| Final - 11.24.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Heat | 18 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 95 |
| Orlando Magic | 26 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 104 |
Brandon Bass has ranked among the league's best mid-range-shooting big men over the last several seasons, which is paying dividends for the Orlando Magic. However, should he go through a prolonged slump, he may be in trouble, as his struggles to score in other ways will become a liability.
OPP uses a video from The Basketball Jones, depicting Pat Riley's Thanksgiving wishes to Erik Spoelstra, to wish its readers a happy holiday.
The Orlando Magic's offense has received a booth from the previously struggling J.J. Redick and Rashard Lewis in their most recent outings.
Another slow start dooms Heat to 3rd straight loss
The Orlando Magic found a formula to defeat the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Jameer Nelson fueled a dynamic, pick-and-roll-heavy offense in leading Orlando to a 104-95 victory, while the team's defense turned Miami into a jump-shooting club unable to establish anything at the basket.
Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy addressed the media prior to his team's game against the Miami Heat. OPP has some of his best comments.
Game #15: Miami Heat (8-6) vs. Orlando Magic (9-4)
The Orlando Magic's third-leading scorer left his team's loss to the San Antonio Spurs with 5:41 to play on Monday night after landing awkwardly following a difficult layup attempt. He told the Orlando Sentinel he "felt some sharp pain" in the knee.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 18 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 95 |
| Orlando | 26 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 104 |
| Miami | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 40 | 9-18 | 1-3 | 6-8 | 6-1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Chris Bosh | 36 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 6-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 21 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 24 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 7 |
| Dwyane Wade | 40 | 6-21 | 1-4 | 5-7 | 7-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Carlos Arroyo | 21 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Joel Anthony | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Juwan Howard | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Eddie House | 26 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| James Jones | 16 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Mike Miller | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Erick Dampier | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Udonis Haslem | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Mario Chalmers | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Dexter Pittman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-82 | 4-18 | 23-29 | 38-13 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 27-0 | 95 | |
| .415 | .222 | .793 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (15 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quentin Richardson | 24 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Rashard Lewis | 28 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 4-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 14 |
| Dwight Howard | 38 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 8-16 | 18-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 24 |
| J.J. Redick | 42 | 5-12 | 3-8 | 7-7 | 4-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Jameer Nelson | 33 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4-2 | 17 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 21 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Brandon Bass | 25 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Marcin Gortat | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Chris Duhon | 14 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jason Williams | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Vince Carter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Malik Allen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Anderson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-70 | 6-19 | 26-39 | 42-9 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19-3 | 104 | |
| .514 | .316 | .667 | Team Reb: 15 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
