Well it took Vince all but 5 seconds to score against his old team. With some oohs and ahhs and really no boos, tonight was nothing less then emotional. But the whole night wasn't all fun for Carter, after a very productive 1st half, Carter went down late in the second after rolling his ankle on former teammate Devin Harris's foot . Vince's night ended with (as of now) a sprain, but not without scoring 16 points. With Carter gone Courtney Lee took advantage and won the battle between the traded players (at least on paper) and led all Nets in scoring with 18. The Nets did keep it close threw out most of the game. This could be due to a few things, things like the lack of productivity from PG Jameer Nelson, and just as much from Jason Williams(who played more minutes). Both Shot about 33% from the field and neither played 30 minutes. Or the closeness could be due to The Magic shooting an anemic 28% from behind the arc. Something the best team from last year cant afford to do when they face tougher teams like Boston and Cleveland.
Now after reading that you would think we would have been blown out, but then how did we win by 10? A combination of defence, cold shooting by NJ and role players like Brandon Bass and JJ Redick who took over for Vince in the 2nd half . The Nets shot 38% in the game and looked like a team waiting for the 2010 free agency class to save them. But a lot of blame could be due to Dwight Howard having a, well, a Dwight Howard game with 20pts and a game high 22rebs and 4blks and kept Brook Lopez, who came off a very impressive opening game, relatively quiet with 11pts in only 25 minutes due to foul trouble, getting #5 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd.
But if i had to describe this game in one word, it would be ugly. So coming out with a win makes all the difference, and as they say winning masks the sink but dose not clean it. So Stan has a lot of work to do because this isn't looking like the Eastern Conference Champs from a year ago. Now some of you might think im being a bit hard on them but understand in two games the magic has't really been "Punched in the face" and when that game comes i dont feel that the magic teams that has shown up the first two games can handle it. This isn't the 2004 team. This is a team now with expectations, HIGH ones. So with a day off till Sundays game vs Toronto, we will see the adjustments and if Vince can get healthy to face his OTHER old team.
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PS~ I would like to thank all who have had feed back on my first blog. Friends, Family, and great feed back on twitter was more then expected. Im very new to blogging and i very much appreciated the comments i received. I know im being tough on the magic, but also as a Detroit Lions blogger, i would ~MUCH~ rather find weak spots on a great team, then find positive things to say about a poor team. Thank You All Very Much And Im Looking Forward To A Long And Exicting Magic Season :)
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