Ish Smith Supplants Chris Duhon as Orlando Magic's Backup Point Guard
Coach Stan Van Gundy made a surprising Orlando Magic lineup change on Tuesday night, elevating Ish Smith to backup point guard over veteran Chris Duhon.
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| Final - 4.9.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 22 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 89 |
| Orlando Magic | 29 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 119 |
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Magic 119, Pistons 89: Orlando Gets Great Effort, Cruises to Season's Biggest Win
All five Orlando Magic starters scored at least 14 points on Monday night to help their team crush the Detroit Pistons, 119-89, despite the absences of rotation players Dwight Howard, Hedo Turkoglu, and Chris Duhon. Jason Richardson led Orlando with 22 points, while Ish Smith scored six points and dished seven assists off the bench.
Orlando Magic Suspend Chris Duhon for Detroit Pistons Game, Citing "Conduct Detrimental to the Team"
The Orlando Magic suspended backup point guard Chris Duhon for Monday's game against the Detroit Pistons due to conduct detrimental to the team. At 45.1 percent, Duhon leads the Magic in three-point shooting.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 22 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 89 |
| Orlando | 29 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 119 |
| Detroit | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayshaun Prince | 33 | 7-15 | 1-4 | 6-6 | 8-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Jason Maxiell | 26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Greg Monroe | 22 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Brandon Knight | 27 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Ben Gordon | 23 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Ben Wallace | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-1 | 5 |
| Will Bynum | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 18 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Damien Wilkins | 12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Austin Daye | 12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Walker Russell Jr. | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Vernon Macklin | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-74 | 7-20 | 22-26 | 33-10 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 17-1 | 89 | |
| .405 | .350 | .846 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 1 (12 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Richardson | 28 | 7-10 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 22 |
| Ryan Anderson | 22 | 6-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Glen Davis | 35 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 16-6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 16 |
| J.J. Redick | 28 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 20 |
| Jameer Nelson | 29 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 6-6 | 1-0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Earl Clark | 25 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Quentin Richardson | 25 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Ish Smith | 18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Daniel Orton | 12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Von Wafer | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Justin Harper | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Dwight Howard | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Duhon | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Hedo Turkoglu | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42-80 | 15-28 | 20-24 | 44-13 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 17-4 | 119 | |
| .525 | .536 | .833 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (20 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Scott Foster, Tre Maddox, Michael Smith
Duration:2:09
Officials: - Scott Foster, Tre Maddox, Michael Smith
Duration:2:09
