Abbreviated and late recap tonight because I wasn’t able to catch most of this game. The result was what most would expect, a blow-out win for a Magic team energized by the (temporary) commitment of their star center, Dwight Howard, to their Orlando franchise. Without their three best players (D-Will, Brook, Wallace), the Nets just couldn’t get much going on offense and couldn’t hit anything from the field, finishing the game with a team shooting percentage of 34%.
Sundy Gaines, Marshon Brooks, and Anthony Morrow couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn (14 combined points, 6-36 from field) but Gerald Green continued his streak of solid play on both sides of the ball (14 points on 6-9 shooting). Jerry Smith played 20 minutes in his NBA debut, Hump had 4 points and 3 boards, DeShawn Stevenson hit three 3-pointers, and Jordan Williams scored 10 points. Heck, even Johan Petro had a near double-double. Boy do the Nets need D-Will and Gerald Wallace’s all-around talents could really help this team. We’ll see both of them later tonight at the Prudential Center against the lowly Hornets.
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