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Orlando Magic News for March 8th: Dwight Howard's Technical Fouls Becoming a Cause for Concern

  • For Dwight Howard, 13 (technicals) is the lucky number

    Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel updates us on Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard's technical foul situation. The league mandates a one-game suspension when a player reaches 16 technical fouls.

    Howard picked up a tech in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, but as we know now, it turned out to be his 13th, not his 14th. So, Howard can compile two more techs over the Magic’s 18 remaining regular-season games without receiving a suspension.

    At his current rate of one technical every 170 minutes, and at his current average of 35 minutes played per game, Howard will get rung up for his 16th technical on April 9th against New York, which would sideline him for the April 11th game at Cleveland.

  • A huge win against L.A.!!!

    Howard blogs that the Magic "just got to maintain our intensity and close out the regular season with a hot streak" in the wake of yesterday's game. He does not mention the technical foul he drew.

  • Matt Barnes on Kobe: "If you let him mentally get you, you don’t have a chance"

    Tania Ganguli spoke with Matt Barnes regarding his tough play in yesterday's win over L.A.

  • The Magic have announced, via a press release, that their players will wear "El Magic" shooting shirts prior to Thursday's game against Chicago, "[i]n celebration of Hispanic heritage and in honor of our Latino fans and their incredible contributions to the entire community." The shirts look like this and will be available for purchase at www.orlandomagicshop.com.

  • NBA Playoff Matchup Matrix

    Tom Ziller of NBA FanHouse previews the NBA playoffs by presenting each team's record against every possible in-conference foe, which highlights potential upsets and matchup advantages.

More after the jump.

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  • Magic SF Matt Barnes, the Kobe agitator, can leave after the season as a free agent.
    UPDATE (from Eddy): Brian Schmitz reports that Matt Barnes wants to stay in Orlando.

    "I'm in my eighth year now, and I've had an amazing, up-and-down, roller-coaster career up to this point. Hopefully, the team, the organization and the city likes what I bring. Hopefully, we can make something happen." [...]

    Barnes said that Orlando "is definitely my first choice," adding that he and his family "love everything about Orlando. So if something fair comes across the table …"

  • Orlando Magic notebook: Dwight Howard has more breathing room on technical fouls than previously thought
    UPDATE 2 (from Eddy): Head coach Stan Van Gundy comments on Marcin Gortat's value.

  • Barnes Fires Back at Kobe, Odom
    UPDATE 3 (from Eddy): Barnes responds to comments made by Lamar Odom.

    "I'm not going to sit here and get into a name-calling battle with someone. The Lakers are where we want to go,'' Barnes said. "If that's what you do when you get to top, that's what you do, talk crap. It doesn't matter to me. We're going to be there at the end."

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Matt Barnes isn't getting suspended anytime soon....

The real "Masters of Panic" are commenting on this blog.

by ben_gleicher on Mar 8, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Matt Barnes needs to keep doing what we saw on Sunday

I absolutely LOVE that about Barnes, no homo. I think that he’s the player we need coming into the playoffs. The Protector…

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by magic12ball on Mar 9, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions  

It's a good thing you wrote no homo when praising Barnes playing style, or I would have thought you were incredibly gay.

Seriously, I hate that term.

After the game, the Suns announcers asked Lopez what he was going to do to celebrate and he said, "I'm going to kill Bart Simpson."

by Diosnomeama on Mar 9, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions  

You hate just about everything though, right?

"I've had people say, 'I don't need to check the [player statistics]. I've seen it with my eyes.' Well, I would also say your eyes lie to you sometimes, and some of the guys you may really like and think are really doing things, when you get deeper into it, aren't or vice versa." ~Stan Van Gundy

by magicfaninTN on Mar 9, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Some things more than others.

After the game, the Suns announcers asked Lopez what he was going to do to celebrate and he said, "I'm going to kill Bart Simpson."

by Diosnomeama on Mar 9, 2010 2:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Irrational fear of being called a homosexual being one of them.

After the game, the Suns announcers asked Lopez what he was going to do to celebrate and he said, "I'm going to kill Bart Simpson."

by Diosnomeama on Mar 9, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions  

+1

Arguing with the officials isn’t working, it is only giving the other teams free points. He still doesn’t get the calls he deserves, let alone the calls other SUPER STARS get.

Leave it alone

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by Wmillion on Mar 8, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Kobe Bryant isn't any better with the referees.

I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.

"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat

by erivera7 on Mar 9, 2010 1:10 AM EST up reply actions  

Agree 100%

Such a baby.

"One thing about knowing that you're dying is that it keeps reminding you you're alive so it's no time to pass up a party."
- Warren Zevon

by Wally Balls 407 on Mar 9, 2010 8:45 AM EST up reply actions  

I believe Kobe has 12 or 13 techs.

Maybe you know Judo, maybe I know Smith and Wesson.

by NC Magic Fan on Mar 9, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions  

He has 12.

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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat

by erivera7 on Mar 9, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't think so.

After the game, the Suns announcers asked Lopez what he was going to do to celebrate and he said, "I'm going to kill Bart Simpson."

by Diosnomeama on Mar 8, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions  

No, they do not.

NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!

by malars on Mar 8, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Once the playoffs start, players start back at 0.

Suspensions start at your 7th technical, then 9th, 11th…

by Jwoey on Mar 9, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions  

Or rather, one or other.

So if the Heat ended up in the 7th seed and Bobcats in the 8th seed, that would make for some very interesting possibilities, though both teams should handle the lower seeds handily!

NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!

by malars on Mar 8, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope the Cats get the 8th seed, even though I love Miami

Because for some reason they create a problem for Cleveland and I want the cavs to be good and worn out by the time we play them in the ECF. Haha. But, that’s just me as a magic fan hoping for the easiest road for us.

by GoMagicGo on Mar 8, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't know about handily. The Bobcats would give either the Cavaliers or the Magic fits.

And I think Miami is capable of giving Orlando a run for its money, similar to Philadelphia last year.

I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.

"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat

by erivera7 on Mar 9, 2010 1:12 AM EST up reply actions  

I agree.

I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.

"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat

by erivera7 on Mar 9, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Gortat with another solid effort

All the Barnes talk made you guys miss one more cool thing from the Lakers game:
while D-12 was sitting out almost the whole first half with phantom fouls – Gortat held the fort.

Not only did he posterize Lame-ar Odom, he also blocked Gasol and made Bynum go 0-2 with good contests.

For 15 mins of play a line of 6/6/2 with 100% shooting against an elite team is pretty awesome for a backup center…

by Piotr Szczesniak on Mar 9, 2010 8:49 AM EST reply actions  

Yeah, Gortat had an excellent game.

That, indeed, was something that was overlooked in the Magic’s win against the Lakers.

I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.

"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat

by erivera7 on Mar 9, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I think Dwight should just go ahead and rack up 16 ASAP

I’d rather have him a 0 techs coming into the playoffs because you know ppl are gonna try to get him fired up in the playoffs.

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Matt Barnes - Half Man, Half Tattoo

by magic12ball on Mar 9, 2010 11:03 AM EST reply actions  

Why does Schmitz say the Magic gave him a two year vet. min offer? I thought it was a two year, partial-MLE offer that was closer to 2mil this year? Does that give Orlando 2mil-ish exception money on top of the bi annual this summer if it’s true?

by derekk on Mar 9, 2010 3:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

Lazy reporting.

"I've had people say, 'I don't need to check the [player statistics]. I've seen it with my eyes.' Well, I would also say your eyes lie to you sometimes, and some of the guys you may really like and think are really doing things, when you get deeper into it, aren't or vice versa." ~Stan Van Gundy

by magicfaninTN on Mar 10, 2010 10:31 PM EST up reply actions  

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