Dwight Howard 46 pts 19 rebs, but Magic lose to Hawks in Round 1, game 1

[opps]

Deserves its own thread

[EoJ]

I predict he scores 50+ and magic lose..

[redhonda76]

Yeah, but the Hawks are leading. Let Dwight go off and shut down the shooters. Same tactic of how the Spurs did to the Suns so many times many playoffs ago.

[kaiiu]

Best player in the NBA

[jlauber]

Yes, but using the very reliable + - stat, the Magic are losing BECAUSE of him. They are -7 with him on the court. Meanwhile, Ryan Anderson has been their best player, at +5, with his ZERO points and two rebounds.

Based on that, I think that Van Gundy will bench Howard in the second half.

Hell, Derrick Rose was only the Bulls' FIFTH best player on the court today using that fabled stat.

[opps]

Yeah, but the Hawks are leading. Let Dwight go off and shut down the shooters. Same tactic of how the Spurs did to the Suns so many times many playoffs ago.

Yeah I know the team sucks. But its great to see our future Laker putting up these numbers. just kidding

[SCdac]

having a solid game so far for sure. they're probably better off with more balanced scoring, but who knows if that'll happen. about a point in a half per minute is pretty damn good though

[NBASTATMAN]

Best player in the NBA

him and rose are the two best players..

[b1imtf]

Yes, but using the very reliable + - stat, the Magic are losing BECAUSE of him. They are -7 with him on the court. Meanwhile, Ryan Anderson has been their best player, at +5, with his ZERO points and two rebounds.

Based on that, I think that Van Gundy will bench Howard in the second half.

True that, fantastic analisys

[thatoneblackguy]

The real MVP.

[SCdac]

Yeah, but the Hawks are leading. Let Dwight go off and shut down the shooters. Same tactic of how the Spurs did to the Suns so many times many playoffs ago.

Yeah, I actually think prime Amare and Dwight aren't that far from each other - on offense I mean. Amare takes/took alot more jump shots, but both great finishers, yet him and Dwight aren't exceptionally great passers or creating for others so might as well let them go off and shut rest of the team down. If you don't necessarily have to hard double and triple team Dwight to win the game than don't do it.

[RoseCity07]

Holy sh*t. Game is on in the other room but I've been reading all pre playoff articles about Portland.

I'm definitely going to watch the second half. What if he gets 60?

I said before the game, what a joke it was that Collins could stop Dwight. He is possibly the last guy in the league who could stop Dwight. Just shows how much of a joke ESPN is. They don't know sh*t about teams outside of Miami, Boston, and LA.

[LilEddyCurry]

him and rose are the two best players..

No. Not Rose

[jlauber]

The way this game is going right now, and midway thru the 3rd quarter, he is not going to score 40 points.

[Bigsmoke]

haha Hawks winning