Relief from watching boring basketball (Orlando-Toronto)

It's a blow out now. Damn those Rockets .... err I mean the Magics can score

 

Over 100 at the end of the 3rd quarter?

Mobes had a very nice behind the back pass on a fastbreak earlier in the game too. We miss you Cat.

 

Watch the rebounds, 55 vs. 24 right now....

So we are not the worst in rebounding anyway...

 

wow....man I miss that backcourt.

 

Perhaps most of the BBS failed to notice the grass/greener rule last year because Mo Taylor smoked it all? This is almost too painful to think about.

 

Raptors--------0:22--- 108
Magic ------4th Qtr---- 127




http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=241201019

 

Yep, amazing they did all this with so little time with the starters.

wow...talk about a balance attack.

In 27min, SF had 23pts, 8-12 shooting, 9assists, 4 turnovers, 4rbs, 2-2 from Three land...... (Lead all players in scoring)

 

they almost outscored the rockets from last night in just the first half.

granted, the two teams looked about as interested in playing D as i do in eating broccoli but it was still incredible.

francis was killing people, mobley had more points than minutes played (the orlando announcers - who are great btw - were giving him a little friendly ribbing about how much he shoots), howard and cato were monsters on the boards. this team fits together so well.

they also had a shot at scoring exactly 34 in every quarter but stopped scoring at the end of the 4th.

they're about to go on a 5 or 6 game western conference road trip which could be bad.

 

Its a shame that Dwight Howard is in the East.

Watching him and Amare play against each other 4 or 5 times a year would be a treat.

I think he is the real deal.

 

Agreed! What is impressive to me so far is Howard's rebounding. The guy is a beast on the boards. That's the kind of desire you just cant teach. One either has it or doesnt. His offensive game will come around in a few years and he will probably battle Jermaine Oneal for best PF in the East. From what I can see so far the Magic made the right move in getting Howard over Okafor. Howard's ceiling is MUCH higher.

I bet the Wizards are jealous of Howard's play and wished that Kwame had one ounce of Howard's aggressiveness.

 

i was in europe around draft time so i didn't get to see video of howard but as soon as i saw him in a preseason game for 15 seconds i realized he was the right pick at #1. he was tall, already built, and it seemed like he could practically dunk w/o leaving the ground his arms were so long.

it's amazing how big these high schoolers are these days. howard is already built. amare was huge when he came in. and lebron was already the biggest shooting guard in the league out of high school. he's just a monster physically and he's only 19.

what happened to the kobe, kg, tmac, j o'neal twigs we were used to out of HS just 7 and 8 years ago?

 

Agreed! Skills can always be taught and developed. The dude is only 19 years old and has plenty of time to develop since he don't have to carry the offense burden for now at all .

Magic's rebuilding process is so successful that Weisbrod almost can compete for GM of the year! Looks like this guy is really a smart a**. and can manage not only hockey.

And we looks more and more like laughing stock now.

 

well weisbrod did have the #1 pick and a top 5 player to get talent with. it wasn't that hard. he picked the best player and loaded up with quality players we knew he'd be offered.

and unless he's a surgeon, he isn't the reason grant hill is healthy again.

hedo was a nice pickup definitely but outside of that and maybe a little credit for getting battie and nelson, he didn't do all that much.

still, the team does fit together nicely and that is something.

 

Rockets East aka Orlando scores 129pts!

Ok when are we going to do this?

 

HMMM, probably never, we are lucky if we get half of that

 

It would take us 2 games to score 129

 

Jan. 22nd Orlando will be ready to play us.


ORLANDO 129
ROCKETS 80