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Who:Orlando Magic(22-14) vs. Denver Nuggets(21-13)
When: Friday, January 11th
Where: The Pepsi Center in Denver,CO
Time: 9:00 PM EST
TV/Radio: FSFL/ 580AM
Season Series: First Meeting
Team Trivia Connection: Jameer Nelson was drafted by the Nuggets on Draft Night 2004 only to be traded to the Magic on the same night.

The Lowdown

The Magic are coming off a well earned road victory against the L.A. Clippers 113-106 behind Hedo Turkoglu's 28pts and Dwight Howard had 17pts and 17rebs in the win. The Magic will head to Mile High City to take on the Denver Nuggets. Led by Magic formable foe Allen Iverson's 27.1PPG and Carmelo Anthony's 25.2PPG. The Nuggets aren't the type of team that can be look over in the league. With high athleticism and quick scoring numbers, the Nuggets will look to shake off Monday's loss to the Suns 137-115 to get back to the winning side of the tracks by takin the game to the Magic.

Magic Tricks of the Game

1. The rebounding game needs to emphasis here as the Nuggets are a strong rebounding team.

2. Make the Nuggets beat the Magic from the outside.

3. The Magic offense has to be on point.


Magic Starters



Nuggets Starters

1. the time is probably 9:00pm EST.

whocares wrote:1. the time is probably 9:00pm EST.

Corrected. Thx.

magic wins this , i expect a high score game and i ve a feeling that shard gonna score +30 tonight !!!

Little doubt that the Camby Howard matchup will excite.

This game will come down to Hedo and Rashard. If both can go for 20+ on 40% 3pt shooting, the Magic will have a chance.

Also, I wonder if Evans will start to guard AI tonight. That's a tough matchup.

The O-Sen confirms tonight's backcourt as Nelson and Evans.

Van Gundy said Thursday that he expects to start Jameer Nelson and Maurice Evans tonight in his backcourt, which is the lineup he used for the first time in the victory Wednesday against the Clippers. Nelson left Wednesday's game briefly with soreness in his foot, and had it X-rayed in the locker room, but he finished the game and expects to play tonight.

the one team I have feared all year is The Nuggets...IMO they have the best starting 5 in all of the Western Conference (I know, I'm so insane), and I feel that they are underachieving by a great deal...

I dont believe we stand a chance to win this one, the Nuggets are the most potent team out there next to the Warriors and the Lakers...I know we beat both of those teams, but that was before we crashed and burned, I dont think we could beat either of those team again if we played them today...only reason I say this is I haven't been given anything to prove me wrong lately...

This team is doing a fine job at digging themselves a hole and showing how ill prepared they are to take on the league and advance into the playoffs...

having said all that, I still believe in my Magic and will be routing for them as strong as ever...

Magic 107
Nuggets 103

looks like we'll win this..this is too professional for a game thread. nice work.

Thethief

We will not hold Denver to 103. They average 108 at home. I say it will be a high scoring affair Denver 111 - Orlando 118.

rurouniad wrote:Thethief

We will not hold Denver to 103. They average 108 at home. I say it will be a high scoring affair Denver 111 - Orlando 118.

we'll have to see how it plays out...

the Magic do a pretty good job at keeping high scoring teams down below their average...the only high scorer we let go over the 105 mark this year was the Warrior and that was in OT...

and the Utah Jazz, but that was a different Magic team

i'm just saying, in the midst of all the mud, we do have a few specks of positive...

not to mention, it's a fans prediction...

so is kleiza the magic killer tonight..good bc hes on one of my fantasy teams.

drsd wrote:The O-Sen confirms tonight's backcourt as Nelson and Evans.

Van Gundy said Thursday that he expects to start Jameer Nelson and Maurice Evans tonight in his backcourt, which is the lineup he used for the first time in the victory Wednesday against the Clippers. Nelson left Wednesday's game briefly with soreness in his foot, and had it X-rayed in the locker room, but he finished the game and expects to play tonight.

Iverson punished us for 60 points two years ago, and now Jameer have a sore foot, GOD HELP US, imagine Jameer with a bad foot following Iverson, all over the court, lol

outside of NeNe, who I think will still cause us problems, because I am not sold on Foyle holding him off, but still dont think he'll explode on us, their entire group of rotation bench guys have the ability to kill us...

you have to contend with JR Smith who will probably easily slip away from our defense on numerous occasions, Najera who can create problems if no bodies up and Kleiza who is a powerful player with the ability to shoot anywhere on the court and seems to get down low well also...

my vote for Magic killer goes to Kleiza and Carter...

thEthIEf wrote:the one team I have feared all year is The Nuggets...IMO they have the best starting 5 in all of the Western Conference (I know, I'm so insane), and I feel that they are underachieving by a great deal...

I dont believe we stand a chance to win this one, the Nuggets are the most potent team out there next to the Warriors and the Lakers...I know we beat both of those teams, but that was before we crashed and burned, I dont think we could beat either of those team again if we played them today...only reason I say this is I haven't been given anything to prove me wrong lately...

This team is doing a fine job at digging themselves a hole and showing how ill prepared they are to take on the league and advance into the playoffs...

having said all that, I still believe in my Magic and will be routing for them as strong as ever...

Magic 107
Nuggets 103

You like Denver's five over San Antonio's? (I see the Spurs as a "perfect" team).

yes, i know, im a lunatic...aside from the PG slot, which is washed out by the rest of the slots, they are just an all around solid mesh and cover all needs...should they acquire a real PG, I will be able to go openly public with my opinion

If the Nuggets play selfish we have a great shot to win.

drsd wrote:The O-Sen confirms tonight's backcourt as Nelson and Evans.

Van Gundy said Thursday that he expects to start Jameer Nelson and Maurice Evans tonight in his backcourt, which is the lineup he used for the first time in the victory Wednesday against the Clippers. Nelson left Wednesday's game briefly with soreness in his foot, and had it X-rayed in the locker room, but he finished the game and expects to play tonight.

good call stan

i agree the nuggets have one of the best starting fives in the league but it seems that they are too "look for my shot first" oriented. They come off as a sort of selfish team and that can and will hurt them, but none the less they are still a force to be reckoned with.
and i also think that their starting five is better than SA. SA starters are timmy tony bruce and oberto compared to Denver's A.I. Carmelo Camby Martin and Carter their stats compared to SA are higher numbers in the starting lineup position possibly excluding parker and duncan. But the reason SA is so good is just because they have great depth and are possible the most fundamentally sound team in the league (its between them and the pistons) which makes them boring to watch but they win alot

Nuggets have a great big man rotation with Camby, Martin, and Nene.

'Shard will have his hands full tonight.

I guess we will see another OT and fortunately we like long games so far.I hope keep going that.