Orlando Pinstriped Post - Magic vs. Celtics: Orlando hopes to avoid sweepAn Orlando Magic blog with news, rumors, analysis, and commentaryhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/21281/orlando-fave.jpg2013-04-14T00:04:17-04:00http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/rss/stream/39852452013-04-14T00:04:17-04:002013-04-14T00:04:17-04:00Harris, Harkless respond to Terry
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<p>The young forwards reacted Saturday to Terry, the Celtics guard who on Friday called the Magic "terrible."</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a> blew out the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> on Saturday night, 120-88, just one day after Celtics guard <span>Jason Terry</span> said that the Magic are "terrible." His words resonated throughout the Magic locker room.</p>
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<p>Magic forward <span>Tobias Harris</span> took Terry's comment personally.</p>
<p>"You know, this is our team, you take pride in your own job." Harris said. "At the same time, we didn't go out there and play as well as we could out there tonight and we didn't shut him up or his comment. I'm a competitor; each and every night and I play my heart out. You know, when an opposing team has a comment like that to say, we have to play our game and show them that they're wrong."</p>
<p><span>Maurice Harkless</span> also didn't like the comment.</p>
<p>"Of course I didn't like the comment." Harkless said. "Unfortunately we didn't go out there and prove them wrong. It's something that I'll just remember."</p>
https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2013/4/14/4222086/boston-celtics-orlando-magic-jason-terry-terribleAjeeta Khanna2013-04-13T21:23:44-04:002013-04-13T21:23:44-04:00Magic vs. Celtics: Boston cruises to 120-88 win
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<p>The Celtics used a 15-0 run in the second quarter to take command of Saturday's game against Orlando. The Magic never led.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a> used smart, physical defense to dispatch the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> with ease, 120-88, on Saturday night. Orlando never led in the penultimate home game of its season, falling to 12-28 at Amway Center. Celtics center <span>Kevin Garnett</span> put on a clinic, contributing 14 points and nine rebounds on 7-of-8 shooting in just 19 minutes. Six other Celtics scored in double figures.</p>
<p>For Orlando, center <span>Nik Vucevic</span> recorded his 43rd double-double of the season, with 16 points and 12 rebounds. <span>Tobias Harris</span> scored 16 of his game-high 22 points after halftime.</p>
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<p>The Magic used a new starting lineup--their 28th of the season--in order to counteract the Celtics' size up front. <span>Kyle O`Quinn</span> started at power forward to match up against <span>Brandon Bass</span>, shifting Harris down to small forward and <span>Maurice Harkless</span> to shooting guard. The change didn't pay dividends: Boston scored the game's first seven points, prompting Magic coach <span>Jacque Vaughn</span> to burn a timeout less than two minutes into the game. O'Quinn picked up his second foul less than six minutes in, and Vaughn replaced him with <span>Andrew Nicholson</span>, who doesn't offer the same level of strength or rebounding prowess as O'Quinn does.</p>
<p>Orlando didn't scratch until the 8:21 mark of the period when Vucevic tipped in a miss by O'Quinn. The Magic didn't score out of a half-court set until <span>Beno Udrih's</span> driving layup past <span>Avery Bradley</span> at the 6:59 mark, making the score 10-4.</p>
<p>The teams combined for seven turnovers in the game's first seven minutes, but the lack of rhythm didn't slow the Celtics, who made seven of their first 12 shots. Speaking generally, Boston creates high-percentage opportunities for itself, but commits scads of turnovers in the process.</p>
<p>Boston went 2-of-7 to close the first quarter, helping Orlando to get to within six points at 23-17. Vucevic's six points and five boards were key, as was Orlando's 7-of-14 shooting in the painted area.</p>
<p>Once the Celtics got their turnover issues under control, they took over the game. Boston scored on 8 of its first 11 trips of the second quarter and used a 15-0 scoring run to build a 39-21 lead. A driving, left-handed layup and-one by <span>DeQuan Jones</span>, just 11 seconds after he had checked in, ended that run.</p>
<p>Boston built a 57-37 lead at hafltime on the strength of its defense. The Magic shot 32.7 percent in the half, and 4-of-23 (17.4 percent) outside the painted area.</p>
<p>Shot selection played a factor in those poor percentages as well: O'Quinn and Harris in particular took some iffy shots, and Nicholson even tried one with 23 seconds on the shot clock. Given its lack of three-point shooting and inability to draw fouls, Orlando has to be more judicious with its shot selection than some other teams. </p>
<p>Orlando cut Boston's lead to 19 on two occasions in the third quarter, but both times the Celtics mounted a response. The first was a driving, one-handed dunk by <span>Chris Wilcox</span>, a play which sent all the players on Boston's bench into hysterics. The second was an off-balance triple by Avery Bradley. A little more than a minute later, Bradley hit another three to put the Celtics back up by 25, one shy of its largest lead of the night. </p>
<p>After an 0-of-7 start, Harris found the range in the second half, making seven of his next nine shots and reaching the 20-point mark more quickly than any other player on the night. Cynical Magic fans might point out that the game was well out of reach before Harris got it going offensively, but some credit goes to Harris for taking better shots as the game progressed: instead of trying to create force the issue for himself off the dribble, Harris let the game come to him in the second half, with good results.</p>
<p>Harris and Vucevic scored 26 of the Magic's 27 third-quarter points. Udrih had the other point, which came on a technical free throw for a delay-of-game violation.</p>
<p>Back-to-back three-pointers by <span>Jordan Crawford</span> and <span>Courtney Lee</span> gave Boston a 101-70 lead with 7:19 to play. Vaughn used the timeout he called after Lee's basket to get Vucevic and Harris out of the game, letting the team's other youngsters--specifically Nicholson, O'Quinn, Harkless, <span>Doron Lamb</span>, <span>E'Twaun Moore</span>, and Jones--gain some experience in extended garbage-time action. Lee used the opportunity to light up Orlando, which drafted him in 2008 and traded him after one season: he scored 15 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and punctuated his strong night with a one-handed jam on a fast break.</p>
<p>Lamb shot 5-of-5 in the fourth quarter for 11 points in an extended audition for a larger role in 2013/14.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012-13-recaps/2013/4/13/4221928/orlando-magic-boston-celtics-final-score-2013-courtney-lee-kevin-garnettEvan Dunlap2013-04-13T18:14:42-04:002013-04-13T18:14:42-04:00Vaughn brushes off Terry's "terrible" comment
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<p>Terry called Orlando a "terrible" team. When asked to respond, the Magic's coach played it cool.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a> enter Saturday's game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> needing one victory to secure at least the seventh playoff seed in the Eastern Conference, and to thus avoid a first-round matchup against the top-seeded <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hothothoops.com/">Miami Heat</a>. Celtics guard <span>Jason Terry</span> thus dubbed Saturday's contest a "must-win" for his Celtics, <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/322903697195679744" target="blank">according</a> to Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston. Of the Magic, Terry said, "I don’t want to give them any fuel, but they’re terrible."</p>
<p>Before Saturday's tipoff, the media asked Magic coach <span>Jacque Vaughn</span> to respond. Do Terry's comments matter to Vaughn?</p>
<p>"Not one bit," Vaughn said. "We'll start five guys, they'll start five guys, and we'll go play."</p>
<p>Vaughn and Terry were teammates on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> in 2001/02 and again in 2003/04.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2013/4/13/4221706/jason-terry-orlando-magic-terrible-jacque-vaughn-reaction-boston-celticsEvan Dunlap2013-04-13T17:00:05-04:002013-04-13T17:00:05-04:00Magic vs. Celtics GameThread
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<p>Orlando hosts Boston on Saturday to conclude its season-series with the Celtics.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Orlando Magic</a> wind down their regular season on Saturday with a home game against the <a href="https://www.celticsblog.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Boston Celtics</a>. Just two games remain for the rebuilding Magic after Saturday. Tipoff is set for 7 PM on Fox Sports Florida in the Orlando market.</p>
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<table class="sbnu-legacy-content-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/bos.jpg" alt="Boston Celtics 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>40-39 (13-26 road)<br>Lost 2</center></td> <th align="center" width="20"></th> <td width="240"><center>20-59 (12-27 home)<br>Won 1</center></td> </tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>April 13th, 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>Avery Bradley</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PG</th> <td width="240"><span>Beno Udrih</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Paul Pierce</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SG</th> <td width="240"><span>Maurice Harkless</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Jeff Green</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SF</th> <td width="240"><span>Tobias Harris</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Brandon Bass</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PF</th> <td width="240"><span>Kyle O`Quinn</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" bgcolor="gold" width="240"><span>Kevin Garnett</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">C</th> <td width="240"><span>Nik 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">91.7 (16th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">Pace</th> <td width="240">92.2 (15th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">102.9 (25th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">ORtg</th> <td width="240">101.8 (T-26th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">103.2 (T-6th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">DRtg</th> <td width="240">108.8 (25th)</td> </tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>Season Series</strong></th></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Nov. 26: <span>Celtics 116, Magic 110 (OT)</span> </td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3">Feb. 1: <span>Celtics 97, Magic 84</span> </td></tr> <tr><th height="20" colspan="3" bgcolor="silver"></th></tr> </tbody></table>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2013/4/13/4221260/magic-vs-celtics-game-time-tv-schedule-and-moreEvan Dunlap2013-04-13T15:23:33-04:002013-04-13T15:23:33-04:00Magic vs. Celtics: Orlando's penultimate home game
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<p>Orlando takes on a Celtics team looking to get into a rhythm for the postseason.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> play the penultimate game of their home schedule on Saturday when they host the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a> 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><strong>Orlando's last time out</strong>: Against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewhoop.com/">Milwaukee Bucks</a> on Wednesday, the Magic blew a lead that stretched to as large as 14 points in the first quarter, and trailed by five points with 52.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. <span>Tobias Harris</span>' three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left tied the score at 95 and forced overtime, where Orlando took control for a stunning victory. Harris and <span>Nikola Vucevic</span> joined some elite company with their twin 30-point, 19-plus-rebound performances.</p>
<p><strong>Boston's last time out</strong>: The Celtics are playing their second game in as many nights, having lost to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hothothoops.com/">Miami Heat</a>, 109-101, in South Beach on Friday night. Miami shot 12-of-23 from three-point range in the victory. Boston rested <span>Kevin Garnett</span> and <span>Paul Pierce</span>, and was led by <span>Jeff Green's</span> 25 points.</p>
<p><strong><span>The last meeting</span></strong>: Six Celtics scored in double-figures as Boston secured an easy win, 97-84, over Orlando on February 1st. The Magic shot 37.9 percent from the floor and 15.8 percent on three-pointers. Vucevic and <span>Andrew Nicholson</span> each had double-doubles for Orlando. Green led the Celtics with 17 points off the bench.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2013/4/13/4221118/boston-celtics-orlando-magic-2013-nba-scheduleEvan Dunlap