The Magic outrebounded the Bucks 51-39 and held the Bucks to 37.3% shooting from the floor tonight.  The Magic rushed out to a 56-29 halftime lead and then cruised to a very easy win.  Hedo Turkoglu led the way for the Magic with 17 points and 4 rebounds.  Tony Battie pitched in with 15 points and 6 rebounds.

The Magic improved to 24-22 on the season with this win.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270131019

The Magic just didn’t play well tonight against the young Hawks.  Grant Hill led the way for the Magic with 21 points and 6 rebounds.  Jameer Nelson had a bad shooting night (6 of 17) and he wound up with 16 points and 5 assists.  Dwight Howard also had a decent game with 15 points and 7 rebounds.

The Magic fell to 23-22 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270129001

The Magic haven’t played well lately as they’ve lost 7 of their last 10 games to fall to 23-21 on the season and 3.5 games behind the Wizards in the Southeast Division.  Can’t blame Dwight Howard for the team’s fade as of late as he’s averaging 17.1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game this season.  The Magic really need to keep Grant Hill healthy because he’s the second best player on the Magic.  He’s averaging 15.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game this season.  Jameer Nelson is not a pure point guard as he would rather shoot first.  He’s averaging 13.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.  He will need to either shoot better or pass more to get the Magic to the playoffs.  Hedo Turkoglu has been a little disappointing averaging 11.6 points and 3.5 rebounds this season, and he’s also missed alot of games due to a mysterious flu-like sickness.  The Magic need him to regain his form because they need more offense from him.  The Magic have been getting good production out of the power forward position when you combine Darko Milicic and Tony Battie’s stats as they average 12.8 points and 10.1 rebounds between them.  With Trevor Ariza (8.6 points, 4.5 rebounds) out for awhile, the Magic need someone else to step up off the bench and help the offense.  Keyon Dooling (8.8 points), Keith Bogans and Travis Diener will try to fill that void.

The Magic got outscored 52-35 in the second half and that did them in as they lost tonight.  The amazing thing about tonight’s game is that the Magic shot 56.5% from the floor but only scored 90 points.  Dwight Howard led the way for the Magic with 19 points and 4 rebounds.  Tony Battie had a solid game with 14 points and 8 rebounds.  Jameer Nelson added 14 points to the Magic’s effort.

The Magic fell to 23-21 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270126019

The Magic didn’t play any defense as the Mavericks hit 55.8% of their shots from the floor last night and that’s why the Magic lost.  Jameer Nelson led the way for the Magic with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.  Hedo Turkoglu pitched in with 17 points.  Dwight Howard has his usual solid game with 15 points & 14 rebounds.

The Magic fell to 23-20 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270123019