| Final - 3.24.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 84 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 16 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 86 |
Though the odds are against the Orlando Magic facing the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs, Ben Q. Rock writes that Magic forward Ryan Anderson should have a breakout series, based on his eye-boggling career statistics against Atlanta.
Looking around the blogosphere for reaction to the Orlando Magic's failure to box-out Josh Smith on the final play of last night's 86-84 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, which ended with Smith dunking in Joe Johnson's missed shot at the horn.
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Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel reports that the Orlando Magic, the NBA's most dominant team since the All-Star break, have a locker-room tiff on their hands. Forwards Rashard Lewis and Matt Barnes are unhappy with coach Stan Van Gundy, and Van Gundy's unhappy with them to boot. OPP explains the situation and polls its readers about it.
A recap of the Orlando Magic's 86-84 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night, which ended when Atlanta's Joe Johnson dunked-in Joe Johnson's missed shot at the buzzer. It's Orlando's second loss on such a play this season.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 84 |
| Atlanta | 16 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 86 |
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Barnes | 29 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Rashard Lewis | 40 | 2-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Dwight Howard | 42 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 11-16 | 24-5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Vince Carter | 38 | 7-16 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 16 |
| Jameer Nelson | 35 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 5-1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Jason Williams | 12 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Marcin Gortat | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| J.J. Redick | 21 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Brandon Bass | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Adonal Foyle | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Anderson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27-72 | 6-21 | 24-31 | 48-9 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 17-0 | 84 | |
| .375 | .286 | .774 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (9 pts) | |||||||
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 27 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Josh Smith | 36 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 7-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5-0 | 15 |
| Al Horford | 34 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 12 |
| Joe Johnson | 39 | 5-17 | 0-1 | 7-7 | 6-1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 17 |
| Mike Bibby | 30 | 5-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Jamal Crawford | 30 | 4-14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Maurice Evans | 19 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 3 |
| Jeff Teague | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mario West | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Randolph Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-76 | 7-13 | 17-20 | 38-3 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24-0 | 86 | |
| .408 | .538 | .850 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (16 pts) | |||||||
