Game 5: Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons Game Thread

[DiplomaticMagic]

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Jameer "Say Hello To My Little Friend" Nelson





Maurice "Silent Killer" Evans



Hedo "Mr. 4th Quarter" Turkoglu


Rashard "Sweet Lew" Lewis



Dwight "Superman" Howard


Rodney "Can't Hang With The Big Boys" Stuckey


Rip "I flop on touch fouls" Hamilton



Tayshaun "Wondering how he is going to stop Hedo today" Prince



Rasheed "I didn't do it" Wallace



Antonio "Oh How I wish I could have a cape like Superman" Mcdyess

Keys to game

Key #1:

Make sure clock is operating at all time!

Key #2


Hope the Boys with the whistles are on our sides

Key #3


Just Play Our Game

Let's live to see another magic game!!


Game Quotes!!

"Why should we be desperate? Why should we be down?" Howard asked in response to questions. "We've been down before, and we always came back. We know how to play. And if we play the right way, we're coming back here [to play]."We know history, but that doesn't matter to us," Howard said. "The Houston Rockets did it [in 1995 against Phoenix] and won a championship. It's not going to happen unless we believe, and we believe it.""We need a great game from everyone, not just me," he said. "There will be nights when I don't score a lot of points, but I still have to dominate the glass, block shots, play my role. We just have to step it up, play every game like it's our last."

"I heard a lot of people say I guaranteed a win," Nelson said. "What am I supposed to do, guarantee a loss? We've got to win this game. And I'm confident that we can do that. I'm not saying it because I have to. I'm saying it because I believe we will."

"The [Magic] know they've got nowhere else to go," said Detroit Coach Flip Saunders. "So they'll be putting everything into this game. We have to have the mind-set of setting the tone early and just grinding it out."

Owner Rich DeVos told me before Game 4, "We're going to win today, win in Detroit and come back and win here."

Detroit Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups apparently is feeling better, but he wasn't declared fit to play in Game 5 tonight against the Orlando Magic in Auburn Hills, Mich. Billups, who strained his right hamstring Wednesday in Game 3 in Orlando, sat out Game 4 on Saturday.

P.S. This is my first game thread

[AdamTheGreek]

Well done, good sir.

If you're going to lose, go out with effort and dignity.









Or at least start a brawl.

[magicfan4life05]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E6s8C2DvfGo

[y 2 a B]

Last game of the season. Detroit by 6.

Reverse psychology.

But honestly, I believe this is our last game of the season. I just want the guys to give a great effort and prove they can hang around with these chumps. I will not be watching tonight's game, no joke, my body can't take a mental breakdown. At the end of the night I'll be watching ESPN for the score, hopefully in our favor.

[DiplomaticMagic]

Thread updated with game quotes.

[magicfan4life05]

i dont want the season to end

[mhectorgato]

I think we will win tonight.

[Optimus_Steel]

Key #1 is very important, make sure those clocks are working at all times lmao.

I have a good feeling tonight. The Magic grow up and win a tough road game!

[MagicMadness]

I still don't understand. When did Nelson use the word "guranteed" in any of his statements?

Because if he did, then nevermind.

[mrtcsm]

A whole season is looking close to its end but with Meer comments I feel like our team will play with a chip on their shoulders and demonstrate that we can win on the road as well. Let's get the party started, there might be not much left!!!


Starting for the Detroit Pistons:

At Point Guard, from Eastern Washington, #3, Rodney Stuckey,
at Shooting Guard, from Connecticut, #32, Richard Hamilton,
at Small Forward, from Kentucky, #22, Tayshaun Prince,
at Power Forward, from North Carolina, #36, Rasheed Wallace,
and at Center, from Cincinnati, #54, Jason Maxiell.




Now Starting for YOUR Orlando Magic:



At Point Guard, from St. Joseph's, #14, Jameer Nelson,
at Shooting Guard, from Texas, #1, Maurice Evans,
at Small Forward, from Turkey, #15, Hedo Turkoglu,
at Power Forward, from Texas, #9, Rashard Lewis,
and at Center, from Atlanta, #12, Dwight Howard.








Lets Get Going!!! Go Magic!

[ivDT]

hopefully, the magic will wear their big boy balls tonight.

no more 3 rebound halfs for our starting forwards.
no more going 3 quarters without making a damn field goal for our starting center.

and for chrissake, no more splitting free throws when the score's close.

[MagicMadness]

I think we will win tonight.

Can you guarantee this thought of yours?

[mattyBoi]

Billups out again...We could have really won this series

[mrtcsm]

Hmmm... Nevermind, DiplomaticMagic beat me to it and made the Game Thread. Mods, please merge so I don't feel like all the work I made doing the Game Thread is wasted. LOL. Thanks!

Go Magic!

[theTHIEF]

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[mhectorgato]

Can you guarantee this thought of yours?

What do you expect me to say? I think we're going to lose?

[mhectorgato]

hopefully, the magic will wear their big boy balls tonight.

no more 3 rebound halfs for our starting forwards.
no more going 3 quarters without making a damn field goal for our starting center.

and for chrissake, no more splitting free throws when the score's close.

My 10 keys for the game:

1 - Mr 1st Team plays all 4 quarters with the tenacity he starts the game with.
2 - Mr. 4 Quarter makes an effective showing earlier in the game.
3 - $hard is aggressive all night long, taking Shed of the dribble more often.
4 - Ball movement.
5 - Ball movement.
6 - Ball movement.
7 - Ball movement.
8 - Ball movement.
9 - Ball movement.
10 - Ball movement.

[SOUL]

If we dont win, all I want is a good effort..

and I'll be mad if we lose this series game 7, since we could of won 2 games

[JigenDaisuke]

Go Magic, please don't suck

[MagicMadness]

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What do you expect me to say? I think we're going to lose?