Game #22: Magic @ Portland 10:30 p.m.

[AdamTheGreek]

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 2010 @ 10:30 P.M. EST

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LAST MATCHUP:
January 15, 2010:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACzec0qTrNc[/youtube]
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2010011522
L 87-102


Last time we won in Portland:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPSmImlHhQM[/youtube]


THE GOAL:


Have some fun. This is going to be a grueling road trip.


Magic's Probable Starters
15-6, 1st in the Southeast
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Trailblazers' Probable Starters
10-11, 4th in the Northwest
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KEY MATCHUP:

vs.

DWIGHT'S A MAN! HE'S 25! Hopefully he and the troops got their drinking and partying out of the way Tuesday night. Everyone should be close to 100% (Except for Ryno).
So here we go, we've lost 2 straight, they've won 2 straight.
Andre Miller is coming off a one game suspension while we should be getting Jameer back.
Portland is one of the toughest places in the league to win in and that's not changing this time around. Defense is key and force feeding Dwight the ball is a must.



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[MickaelPietrus]

Going to be the most difficult game of the season.

We could lose by 10, but we could also come out with a victory.

I'm going with


Orlando 97
Portland 94

Marcus Camby limits Dwight to 10 pts 8 rbs

Jameer outplays Andre Miller

Vince surprisingly outplays Brandon Roy

[Nemesis21]

Great thread. Thanks Adam

Bass should be starting . Welcome back Jameer ! Magic by 6 Go Magic !

Here's to a good west coast trip .

You've been warned, the Magic are legit !!!

[purplehaze89]

Game is winnable with an injured Roy unable to keep his man in front of him and no longer able to isolate from the top of the key and create havoc in the paint with drives or dishes.

No more excuses. Dwight's had 3 days off. He needs to dominate Marcus Camby. The team needs better ball movement. Point blank.

[SOUL]

Tired of losing

[SloNick Russia]

It would be great to get our second best player back, Magic is a different team with Nelson

[GameOver25]

I'll be playing close attention to Rashard Lewis. Seems like he gets worse every game. Looking for him the break out in some sort of way this west coast trip.

[BelgianMagic]

I got a good feeling bout this one .. Think our guys are gonna prove they still got it ..

That or a blowout win for Portland ..

[Magicalltheway]

I'll be playing close attention to Rashard Lewis. Seems like he gets worse every game. Looking for him the break out in some sort of way this west coast trip.

agreed, he has been extremely frustrating to watch. We are yet to have a complete game and have everyone click at the same time. they have taken turn to play so far, its time for everyone specially Shard to come out aggressive.

[chunnyboy]

a victory is all i ask

[BadMofoPimp]

Should be a good game. I thought the Chicago whupping was pretty good and close to complete. I expected the Magic to do that much more often thus far based on their dedication this offseason and preseason dominance. Hopefully, they start firing on all cylinders soon when everyone is healthy.

[Def Swami]

We always face problems against teams with not necessarily as much talent but just flat out play hard. Our defense is going to have to be on point because Roy can still put up a solid night, we've had problems with Aldridge in the past, and Andre Miller is a lot bigger than Nelson. They also have pretty good role players, like Batum, capable of getting hot from the field. Regardless, I hate the last 2 losses because they would have been W's if we had the full roster and I was hoping we'd rack up a nice win streak. Let's just win the game.

[Blue_and_Whte]

Lewis will get manhandled by Aldridge
Nelson will run circles around MIller.
Dwight should dominate Camby.
Whoever Roy is guarding better go right at him all night.

[RvM]

hmm, it's been a while since I've been on realgm. Been really busy with school, but can't wait to see the Magic play again!

The Bucks lost wasn't anything to be worried about, but I was very disappointed in the loss against the Hawks.

The Blazers usually play well at home, and they have alot of big bodies to attack Howard.

I really hope we can get the win tonight. Let's go Magic!

[SolidSnake008]

i'm optimistic so we'll see and we had some tough losses of late but remember the Lakers had a 4 game losing streak and has lost games they shouldn't have so even the Champs stumble a bit...let's get this train back on track tonight....but i hate late ass games man but whatever lol....by the way RVM how is it over there at VCO? i know they're not feeling good now that Meer is back

[BelgianMagic]

hmm, it's been a while since I've been on realgm. Been really busy with school, but can't wait to see the Magic play again!

The Bucks lost wasn't anything to be worried about, but I was very disappointed in the loss against the Hawks.

The Blazers usually play well at home, and they have alot of big bodies to attack Howard.
I really hope we can get the win tonight. Let's go Magic!

I'd rather say that we have Big Howard attacking Portland's bodies

[otownflava21]

Adam, Nemesis....

as much as i love the great pictures you always provide on this forum, i have a bad feeling about posting them before gametime on the game threads. everytime i scroll down pages 1 or 2 on the gamethreads and there are random in-game pictures of magic players that dont involve the current team we are facing, we seem to lose. hopefully my theory gets disproven tonight, b/c you two specifically always provide great photos...i would just keep them for AFTER the game lol.

as far as the game itself...Jameer i feel will play a big key. He's coming back slightly rusty, and Miller is the type of PG that gives him problems. Camby will have to be outplayed by Dwight, as is expected. But if Camby drops 20/20 and Dwight only drops 13/13 i see problems. Portland is deep and talented, so of course we'll need EVERYONE to put in their money's worth tonight.

[RvM]

i'm optimistic so we'll see and we had some tough losses of late but remember the Lakers had a 4 game losing streak and has lost games they shouldn't have so even the Champs stumble a bit...let's get this train back on track tonight....but i hate late ass games man but whatever lol....by the way RVM how is it over there at VCO? i know they're not feeling good now that Meer is back

haha, I haven't been on VCO or realgm in a while because of school, but everyone's fine. haha. We all just don't want Duhon to be in the starting lineup, even if that means getting Jameer back. They don't like it, but their not complaing too much.

I'd rather say that we have Big Howard attacking Portland's bodies

yeah, Dwight should be able to handle Portland's bigs, but that's what everybody was saying against the Hawks.

They have two decent defenders in Marcus Camby and Pryzbilla, and they have Pendergraph who's an energy guy. I want to see more Bass minutes!

[Kunta Kinte]

Portland is strugglin' right now. Its not even funny

[pokerfan12]

Portland is strugglin' right now. Its not even funny

i think a lot of that has to do with roy not being hunnid lately.