Washington VS Orlando

[dobrojim]

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CCJ, I love you bro. If I ever make it back to Hawaii, I'm buying you a beer.

GO WIZ!

me too

can you get good IPA out there? If not, I ain't comin'

[Dat2U]

Very sweet win. Orlando fans are so smug, so this feels real good.

Nice to see Wood bounce back from his last performance against Dwight. It seemed like he played with a chip on his shoulder tonite, he had something to prove.

Jamison had one of his better all-around performances this year from the 3rd quarter on.

Orlando's death knell will be the fact that they gave all that money to Rashard Lewis, and expected him to excel at PF. Shard has been a dissapointment all year and frankly looked awful tonite.

[miller31time]

dobrojim, I love your "I just watched the game, and am now commenting on everything earlier in the game" posts. They make my day.

[dobrojim]

dobrojim, I love your "I just watched the game, and am now commenting on everything earlier in the game" posts. They make my day.

Well tonight as it happens, I did watch it live. But as soon as it
was over, I had bedtime duties to perform so I couldn't go online
until later.

Great win. I really didn't think they'd get this one. But I didn't
turn it off early either.

[dobrojim]

the way captn AJ is playing, I really wonder if some of the estimates
of what he could be signed for are truly realistic. No question he's
having a career year. Even though we've got nice looking young
fwds coming up, losing AJ would be a huge loss for us. For the past
month he's carried the team (duh) in a similar way to what TJ was
doing earlier in the season before getting hurt.

If Gil gets healthy this year and regains most of his mojo,
we are going to be scary. Seriously scary.

Talk earlier in the thread about falling to 7th and playing DET
doesn't scare me that much. If we're healthy, I like our chances
against most any EC team. We're still right on TOR's tail so they've
got pressure the same as PHL is putting on us. The home game vs
DET coming up could be huge. Especially since the first couple games
out west are the more winnable ones.

[TheKingOfVa360]

Great win for the Wizards, I'm a fan of both teams, can't believe Turk choked. He has been so clutch all year, the missed free throws and layup was insane!

[MagicNolesFSU]

Good win for you guys. Although everyone out side turk shot 20% and we still could have with if a 1 of three freethrows go down or turk makes a layup. I like our chances in the playoffs. I predict 5 games.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

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it's actually his range that is poor. The J is reliable but the range
is definitely limited. As evidenced by his lousy 3 pt %.

But he's been slumping this year at the FT line.

Think it could be AD's legs?

I think the deep range on the three comes first from the base, the legs.

AD seems to like the light touch on his shot but he doesn't shoot it with real strong quads. ADs shot looks like it's coming mostly from his hands and his release. It's like he's forcing it when he's behind the arc. Daniels can attack the glass and loves doing it, but he's not into the three point shot.

Irony is I KNOW he shot the three well with Seattle.

I bet his legs or the shooting rhythm he's adapted are why his three is bad, jim.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

the way captn AJ is playing, I really wonder if some of the estimates of what he could be signed for are truly realistic. No question he's having a career year. Even though we've got nice looking young fwds coming up, losing AJ would be a huge loss for us. For the past
month he's carried the team (duh) in a similar way to what TJ was
doing earlier in the season before getting hurt
.

If Gil gets healthy this year and regains most of his mojo,
we are going to be scary. Seriously scary.

Talk earlier in the thread about falling to 7th and playing DET
doesn't scare me that much. If we're healthy, I like our chances
against most any EC team. We're still right on TOR's tail so they've
got pressure the same as PHL is putting on us. The home game vs
DET coming up could be huge. Especially since the first couple games
out west are the more winnable ones.

Jamison's making 16Mil now, and I'm not about the try to figure out the market value in this year's NBA with all the variables that go into the calculus; but I will say Jamison's worth 16Mil now and he's still at the top of his game and making subtle improvements.

He sure shouldn't have to take a pay cut and I know a lot of teams would pay whatever they could given the tax to sign him.

[miller31time]

Good win for you guys. Although everyone out side turk shot 20% and we still could have with if a 1 of three freethrows go down or turk makes a layup. I like our chances in the playoffs. I predict 5 games.

Or you could have lost by a far greater margin if Gilbert Arenas played and Caron Butler doesn't have a torn labrum in his hip and a chipped bone in his hand. But in the end, what happened happened. A win is a win and a loss is a loss.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Good win for you guys. Although everyone out side turk shot 20% and we still could have with if a 1 of three freethrows go down or turk makes a layup. I like our chances in the playoffs. I predict 5 games.

I'm just baffled the Wizards win by essentially leaving your team open from the perimeter to collapse on Howard. That seems to me a lame strategy but doggone if it didn't work, tonight. That 40% three point shooting of the Magic coupled with the 35 attempts from three would seem to be a sure loss to the opponent on most any other night, MagicNolesFSU.

I think if/when the Magic and Wizards meet in the playoffs I'll be screaming at Eddie Jordan.

How on earth can you beat a team with three point shooters like Hedo, Lewis, Bogans, Evans, Garrity, and Cook; by leaving the perimeter to go collapse on Dwight Howard?????

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Oh, I forgot ....

I predict it would go 7 and the Wizards would win it in ORL with DeShawn hitting a three.

[MagicNolesFSU]

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Or you could have lost by a far greater margin if Gilbert Arenas played and Caron Butler doesn't have a torn labrum in his hip and a chipped bone in his hand. But in the end, what happened happened. A win is a win and a loss is a loss.

Yeah but carons injuries wont go away and gil wont be near 100 percent for the playoffs. Im okay with a one point loss considering there is no way we shoot 20 percent for a game again. Magic in 5 in the playoffs.

[GilArenas88]

Just got back from the Orlando board supporting Haywood and his spectacular defense, but damn are these arrogant little Magic fans still coming up with excuses and being sore losers. Man Im going to be jacked up by whoever we play especially Orlando or Cleveland, both arrogant know-it-all fanboys, both their fans are de-classe to the max.

[MagicNolesFSU]

Just got back from the Orlando board supporting Haywood and his spectacular defense, but damn are these arrogant little Magic fans still coming up with excuses and being sore losers. Man Im going to be jacked up by whoever we play especially Orlando or Cleveland, both arrogant know-it-all fanboys, both their fans are de-classe to the max.

rofl yeah bro who would have thought orlando fans would be happy with you going over and rubbing it in there face after a 1 point emotional roller coaster of a loss. Get real.

[miller31time]

Yeah but carons injuries wont go away and gil wont be near 100 percent for the playoffs. Im okay with a one point loss considering there is no way we shoot 20 percent for a game again. Magic in 5 in the playoffs.

Caron's injuries will heal in time and any Gilbert is better than no Gilbert.

[MagicNolesFSU]

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Caron's injuries will heal in time and any Gilbert is better than no Gilbert.

Yeah he is. Him healthy is crazy good. I think hell be about 80-90% which is still way better than not having him at all. I Dont know about caron though. If hes going to be anything near 100% in the playoffs than hes gotta get some rest now.

[Ruzious]

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I'm just baffled the Wizards win by essentially leaving your team open from the perimeter to collapse on Howard. That seems to me a lame strategy but doggone if it didn't work, tonight. That 40% three point shooting of the Magic coupled with the 35 attempts from three would seem to be a sure loss to the opponent on most any other night, MagicNolesFSU.

I think if/when the Magic and Wizards meet in the playoffs I'll be screaming at Eddie Jordan.

How on earth can you beat a team with three point shooters like Hedo, Lewis, Bogans, Evans, Garrity, and Cook; by leaving the perimeter to go collapse on Dwight Howard?????

You're not giving Haywood anywhere near enough credit. Sure, the Wiz double-downed with a guard when the ball was on Howard's side - as every team does against the Magic. But they did defend Lewis and Turkeyglu - just with guys who are not used to playing that deep - mainly Song and Jamison. And Turkey made some tough shots - he's having a ridiculous season - He's an amazing shooter with lots of skills. But Lewis wasn't even a factor. And the others you mentioned were defended as much as you need to defend them.

[Spence]

Jamison's making 16Mil now, and I'm not about the try to figure out the market value in this year's NBA with all the variables that go into the calculus; but I will say Jamison's worth 16Mil now and he's still at the top of his game and making subtle improvements.

He sure shouldn't have to take a pay cut and I know a lot of teams would pay whatever they could given the tax to sign him.

You know a lot of teams will pay Jamison no matter the luxury tax penalty? Is that what you mean? If that's what you mean, I think you're very wrong. Few owners will pay the luxury tax penalty and most of the teams that could afford to pay Jamison will hesitate about building around a guy who will be 32 years old soon. If you're Atlanta or Charlotte, I don't see the sense in tying up your salary structure in a guy who will be declining in a couple of years, just as you're trying to make a title move. Maybe Jamison makes sense for Philly, though I'm not so sure about that either.

Jamison is a terrific player -- far, far better than most on this board will admit. But he's not a young man anymore. His talents haven't declined yet, but 5 decades of history tells us they will begin to decline in a few years. You don't want to be paying some guy $16 million just as his body is betraying him.

[LyricalRico]

They actually won?