Negative, and Thoughts!
The POSITIVE:
1. The first one is obvious because these 12 minutes changed the game in Orlando’s favor, and it was the phenomenal 36-11 3rd quarter.
2. BEWARE OF HOWARD! He only played 7 minutes in the first half, and a total 32 minutes, and still pulled down 13 rebounds, and posted 16 points, and then added 2 blocks. Oh yeah and he played in foul trouble.
3. Vince Carter for some reason can’t play bad against one of the top defensive teams (Boston) because he had 20 points, and is averaging 19.8 points against the Celtics (good to see).
4. Matt Barnes and Jameer Nelson played great in the 1st quarter, which kept us in the game because Dwight only played about 6 minutes in that quarter. Good to see that.
5. How about those 4 back to back 3 point possessions in the third quarter. That’s Orlando’s game, which should be feared.
6. Give credit to the 2010 Eastern All-Star Coach, Grumpy Stan the Man Van Gundy, for his coaching when he decided to keep Dwight Howard in the game after picking up his fourth. His reason was because he believes that if Dwight plays less than 20 minutes, then Orlando gets in trouble.
7. Kudos to Vince Carter for telling Dwight after the 1st half to “take over and dominate by any means necessary!” It looked like it worked.
The NEGATIVE:
1. Yeah great game ,but Orlando still needs to work on things like Dwight Howard needs to try and stop picking up some silly fouls (yeah refs), but Howard needs to stop extending his arms out, he needs to just extend arms up.
2. The foul trouble for DH12 only got him 7 minutes of game play in the 1st half.
3. Both Magic point guards need to step up in defensive intensity because Rajon Rondo had his way with the Magic. He posted a near triple double with 17 points, 9 assist, 8 rebounds, and to add on 3 steals.
4. Orlando needs to stop turning the ball over because the 1st quarter separated Boston and Orlando by one point (24-23), but Boston took a 11 point lead at the half due to the turnovers in the 2nd quarter.
THOUGHTS:
1. My favorite quarter being a basketball fan was the 1st quarter because Boston’s inside game showed that it worked, but then Orlando’s opposite philosophy of the outside game worked as well. It was two different styles that both proved productive. BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL.
2. The first quarter was my favorite from a basketball fan perspective, but as a Magic fan perspective, the 3rd quarter was my favorite. Had to clear that up.
3. Orlando had the tie breaker with Atlanta if they have the same record at the end of the season, and now they also have the tie breaker with Boston. Now let’s do it to Cleveland.
4. Doc Rivers (former coach of the year with Orlando) heard a Boston player say that Boston is better than Orlando, and Doc responded by saying that it was a bunch of crap, because Orlando knocked Boston out of the 2009 Playoffs, and now won the season series at 3-1. I am glad to see Doc give Orlando credit because not many do.
This game was amazing, and it was different for me because I needed to listen to the whole game on the radio, which I enjoyed because it allowed me to envision what was on going in the game. My imagination made the shots look better, but the real thing looked pretty good too.
By the way, Lebron James, WOW, WOW, WOW. James had 24 straight points and 35 at the half against the Knicks, and many points came from jump shots, which really shows his development, and speaks volume for his talent, but not his prideful personality.
Oh yeah I forgot, congrats to the Saints.
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2 comments:
LOL. Not to be mean but, you're question is stupid. There should be a 3rd option, I don't care/I don't like either of them. That would get my vote, and I bet PB might vote the same way. You know I feel about both KB and LBJ. But anywho, nice blog. I'm glad Doc Rivers is keeping it real with his players. Nothing makes me more angry than when we beat an elite team (Mainly Boston) and they say they're still better than us (again, mainly boston does this). Just plain ole sore losers. Keep it real Doc! BTW the game on Mon was sooo sick.
Doolz! ima need u to post a new blog soon lol u know if u have time
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