Wednesday, November 11, 2009

What They're Saying: Cavaliers vs. Magic 11/11

-Fans in the cheap seats of the Amway Center, and in the Amway Center period, will get treated to the largest scoreboard in the NBA. As Alex Martins tells Mark Schlueb of The Orlando Sentinel, this scoreboard is a state-of-the-art HD television that makes the current jumbotron look like a fuzzy 19 inch television. Exciting.

-Vince Carter made a surprise return in last night's win over Charlotte and made an immediate impact with 15 points. He expects to start tonight against Cleveland.

-The NBA fined Dwight Howard $15, 000 for comments he made on his blog criticizing officials. Stan Van Gundy was cautious in talking about Cleveland's extended break before this game because of it.

-Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel compares Dwight Howard's numbers to Shaquille O'Neal's.

-George Diaz of The Orlando Sentinel declares war on the Cleveland media after the Cleveland Plain-Dealer fired the first shot in an article yesterday. And the Plain Dealer returned fire.

-The LeBron James drama will affect the Cavaliers, whether they like it or not writes Brian Schmitz of The Orlando Sentinel.

-Mike Bianchi of The Orlando Sentinel writes that Shaquille O'Neal's presence has made the LeBrons the Magic's biggest rival.

-JJ Hickson played very well according to coach Mike Brown and in Friday's win over New York, helping Hickson earn his second straight start for tonight's game in Orlando. That of course send Anderson "Flopsy" Varejao to the bench where the Cavaliers are suddenly looking a little deeper with Delonte West and Zydrunas Ilgauskas joining him there.

-The Starting Blocks of The Cleveland Plain-Dealer responds to a Michael Wilbon column that suggests the Cavaliers should acquire Allen Iverson. Surprisingly, the vote is 50-50. Look Cavs fans, there is only one ball and LeBron and Shaq will have enough trouble sharing it. You have already wrecked a good thing by acquiring Shaq, don't screw yourself by overthinking with the Answer.

-Orlando is still far from playing championship-caliber basketball, but no matter how you look at things the team played solid basketball last night in Charlotte, writes Ben Q Rock of 3rd Quarter Collapse.

-From the makers of Stan Van Pac-Man, it's Whack a Shaq!

-Tania Ganguli of the Magic BasketBlog on OrlandoSentinel.com digs through the Sentinel's archives to chronicle Shaquille O'Neal's time with the Magic.

-Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel talked with Hubie Brown, who will call tonight's game for ESPN, about the matchup between the two Eastern Conference finalists.

-Zach McCann of Orlando Magic Daily writes how the Magic were clicking on most cylinders in last night's win over the Bobcats.

-John Krolik of Cavs: The Blog says it is awfully tough to blame Cleveland's offensive struggles on John Kuester's departure.

-Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer previews tonight's game and advises not to put too much stock into the result of tonight's game. But even though that is the case, be wary of the O'Neal-Howard matchup. It will provide something of a playoff preview.

-RockKing of Waiting for Next Year fears the worst as a Cavs fan both on the court and the highlights ESPN might show.

-Jacob Rosen of Waiting for Next Year polled a few sports writers to try and figure out what is wrong with the Cavs so far this season.

-Maxwell Effort of The Puns Are Starting to Bore Me writes an appreciation of Shaquille O'Neal now that he is entering the twilight of his career.

-John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com finds the Eastern Conference finalists in transition as they meet for the first time since that "lopsided" series.

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