Orlando Magic @ Memphis Grizzlies

The Orlando Magic will take on the Memphis Grizzlies at 8:00 PM EST at the Fed Ex Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Once again, the game will not be televised in Central Florida. You can hear it on WDBO AM 580. The Spanish broadcast can be heard on WONQ AM 1030.

Tonight’s Starters:

Orlando Magic
Dwight Howard
Rashard Lewis
Matt Barnes
Mickael Pietrus
Jason Williams

Memphis Grizzlies
Hasheem Thabeet
Darrell Arthur
DeMarre Carroll
OJ Mayo
Mike Conley

Usual starting guards Jameer Nelson and Vince Carter have been given the night off.

Brian Schmitz has three notes about the game.

1. New Griz PG Allen Iverson (torn hamstring) will not be chucking up shots for at least three weeks.

2. Last season Dwight Howard averaged just 14 ppg vs. Griz andPau Gasol’s brother, Marc.

3. Orlando is just 4-6 vs. Memphis in Howard era.

Schmitz also had an article that appeared in Sunday’s Orlando Sentinel about Vince Carter’s shooting woes. Carter is just 4-for-23 from downtown in three preseason games.

“I criticize myself for my shooting more than anybody does,” Carter said after Sunday’s practice. “I’m trying to take a different approach and not worry so much about it. I know it will come.”

You can find that here.

Tania Ganguli has a story about team chemistry and dicusses potential problems with Golden State and tonight’s opponent, Memphis. You can read that here.

Josh Robbins discussed swine flu and the precautions that pro sports leagues are taking.

Former Magic Shooting Guard Courtney Lee had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a loss to the Boston Celtics yesterday.

Click here to chat with Hoopsworld’s Alex Kennedy. Kennedy is a Magic fan at heart but he’ll answer questions about the rest of the league as well.

John Denton has an interesting article about Magic players making sacrifices for the better good of the team. Check that out here.

Click here to see Tony Battie talk about how Boston is the team to beat after the Celtics beat the Nets 100-93 last night.

Alston, Battie, and Lee were traded from the Magic to the New Jersey Nets over the summer as part of the Vince Carter deal. On Sunday they got their first take at the Celtics with their new team during preseason action at the TD Garden (RECAP HERE).

“They got a brand new season,” said Battie. “I mean, you look and Kevin (Garnett)’s back and Rasheed (Wallace)’s part of it. They got a great steal in getting Marquis Daniels so that and you have those three additions coming back in the team. So I think they’re the team to beat definitely.”

A little bitter, Tony?

Austin Burton of Dime Magazine thinks that Jameer Nelson will not make the All-Star team this year and shouldn’t have made it last year.

Nelson had better all-around numbers then any of his competition, including Cleveland Cavaliers Guard Mo Williams.

Click here to see his thoughts.

Former Magic Point Guard Carlos Arroyo signed a one-year deal with the Miami Heat.

Here is the Orlando Sentinel’s game preview.

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