Portland Trail Blazers @ Orlando Magic

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The Orlando Magic, losers of three of their last four games, will look to bounce back when they host the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 pm EST.

Orlando

Dwight Howard
Rashard Lewis
Mickael Pietrus
Vince Carter
Jason Williams

Portland

Joel Przybilla
LaMarcus Aldridge
Martell Webster
Brandon Roy
Andre Miller

Final: Magic win 92-83.

• The Magic played excellent offensively and the Blazers were ice cold in the final period.

End of Third Quarter: Orlando and Portland are tied at 65.

• The Magic points on had a much better quarter. They scored 26 10-of-20 shooting.
• J.J. Redick hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to the tie the game at the conclusion of the quarter. He has 8 points in the game.
• Rashard Lewis scored 10 points 4-of-6 shooting in the quarter. He was 2-of-3 from downtown.
• The Magic can’t stop Brandon Roy. He has 27 points.
• Orlando has really turned it up on both sides of the ball in the paint.

Halftime: Portland leads 44-39

• The Magic just can’t get it going on offense. After shooting 7-of-17 from the field in the first quarter, they shot 6-of-21 in the second quarter.
• Portland isn’t shooting much better, going 17-of-43 from the field.
• Jason Williams is the only player shooting the ball well at all. He’s 4-of-5 and has 10 points.
• Brandon Roy leads all scorers with 12 points. Jerryd Bayles has 10 points.

End of First Quarter: Portland leads 21-19.

• The Magic came out flat again.
• The Magic didn’t score in the first four minutes of the game.
• The teams have combined to shoot 16-of-38 from the field.
• Vince Carter is just 1-of-6 from the field so far.

Jameer Nelson practiced today and is expected to play Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets.

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