Re: Magic game

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

The reason we may have looked good at times if because the Magic aren't
interested in defensive skills in pre season. WE ARE. At least we think we
are. You get mediocre results with mediocre players with the exceptions of
Walker, Pierce and KA. That's what we're getting and going to get. Our only
hope is to get out of the box quickly in the early season and rack up some
wins, because around the 20th game or so our weaknesses will glaringly show
and we'll be the bottom team we really are. Our only hope is for someone to
break out other than Walker, Pierce or KA and ignite the team,
consistently. It may happen, I hope it does. 

Dan

At 11:34 AM 10/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Did anybody watch the Magic game?  I posted a short review this 
>morning but it doesn't seem to be up...it boils down to ok offense, terrible
>defense.  The team passed the ball around pretty well, but nobody got
>easy shots except Walter, and he missed all of them.. Paul was in 
>Dobie Gray mode.  Antoine scored often and efficiently.  Adrian and Moiso
>didn't play much for some reason...the "headless chicken" was at its worst
>in terms of halfcourt D.  We were doubling John Amechi, for pete's sake!
>Tracy McGrady is a real star.  He'll be in Vince/Kobe territory in terms of
>hype by the end of the year I suspect.  
>
>Good news:  played one of the top teams in the conference very close in 
>their building, in the third game in four nights, without Brown or Herren.
>Scored 113 points without any real offensive flow.  
>
>Bad News.  grievous interior defense, monkey outbreak on the half-court, and
>a non-appearance by Paul Pierce for the most part.  
>
>This was a real typical 1999-2000 game.  I am reminded again of how much we
>need to press.  I wish we could do it 75% of the time.
>
>Josh Ozersky	
>Marketing Communications Specialist 
>Corning Museum of Glass
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