pretty easy game. didn't get to the palace until late in the 1st quarter because i was doing a road rally (and naturally they calculated the placings wrong and we lost out on prize $). had 2 orlando fans sitting in front of us. the crowd was pretty good, several like-minded fans around me (when darko touched the ball we'd yell "SHOOT IT!!" and such).

while part of our strategy was to foul, the refs did their best to keep the magic in this game and the espn viewers from clicking elsewhere. some of the calls were just ridiculous. howard should've gotten an offensive foul on one possession but instead webber got hit with the call. in another case, in the span of a few seconds, the refs botched 3 calls in a row. or the incorrect blocking call on delfino. or the legitimate block tay had on howard that was called a foul. and the game would've been over had they not called that incredibly lame charging on billups when nelson flopped.

thoughts:
- orlando was lucky they got the benefit of the whistle and shot so well, otherwise this would've been a 25-point blowout.
- darko didn't look bad but it's mostly because they weren't checking him.
- sheed is doing a good job spreading howard out, but no one was crashing the boards for us.
- dice had a good game, but took his shots about 1-2 feet past his normal range.
- delfino played great and looked very confident. but he had a hard time defending grant hill because hill gets so much more respect.
- we got lazy at the end on defense, not moving our legs.
- might wanna try flip against arroyo next game ... their guards aren't a huge threat to score so lindsey's defensive prowess isn't as meaningful, and orlando kept crawling back every time he got into the game.
- it's encouraging that we played 10 guys and tay only had 37 minutes.
- rip and sheed were controlled and very focused.