The Magic started well and ended well. Hot shooting and high scoring. Good 'D' on the Bucks kept their scorers at bay. Arroyo played well in the starting role; he looked very poised and comfortable leading with the rock.
In the first quarter the Magic started strong and led by a good margin (by 17 at one point). The Bucks took a timeout and they came back in the game, after we led by 10+. But, Dwight was too much as Ruffin, Voskuhl, and Gadzuric all had at least 2 fouls. By the end of the first quarter dwight had shot 10 free throws and we led by eleven - 34 to 23.
The second quarter was a showcase of more horrible defense on the Bucks side of the ball and it didn't help that they shot 39% after the first two quarters. The Magic only had 4 TOs in the first half and Dwight already had 17 points in his first 18 minutes. Also, in the first half Dwight shot 11-14 free throws, yet he averages 11 shot per game (which leads the league). The Cookie Monster showed up big with 12 points, and Carlos again distributed the rock well with 4 assists and no turnovers. We led 60-43 after the first two quarters.
The third quarter was not home to a Third Quarter Collapse in tonight's game. We continued great defense on the Bucks and Arroyo continued his superb ball handling and distributing. There were lots of easy shots for the Magic as we continued to up our lead to over 20. Arroyo even hit a buzzer-beating 3 pointer to close out the third. We led by 24 after three, 87 to 63.
The fourth brought the end of Dwight Howard's easy routine night with 25 points, 11 boards and 2 blocks. We had a J.J and Gortat sighting for about 3 minutes each. Redick had 6 points on 3-3 shooting and Marcin did just about nothing in his short stint.
The Magic ended up destroying the lowly Bucks 103-86 and securing a new franchise record 24 road victories. The Magic hit over 5 threes for the 74th straight game. Rashard has been rebounding very well the last 10 games, averaging 7 boards, which he also had tonight along with 16 points. Hedo added 12 and didn't shoot particularly well, due to his wrist injury. Arroyo had 13 points and 9 assists; Mo added 10 and 6. The Bucks shot a crazy 102 shots and made 34% for the game while the Magic only shot 79 field goals, making 44%. The Magic were also 10-28 (36%) from the three point line. Normally if a team wins the rebounding statistic, they win the game. That wasn't so tonight as the Bucks had 59 rebounds to our 44, which was because we allowed them to get 25 offensive rebounds.
Your Magic get 3 days off before facing the New Orleans Hornets at home tuesday night. Also, the annual Black Tie and Tennies Gala is being held this Saturday at the JW Marriott-Grande Lakes. This event benefits the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation and the 2007 Gala raised more than $500,000!
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