Magic vs Hawks round 1 playoffs ***spoilers inside***
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Andrewceesall
OzCardTrader
Howard = FREAK! 47 & 19 first game and 33 & 19 today!
He may not be MVP but he would have to be number 1 draft pick if there was a fantasy draft tomorrow. imagine if he had a team he could work well with and share the load
aussiemjfreak
Taj Gibson & Set Collector!
From what Ive seen and read, they are basically hitting Howard everytime he gets the ball or runs the floor. The ol' Hack a Shaq technique by the sounds of things! i just hope he can keep it in check and the refs actually call the majority of the crap they need to so he doesn't lose it big time!
The guy is a powerhouse!
Hardly hacking the bloke. Alll they are doing is letting Howard have his way and guarding the other 4 shooters. They realise they cant stop the big man. Did it very well in game 1 but game 2 was not so good. As good as howard is he cant bring other players into the game.
aussiemjfreak
Taj Gibson & Set Collector!
Mate, at least 3 fouls Ive seen on Howard have boarded on Flagarants. They have been hitting him body wise a lot. They are by no means letting him have his way, they are making him physically work hard for it. But, your also right, they let him score 40+ and guard the others to the tilt and they are not going to get the free flowing points Orlando has been use to the past few seasons!
---------- Post added 20-04-2011 at 02:11 PM ----------
He's also shot a combined 41 free throws over the 2 games.. That represents they are going after him.
Toughen up princess is what I say. Big men these days are soft. Shaq, Zo, D Rob, Hakeem used to go harder than these fairies. They are hardly flagarent fouls just a hard foul. If you want to stop him scoring foul him hard and send him to the line. However what Howard has done well through this series is shoot well from the foul line so it has back fired somewhat. People are getting a bit precious about Howard at the moment. I suppose its because there isn't too many quality big men in the league at the moment so we don't have those great low down in the post duals of the 90s and early 00s.
Its also quite obvious this is how the refs are going to call it so Howard needs to learn to play with it or he will continue to get tech fouled and hurt his team with missed games.
What ever happened to no blood no foul
GarnettFan4Life
OZCT Supporter
C'mon Hawks!!!!!! Have to finish the series out at home
---------- Post added 29-04-2011 at 11:39 AM ----------
Joe Johnson may have earned his max contract this game, some great moves keeping the Hawk lead at around 10
---------- Post added 29-04-2011 at 12:05 PM ----------
Josh Smith I think it was guarding JJ Redick at the end there, left him and let him run right out for an open 3, could have been costly wow.
But Hawks are through, Magic are out, disappointing season and may regret that trade deal.......
---------- Post added 29-04-2011 at 11:39 AM ----------
Joe Johnson may have earned his max contract this game, some great moves keeping the Hawk lead at around 10
---------- Post added 29-04-2011 at 12:05 PM ----------
Josh Smith I think it was guarding JJ Redick at the end there, left him and let him run right out for an open 3, could have been costly wow.
But Hawks are through, Magic are out, disappointing season and may regret that trade deal.......
