The Magic held the lead for the whole entire game... right up until the 2.9 second mark in the fourth quarter. Thats when Ryan Gomes hit two free throws to put them up 102-101 and win the game. Following Gomes’ free throws, Orlando took a 20-second timeout and called on Hedo Turkoglu for the game-winning attempt but his 3-point shot missed the entire goal.
Instead of a normal third quarter collapse, this time it was a fourth quarter collapse. We shot just 8-21 from the field in the fourth. We were ahead with the score 101-100 but we missed two shot attemps and Jefferson tipped the rebound and Gomes got it and was fouled.
Dwight had 20 points, 14 rebounds, and tied Shaq's 68 double-double mark from the 95'-96' season. Turkoglu had 23 points (14 in the first half), his 41st time topping 20 points. Rashard Lewis added 18. We shot a season-best 77.8 percent (14-of-18) from the field in the first quarter and rode three pointers and good shooting for most of the first half.
Orlando made 12 three-pointers, making it the 79th consecutive game the team has recorded at least five three-pointers in a game, the longest such streak in the NBA.
After the loss, Stan Van Gundy added extra insult to injury and salt to the wound. “There’s some troubling things that I don’t like at all,” he said. “But I would say that myself and my assistant coaches are the only ones concerned. I don’t think our players are real concerned about it.”
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