Orlando Pinstriped Post - Magic vs. Warriors: Streaking Golden State visits slumping OrlandoAn Orlando Magic blog with news, rumors, analysis, and commentaryhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/21281/orlando-fave.jpg2012-12-15T00:07:44-05:00http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/rss/stream/35304652012-12-15T00:07:44-05:002012-12-15T00:07:44-05:00Magic vs. Warriors fan predictions leaderboard
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<p>Below are the results of Orlando Pinstriped Post's Fan Predictions contest for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic's</a> win against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a> on December 14th, 2012.</p>
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<p>MagicDude</p>
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<p>rsalas17</p>
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<p>funny80sguy</p>
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<p>hnic14</p>
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<p>Nick DC</p>
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<p>Both_Teams_Played_</p>
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<p>HeyRiles</p>
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<p>Justin85</p>
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<p>khlotesh</p>
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<p>magicfaninTN</p>
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<p>Mr. Hoss</p>
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<p>Robot42</p>
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<p>Shapentra</p>
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<p>stanleygoober</p>
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<p>Here are the questions, with the correct answers added in italics:</p>
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<li><p>How many points will the Magic score? <em>99.</em></p></li>
<li><p>How many points will the Warriors score? <em>85</em></p></li>
<li><p>Which player will lead the game in scoring? <em><span>Stephen Curry</span> had 25 points.</em></p></li>
<li><p>Which player will lead the game in rebounding? <em><span>Nikola Vučević</span> had 17 rebounds.</em></p></li>
<li><p>Which Orlando player will score the team's first basket of the first quarter? <em>Vucevic nailed a 17-footer at the 11:09 mark.</em></p></li>
<li><p>How many assists will Warriors guard Stephen Curry tally? <em>Curry finished with three assists.</em></p></li>
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<p>The predictions contest wraps up for the week on Saturday when the Magic visit the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/charlotte-bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a>.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/15/3769142/golden-state-warriors-orlando-magic-2012-nba-predictionsEvan Dunlap2012-12-15T00:00:12-05:002012-12-15T00:00:12-05:00Magic vs. Warriors: four factors
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<p>In Friday's win, the Magic sank nine three-pointers and limited Golden State to 34 points in the paint.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> cruised past the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a> on Friday night, 99-85, in yet another strong defensive outing. Orlando limited the visiting Warriors to 37 percent shooting and 34 points in the paint despite allowing 25 points to <span>Stephen Curry</span> and 24 to former All-Star forward <span>David Lee</span>. The victory was Orlando's second over Golden State on the season and made the Magic the only team to defeat the Warriors since November 24th; Golden State has won its other eight games during that span.</p>
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<th align="center" bgcolor="silver">OReb%</th>
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<td>Warriors</td>
<td align="right">99.0</td>
<td align="right"><font color="red">93.2</font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="red">40.8%</font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="red"><strong>10.9</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="green"><strong>28.6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="green"><strong>13.2</strong></font></td>
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<td>Magic</td>
<td align="right">99.0</td>
<td align="right"><font color="green">108.5</font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="green"><strong>52.9%</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="red">9.3</font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="green">28.3</font></td>
<td align="right"><font color="red">16.4</font></td>
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<p>Rookie forwards <span>Andrew Nicholson</span> and <span>Maurice Harkless</span> each blocked four shots in the victory, all of them in the first half, in helping Orlando control the painted area. And the Magic rebounded 28.3 percent of their own misses against the Warriors, who entered the game leading the league in defensive rebound percentage. Harkless tallied four of his seven rebounds at the offensive end, while second-year center <span>Nikola Vučević</span> snared five offensive boards.</p>
<p>Apart from Curry and Lee, Golden State shot 15-of-53 (28 percent) for 36 points. The Magic, in contrast, had a balanced offense, with eight players scoring between seven and 16 points.</p>
<p>Orlando has limited each of its last five opponents to less than one point per possession.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/15/3769022/golden-state-warriors-orlando-magic-final-score-stats-four-factorsEvan Dunlap2012-12-14T21:39:37-05:002012-12-14T21:39:37-05:00Magic vs. Warriors: Threes, D key 99-85 Magic win
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<p>The Magic scored their second upset of Golden State in 11 days. </p> <p>The <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a> ended the <a href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Golden State Warriors</a>' five-game winning streak on Friday, 99-85, and did so in impressive fashion. Orlando, which had been outscored in 10 of their last 11 first quarters, came out with great energy and aggressiveness, matching that of the plucky Warriors.</p>
<p>"We have to start games and come ready to play," Orlando guard <span>Arron Afflalo</span> said after Friday's shootaround, <a target="blank" href="http://www.nba.com/magic/news/dentons-pregame-report-dec-14">according</a> to John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com. Afflalo and crew certainly lived up to that task: their energy appeared to catch the Warriors unawares, and manifested itself in seven blocked shots in the first quarter. Indeed, Orlando blocked more shots in the period than the Warriors made (six), helping to set the tone for what would be a fairly easy Magic victory.</p>
<p>Afflalo scored 14 points, one of six Orlando players to score in double-digits. Orlando's three leading scorers--<span>J.J. Redick</span> (16 points), and <span>E'Twaun Moore</span> and <span>Andrew Nicholson</span> (15 each)--all came off the bench. That trio combined for 22 points in the second period, outscoring the Warriors' entire team by itself, as Orlando built a 15-point lead.</p>
<p>The Warriors' offense awoke in the third quarter as they shifted to a perimeter-oriented attack; the Magic limited Golden State to 18 points in the paint on 9-of-28 shooting, so it makes sense that the Warriors would try to shoot their way back into the game rather than trying to work the ball inside. A triple from <span>Jarrett Jack</span> brought the visitors to within nine points of Orlando, but the Magic responded with three straight three-pointers in less than two minutes to push the lead back to 18.</p>
<p>One can never really count out a team which boasts as many high-volume, high-accuracy three-point shooters as Golden State does, and the Warriors indeed awoke offensively in the fourth quarter. A smallish lineup with four wing players--including little-used veteran <span>Richard Jefferson</span>, whose presence may have indicated desperation on the part of Warriors coach Mark Jackson--surrounding <span>David Lee</span> gave Orlando problems with its combination of speed and range. Those challenges, coupled with Orlando's suddenly cold (34.8 percent) shooting, helped the Warriors hang around, and Jack's foul-line jumper at the 2:31 mark cut the Magic's lead to 10 points.</p>
<p><span>Jameer Nelson</span>, who posted a game-high 11 assists, shot poorly on the night, but made two driving layups to put Orlando back up by 14 with 1:04 to play. Only after the ensuing timeout did Jackson relent by pulling Lee and <span>Stephen Curry</span>, his stars. Curry finished with a brilliant 25 points, but the Magic made him a mere spectator on offense, as he finished with just three assists.</p>
<p>Golden State won't lose many games when Curry pops off for an efficient 25 points and Lee adds a 24-point, 15-rebound double-double. But Orlando's interior defense and balanced offense was enough to give it the impressive victory. Special kudos go to Moore, who may have played his best game since joining the Magic: his 15 points were the most he's scored since posting 16 in a loss to the <a href="https://www.raptorshq.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Toronto Raptors</a> on November 18th, but it's the manner in which he scored his points which strikes me as more important than his point total. The Purdue product played patiently and worked off-the-ball as a spot-up shooter, particularly in transition. While he still needs to improve his ability to run a team's offense, Moore is finding a niche as a three-point marksman.</p>
<p>Orlando doesn't have long to celebrate its win: the Magic play the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/charlotte-bobcats" class="sbn-auto-link">Charlotte Bobcats</a> on Saturday night.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012-13-recaps/2012/12/14/3768658/golden-state-warriors-orlando-magic-final-score-2012-recapEvan Dunlap2012-12-14T20:04:21-05:002012-12-14T20:04:21-05:00Hedo Türkoğlu lookin' sharp
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<p>The injured forward took in Friday's Magic game against Golden State in style. </p> <p><span>Hedo Türkoğlu</span> isn't healthy enough to play, having suffered a broken left hand in the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic's</a> first game of the season, but he's at least looking fly on the Magic's bench. Check out the ensemble he put together for Orlando's game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a> on Friday night, which image the Fox Sports Florida crew did well to show.</p>
<p>Türkoğlu will return to the floor eventually, and John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com <a href="http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/13/3764528/hedo-turkoglu-injury-return-broken-hand-orlando-magic-nba">reported</a> Thursday that he's begun doing dribbling drills with both hands.</p>
<p>He's kept busy in other ways as well, as he joined <span>Glen Davis</span>, <span>Kyle O'Quinn</span>, and other Magic representatives on Thursday in <a href="http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/galleries/2012/12/14/3766726/orlando-magic-visit-florida-hospital-2012-glen-davis-hedo-turkoglu-kyle-oquinn">visiting</a> the Florida Hospital for Children.</p>
<p>Orlando's outside shooting and ballhandling has suffered in Türkoğlu's absence, but its suit game has been on point.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/14/3768532/hedo-turkoglu-injury-orlando-magic-golden-state-warriorsEvan Dunlap2012-12-14T17:00:07-05:002012-12-14T17:00:07-05:00Magic vs. Warriors GameThread
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<p>Orlando hosts a white-hot Golden State team on Friday.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a>, losers of three of their last four games, host the <a href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Golden State Warriors</a> on Friday. Tipoff is set for 7 PM Eastern--not 8 PM, as originally scheduled--on Fox Sports Florida in the Orlando market.</p>
<p>Register all your pre- and in-game comments in this GameThread. </p>
<table cellspacing="5" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5"><tbody> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3">2012/2013 NBA Season</th></tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/incurock31/3QC/Logos/gsw_new.jpg" alt="Golden State Warriors main logo"></center></td> <th align="center" width="20">@</th> <td width="240"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/incurock31/3QC/Logos/orl_new.jpg" alt="Orlando Magic main logo"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center>15-7 (9-4 road)<br>Won 5</center></td> <th align="center" width="20"></th> <td width="240"><center>8-13 (4-6 home)<br>Lost 1</center></td> </tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>December 14th, 2012</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>Amway Center</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>7:00 PM</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>Fox Sports Florida / 96.5 FM</strong></td></tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>Possible Starters</strong></th></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Stephen Curry</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PG</th> <td width="240"><span>Jameer Nelson</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Klay Thompson</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SG</th> <td width="240"><span>Arron Afflalo</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Harrison Barnes</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SF</th> <td width="240"><span>Maurice Harkless</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>David Lee</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PF</th> <td width="240"><span>Glen Davis</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Festus Ezeli</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">C</th> <td width="240"><span>Nikola Vučević</span></td> </tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>2012/13 Advanced Stats</strong></th></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">93.3 (T-6th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">Pace</th> <td width="240">92.5 (10th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">105.1 (T-12th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">ORtg</th> <td width="240">98.5 (29th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">104.1 (14th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">DRtg</th> <td width="240">102.3 (8th)</td> </tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>Season Series</strong></th></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Dec. 3: <span>Magic 102, Warriors 94</span> </td></tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>Game Officials</strong></th></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Bennett Salvatore</td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Pat Fraher</td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Ben Taylor</td></tr> <tr><th height="20" colspan="3" bgcolor="silver"></th></tr> </tbody></table>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/14/3766596/magic-vs-warriors-game-time-tv-schedule-and-moreEvan Dunlap2012-12-14T10:35:41-05:002012-12-14T10:35:41-05:00Predict Magic vs. Warriors
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<p>Respond correctly in the comments to the questions posed in this post and earn bragging rights throughout the OPP community.</p> <p>As part of a new game-day feature, Orlando Pinstriped Post invites you to predict some outcomes from Friday's matchup between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a>. </p>
<p>The winner of each week's prediction contest will receive a shout-out on OPP. </p>
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<li><p>How many points will the Magic score? A correct response to this question is worth one point. Correctly guessing the winner of the game, regardless of the score, is worth an additional point. Correctly guessing the final score for each team is worth five points.</p></li>
<li><p>How many points will the Warriors score? A correct response to this question is worth one point. Correctly guessing the winner of the game, regardless of the score, is worth an additional point. Correctly guessing the final score for each team is worth five points.</p></li>
<li><p>Which player will lead the game in scoring? Correctly guessing the player earns you one point; correctly guessing the player and the points scored earns you two points.</p></li>
<li><p>Which player will lead the game in rebounding? Correctly guessing the player earns you one point; correctly guessing the player and the rebounds tallied earns you two points.</p></li>
<li><p>Which Orlando player will score the team's first basket of the first quarter? A correct response is worth three points.</p></li>
<li><p>How many assists will Warriors guard <span>Stephen Curry</span> tally? A correct response is worth five points.</p></li>
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<p>Break a leg.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/14/3766448/golden-state-warriors-orlando-magic-fan-predictionsEvan Dunlap2012-12-14T09:55:59-05:002012-12-14T09:55:59-05:00Magic vs. Warriors: Sizzling Dubs visit Orlando
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<p>The Warriors have won five straight games since the Magic defeated them in early December.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> host the streaking <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a> on Friday at Amway Center. Tipoff is set for 7 PM Eastern on Fox Sports Florida in the Orlando market. The Orlando Pinstriped Post GameThread will appear at 5 PM in this StoryStream and on the cover.</p>
<p>Since losing to the Magic on December 3rd, Golden State has won five consecutive games, all of them away from ORACLE Arena. Most recently, they stunned the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hothothoops.com/">Miami Heat</a> on Wednesday as rookie swingman <span>Draymond Green</span> made the game-winning basket. At 15-7, the Warriors own the fifth-best record in the Western Conference. </p>
<p>While the Warriors were upsetting the Heat, Orlando was faltering against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a>. Wednesday's loss was Orlando's third in four games since beating Golden State, making Friday's a matchup between two teams heading in opposite directions.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/12/14/3766340/golden-state-warriors-orlando-magic-2012-nba-scheduleEvan Dunlap