Re: Magic game

[David A Wickerham <aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu>]

I'm going to assume you didn't see the game, Dan.  The Magic were
definitely working hard on D and basing using 3/4 court pressure that
sometimes extended to full court.  The reason we looked good was that
Antoine has improved his shot in a big-time way.  He still gets blocked
when he drives to the hoop, but when he lines up the 3 pointer, he is
definitely smoother.  The one exception was down the stretch when he
rushed a 3 pointer and missed badly.  You can almost tell when he's going
to toss up a long brick, because he rushes with his feet and seems to go
up on Tip-Toe before releasing.  Whether you like 'Toine or not, you have
to give him some credit for working on his jump shot over the summer.

****dave


On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Dan Forant wrote:

> 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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	  Dave Wickerham
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