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| 48-29 | 30-47 | |
| Amway Arena | ||
| 7:00 PM | ||
| Sun Sports HD | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jameer Nelson | PG | Kirk Hinrich |
| Maurice Evans | SG | Larry Hughes |
| Hedo Turkoglu | SF | Luol Deng |
| Rashard Lewis | PF | Tyrus Thomas |
| Dwight Howard | C | Joakim Noah |
| Season series: | ||
| 31 Dec 2007: Magic 112, Bulls 110 | ||
| 15 Jan 2008: Magic 112, Bulls 88 | ||
Both combatants tonight are coming off inexcusable losses. The Magic fell to the Knicks on Sunday night, and the Bulls dropped a game to the Heat last night. Losing to the Knicks is bad, but to the Heat? Well, we certainly shouldn't have trouble with the Bulls then.
Not so fast. Bulls guards Larry Hughes and Ben Gordon have each scored 40 points against us this season, although Hughes was still a Cavalier when he did that. Still, they've given us problems in the past, and we can't overlook them.
Dwight Howard will play despite taking an elbow from Marcin Gortat in practice yesterday. If Brian Schmitz had his way, J.J. Redick would play 20-to-25 minutes tonight. I wouldn't bet on it.
Mike From Illinois will have the recap for you. Go Magic.