Mon The Magic!

RiseAgainst · 26th February 2008, 04:31 PM

finally having what looks like a good season, glad to see Smith's going to get contract deals in the off-season, has really made the franchise work well together.

4 wins in the last 5 including at Detroit too

njw · 26th February 2008, 06:04 PM

Yeah, they look a dead cert for the Eastern playoffs this year, although I don't think they have what it takes to beat Detroit in the conference finals. Boston have look good all season but are finally starting to show cracks. Detroit are looking constantly better and better and with their blowout win over (my) Suns on sunday, I find them pretty scary right now! In my opinion, the East is just Boston, Detroit, Orlando and Cleveland right now.

New Jersey are just gonna get worse with Kidd gone, and Toronto are there with the top 4 but I don't think they have what it takes in the Playoffs. I hope they prove me wrong though.

Have you seen all the trades in the West though? Its crazy intense. Phoenix lost one game and went from 2nd place to 5th, with 9 teams fighting for the 8 playoff spots within 5 and a half games of each other.

RiseAgainst · 26th February 2008, 10:05 PM

the Magic won IN Detroit last week

and looked good! probably one of the best all round games, but aye Detroit are looking pretty awesome.

the West is looking pretty nuts, some good trades too so the teams will be battling it out pretty fierce between now and the playoffs!

njw · 27th February 2008, 04:15 AM

Yeah - they beat Detroit... but can they beat Detroit in a 7 game series?

(p.s. I hope so!)

The west is crazy after all the trades...

Lakers - got Gasol as a centre. He's been great.
Suns - got Shaq to fight Gasol.
Mavs - picked up J Kidd as a leader + point guard.
Spurs - got (ex-Suns)Kurt Thomas from Seattle.

All scary stuff... Phoenix just finished playing Memphis and seem to have finally worked out how to run their offense with Shaq in the lineup (with a 127 - 113 win) so I'm feeling better about the whole Shaq thing.

njw · 27th February 2008, 04:17 AM

P.S. Magic beat the Nets tonight 102 - 92

If you were to build a decent win streak I reckon you could catch up to #2 seed in the East.

RiseAgainst · 27th February 2008, 09:41 AM

i was gunna watch the game but fell asleep

i think the Magic could beat most folk, if they start strongly i think they could do Detroit over 7, if they have to play catch up, i dont think Detroit would throw it away.

Kenny · 28th February 2008, 01:19 PM

I went to the opening Magic game of the season, they beat the Bucks pretty comfortably. I don't know anything about basketball, though, so I haven't really got anything else to say. Except that the place was half empty, which I thought was odd for the first game.

RiseAgainst · 28th February 2008, 02:27 PM

the Magic opened the campaign with a home defeat by Atlanta this season.

*wait - i think that was our pre-season...

*edit - just got the highlights of opening day up and Amway is packed out, just checked NBA.com and it lists it as 17,519 which im pretty sure is close to a sellout.

Kenny · 28th February 2008, 04:15 PM

Uh... dude, I was there? I'm fairly sure I didn't imagine the vast swathes of empty seats.

PS. the capacity for the Amway Arena for basketball is 17,248 apparently so that attendance was never gonna be right! Maybe they do what some football clubs do and count season ticket holders whether they're there or not. And lots of them didn't go.

RiseAgainst · 1st March 2008, 12:09 PM

maybe Yahoo have doctored the footage then :P wouldnt suprise me.

26th February 2008, 04:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 2,963 Band: Cheat To Win	Mon The Magic! finally having what looks like a good season, glad to see Smith's going to get contract deals in the off-season, has really made the franchise work well together. 4 wins in the last 5 including at Detroit too

26th February 2008, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
njw Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: DD1 Posts: 8,089	Yeah, they look a dead cert for the Eastern playoffs this year, although I don't think they have what it takes to beat Detroit in the conference finals. Boston have look good all season but are finally starting to show cracks. Detroit are looking constantly better and better and with their blowout win over (my) Suns on sunday, I find them pretty scary right now! In my opinion, the East is just Boston, Detroit, Orlando and Cleveland right now. New Jersey are just gonna get worse with Kidd gone, and Toronto are there with the top 4 but I don't think they have what it takes in the Playoffs. I hope they prove me wrong though. Have you seen all the trades in the West though? Its crazy intense. Phoenix lost one game and went from 2nd place to 5th, with 9 teams fighting for the 8 playoff spots within 5 and a half games of each other. __________________ You can put a cat in the oven, but that doesn't make it a biscuit.

27th February 2008, 04:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
njw Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: DD1 Posts: 8,089	Yeah - they beat Detroit... but can they beat Detroit in a 7 game series? (p.s. I hope so!) The west is crazy after all the trades... Lakers - got Gasol as a centre. He's been great. Suns - got Shaq to fight Gasol. Mavs - picked up J Kidd as a leader + point guard. Spurs - got (ex-Suns)Kurt Thomas from Seattle. All scary stuff... Phoenix just finished playing Memphis and seem to have finally worked out how to run their offense with Shaq in the lineup (with a 127 - 113 win) so I'm feeling better about the whole Shaq thing. __________________ You can put a cat in the oven, but that doesn't make it a biscuit.

27th February 2008, 04:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
njw Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: DD1 Posts: 8,089	P.S. Magic beat the Nets tonight 102 - 92 If you were to build a decent win streak I reckon you could catch up to #2 seed in the East. __________________ You can put a cat in the oven, but that doesn't make it a biscuit.

28th February 2008, 02:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 2,963 Band: Cheat To Win	the Magic opened the campaign with a home defeat by Atlanta this season. wait - i think that was our pre-season... edit - just got the highlights of opening day up and Amway is packed out, just checked NBA.com and it lists it as 17,519 which im pretty sure is close to a sellout. Last edited by RiseAgainst : 28th February 2008 at 02:31 PM.

26th February 2008, 10:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 2,963 Band: Cheat To Win	the Magic won IN Detroit last week and looked good! probably one of the best all round games, but aye Detroit are looking pretty awesome. the West is looking pretty nuts, some good trades too so the teams will be battling it out pretty fierce between now and the playoffs!

27th February 2008, 09:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 2,963 Band: Cheat To Win	i was gunna watch the game but fell asleep i think the Magic could beat most folk, if they start strongly i think they could do Detroit over 7, if they have to play catch up, i dont think Detroit would throw it away.

28th February 2008, 01:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Kenny Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 486	I went to the opening Magic game of the season, they beat the Bucks pretty comfortably. I don't know anything about basketball, though, so I haven't really got anything else to say. Except that the place was half empty, which I thought was odd for the first game.

28th February 2008, 04:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kenny Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 486	Uh... dude, I was there? I'm fairly sure I didn't imagine the vast swathes of empty seats. PS. the capacity for the Amway Arena for basketball is 17,248 apparently so that attendance was never gonna be right! Maybe they do what some football clubs do and count season ticket holders whether they're there or not. And lots of them didn't go. Last edited by Kenny : 28th February 2008 at 04:18 PM.

1st March 2008, 12:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 2,963 Band: Cheat To Win	maybe Yahoo have doctored the footage then :P wouldnt suprise me.

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