What They're Saying: Magic vs. Sixers Game 6

-Apparently, Dwight Howard should have been ejected for that elbow he threw at the beginning of Game Five. It is leading Henry Abbott of TrueHoop down some interesting ethical questions. There was lots of consternation and uncertainty about Howard's situation.

-Philadelphia coach Tony DiLeo complained in his postgame press conference about Howard camping in the land on offense and defense. To which, Stan Van Gundy replied: "Am I supposed to talk about game or am I supposed to come up here and lobby for the calls I want next game? Is that what it's about now? We're going to sit here a lobby for the calls that we want the next game?" As Woody Woomack of Orlando Magic Daily writes, now Game Six gets interesting.

-Kyle Hightower of The Orlando Sentinel reports JJ Redick and Mickael Pietrus are ready to go if Courtney Lee cannot play Thursday. They will get their chance as Lee was ruled out for Thursday's game Wednesday morning with a fracture sinus, The Orlando Sentinel reports.

-Brian Schmitz, of The Orlando Sentinel, expected Dwight Howard to be suspended between Games Five and Six and maps out what Marcin Gortat has to do in his stead.

-Rashard Lewis broke out in Game Five, Zach McCann of Orlando Magic Daily says, and is going to be very important for the rest of the series -- heck, the postseason.

-Brian Schmitz of The Orlando Sentinel says no one should question Howard's manhood or toughness anymore. "And if it gets to a Game 7 in Orlando, look out."

-The 76ers general manager joined in the Dwight Howard debate calling for his suspension for Game Six, as Kyle Hightower of The Orlando Sentinel reports.

-The mood in the locker room was "chipper" according to Zach McCann of Orlando Magic Daily. That probably changed Wednesday when Howard was suspended for Game Six. It appears many in the Magic locker room would have disagreed with the decision.

-George Diaz of The Orlando Sentinel was the first to report (or tweet) that the NBA suspended Dwight Howard for Game Six. Thanks to J.E. Skeets of Ball Don't Lie and erivera7 of 3rd Quarter Collapse for re-tweeting it and getting the news out. Twitter is quite a beautiful thing.

-Blame the refs: the official excuse of a team about to lose. Woody Womack of Orlando Magic Daily got reaction from the Sixers after Game Five and the Tony DiLeo-Stan Van Gundy spat.
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-Reaction to Howard's suspension from TrueHoop. More fallout from the Howard suspension from Kyel Hightower at The Orlando Sentinel plus Courtney Lee might not be available for a Game Seven and might even need surgery for the fractured sinus he suffered in Game Five.

-With Howard out, Rashard Lewis is going to have to earn his contract. As Ben Q Rock of 3rd Quarter Collapse puts it: "You're move, Rashard Lewis."

-Everyone forgets with Howard out that Courtney Lee will also miss tonight's Game Six. erivera7 of 3rd Quarter Collapse goes over the impact Lee has had on this team compared to his backups. Now Lee is officially undergoing surgery to repair his fractured sinus and will be out at least a week, maybe the entire postseason.

-Mike Bianchi explains why Magic fans should be thanking (that's right thanking) the NBA for levying the suspension on Howard in Game Six rather than ejecting him in Game Five. True, that would make things very different.

-Kyle Hightower of The Orlando Sentinel has reaction from the Philadelphia side of the Dwight Howard suspension.

-Zach McCann of Orlando Magic Daily reviews the games the Magic played this season without Dwight Howard.

-Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquirer believes the series would be going much better for the 76ers if they had Elton Brand responsible for Dwight Howard. Aimless speculation, indeed.

-The 76ers say the Magic "are a different team without Howard." It makes the return trip to Orlando a little easier to manage, Bernard Fernandez of the Philadelphia Daily News writes.

-Bob Ford writes in his blog on philly.com that Howard probably deserved not to be ejected from Game Five (but the suspension was warranted) because of the physical play Samuel Dalembert was using leading up to the incident.

-Samuel Dalembert has taken a lot of heat from Sixers fans and Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News thinks it is undeserved. Dalembert knew what he was up against in this series and is trying his best to slow down Superman. Plus, anyone remember when the Lakers lost Kareem Abdul-Jabbar but still completed the NBA Finals sweep at the Spectrum with Magic Johnson and Jamaal Wilkes?

-David Thorpe of Scouts, Inc. breaks down the adjustments for Game Six and predicts Orlando to defeat a tight, maybe overconfident Philadelphia team tonight.

-The Orlando Sentinel reports JJ Redick and Marcin Gortat will get the starts tonight.

-John Denton of ESPN.com writes about Stan Van Gundy and how his personality may or may not affect the team. I will have more thoughts on this as the offseason draws near, but your true colors are always shown in the postseason. That is all that needs to be said.