An Orlando Magic Beat Down!

Tonight the Magic beat up on the T-Wolves to the tune of 128 to 86. That's right, a 42 point smack down. The night before the HEAT beat up on the Wolves 129 to 97. You know what that means? The Magic are better than the HEAT. The teams played the exact same Wolves team one night apart and the Magic won by 42 while the HEAT only won by 32. According to my 'advanced' statistics that makes the Magic ten points better. I'm kidding of course. But what this does tell us are the Magic are pretty damn good. Any time a team wins by 40 plus points they are good, I don't care who they are playing. That doesn't happen that often and right now the entire Minnesota organization needs to take a good long look in the mirror, because everything that they are doing is WRONG!

Some numbers from the game tonight:
Dwight Howard was beyond dominant. In only 23 minutes he had 18 points, 16 rebounds, and 8 blocks. That's right EIGHT BLOCKS! In case you were wondering, he's going to win another defensive player of the year award.

Vince Carter actually showed up to play with 20 points on only 12 shots and a very impressive 7 assists. Rashard Lewis on the other hand continues to cash a max paycheck despite barely being starter worthy. Lewis scored a lowly 11 points on 13 shots. Those are not good numbers. But he did chip in zero steals and zero blocked shots, so there's that.

Duhon, Redick, Q-Richardson, Bass, and Gortat is a better starting five than the Wolves through out there and that is Orlando's bench. Seriously Minnesota, what the hell have you been doing with all those draft picks? Oh that's right, drafting PGs who can't or won't play for you. The only player on the Wolves that would crack the Magic rotation is Kevin Love, and yes he's a beast, to bad Coach Kurt Rambis hates him and continues to bench him late in the fourth quarter to prove a point. God (some) coaches are idiots.

Other NBA Thoughts:

The Milwaukee Bucks are in trouble. When a team with as much hype as them starts 1-4 people start pointing fingers. Whether it's a selfish player like Corey Maggette, an overpaid veteran like Drew Gooden, or an amped up coach like Scott Skiles eventually someone is going to start getting pissed. Skiles has worn out his welcome in every city he's coached in and if the Bucks continue losing it's almost a foregone conclusion he will do it again in Milwaukee.

Toronto is terrible, one of the worst teams in the League. So can we (all fans and media) stop talking about them until the Draft Lottery or until Andrea Bargnani does something that is actually worth talking about.

Despite Defensive Guru Tom Thibodeau bolting for Chicago, the Boston Celtics still have a ridiculously gritty defense that makes most teams wither and die before the second half even starts. If Kendrick Perkins comes back close to 100% they will absolutely have a shot at returning to the Finals. Their rotation is crazy good and every big guy on their team is willing to lay someone out (don't underestimate this, especially against guys like Vince Carter and Chris Bosh). In big playoff games Defense wins and it's possible come playoff time the Celtics will be the best D in the League.

Bulls v. Knicks tomorrow. In theory it will be my first regular season Bulls game with my upper rafters season ticket. Needless to say I'm pumped to see my beloved Bulls live for the first time in several years.