Magic win in Home opener!
Magic- 99
Bobcats- 91
The Orlando Magic beat the Bobcats 99-91 in their second game of the season after losing their first.
"We played a great game. I'm just glad we pulled it off."-
Steve Francis
The first quarter was all Magic. We played great defense holding the new and improved Bobcats to only 14 points. Steve Francis and Dwight Howard scored 7 points and 6 points respectively in the first.
Francis hits one of his two 3's
The second quarter was basically the same as the first. We played great defense and Steve Francis put on an offensive show. From the Bobcats, Spree was getting the job done and Emeka Okafor had a late run but at the end of the half, the Magic were still leading 46-40.
Great defensive stop by Dwight Howard
By the start of the third quarter everything was under control. Our defense was still doing a great job and the offense got a boost from newly acquired Robert Horry. We were able to dominate the quarter and led by 11 after 3 quarters.
The fourth quarterstarted off on a good note. Ronald Murray started off with a lay-up and a 3 pointer. But little by little, the Bobcats, led by Sprewell, cut the lead to 3!
After that, we managed to pull away and eventually won the game 99-91.
"I'm really happy. We played a great defensive game."-
Dwight Howard
"This game showed how effective we can be on both sides of the floor. Hope we can go far this year."-
Ronald Murray
Another great game for Kurt Thomas
STATS
Magic:
Francis- 23pts/7ast/3rebs
Murray- 21pts/5ast
Howard- 19pts/13rebs/1blk
Bobcats:
Sprewell- 33pts/14-23 FGs
Padgett- 18pts/6stls
Okafor- 14pts/10rebs/2blks