Knicks Suffer Expecting Lost
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"To go on a four-game trip, win them all, it's difficult to do," Stan Van Gundy said. "It's a good accomplishment. It's hard to relax and enjoy it because you have a fairly decent team staring in your face tomorrow night at home that can make you look bad."
Their playing tough teams, but the Magic are succeeding. It's the players, because their playing team basketball.
"It's great," Hedo Turkoglu said. "It will be greater if we win tomorrow, too, and have a couple of days off."
A break is needed, but they'll be fine. The Magic have nothing to worry about, their players are humbled and skilled at their position. They'll succeed, and make the playoffs.
"I think it's because our team is maturing," Dwight Howard said. "Everybody coming to practice we work hard, we get in the games, we try to work hard. We know when we're down we stay positive and try to make it up on the defensive end."
Defense is the key, and the Magic understand it. It's not expected to see a young team play good defense, but the Magic prospered at it.
Going against the Knicks wasn't competition, because the Magic play better as a team. Great offense with young players that play defense, that wins championships.
The Knicks couldn't compete, because their defensive problems still remain. Isiah Thomas fails to understand, and the Knicks fail to thrive at it. Thomas still hasn't fixed their defense, but he'll realize it when the Knicks fall apart.
"We weren't patient enough to continue to pound the ball inside, get good shots and go to the foul line," Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said. "I thought that every time we got impatient, Orlando capitalized on our impatience."
He doesn't face the fact, "it's defense." Nothing else should matter, because the Knicks have everything besides defense. It's the key to the playoffs, and it'll decide their season.
"Those guys just hit a lot of big shots in the fourth quarter and throughout the game," Zach Randolph said. "Rashard hit a couple of 3's back-to-back, got fouled on one. The guy shot well from the field tonight. We didn't execute like we were supposed to. Dwight Howard is an All-Star in this league, a strong, physical player."
It's because the Knicks couldn't defend, and the Magic took advantage. That's what happens when teams don't play defense, the opponent takes advantage and thrives.
The Magic have great players, they'll succeed if teams don't play defense. The Knicks should have known, because just scoring doesn't help.
The Knicks have talent, their defense should come alone. No excuses, because they'll fail throughout the season if it doesn't flourish.
"We kept playing but we finally started making shots and started getting stops on the defensive end," Lewis said. "We were able to pick the lead up."
The Magic players are smart, they'll succeed against none defensive teams. They've did against the Knicks last night, it'll continue.
"I like the way our team is responding," Stan Van Gundy said. "Of course, I'd like it better if we'd just win by 15, but I like the way our team is responding. That's the way you're going to have to play to win games on the road in this league. I'm very, very pleased with them right now."
He should, because they'll go far. The Magic have a great playing style with team work. Team play is important, and the Magic understand.
"We don't care about who scores," Jamal Crawford said. "We just want to make it a team effort and it is hard for teams to defend us that way."
The Knicks can score, but that isn't important. Their defense is inconsiderable, and they'll need to improve.
Randolph had another productive game, and he's helpful to the Knicks. He had 23 points, and 13 rebounds.
Quentin Richardson hasn't been producing, but he was furtherance against the Magic. Scoring 19 points, and 7 rebounds was helpful. Richardson was suffering, but hopefully his success will continue.
Eddy Curry was able to score 19 points, but couldn't get rebounds. Curry has been inconsistent with rebounds, but Randolph's presents should take the pressure off.
Crawford wasn't helpful, but he'll come around. His 13 points, and 6 turn overs wasn't productive enough.
Stephon "Poorbury" had 14 points, and 7 assist. His inconsistent play hasn't changed, and it'll continue.
The Magic was able to produce more, and their numbers proved it.
Rashard Lewis was unstoppable, and was part of the victory against the Knicks. Lewis had 21 points, and 6 assist. His play was helpful, and hopefully it'll last.
Turkoglu scored 21 points, but couldn't be effective anywhere else. "Not a surprise."
Howard is the most important player, and he'll succeed to help the Magic. He scored 22 points, and 20 rebounds.
Jameer Nelson "crushed" Marbury with 24 points, and 10 assist. Marbury shouldn't be surprised. ' Quotes from Yahoo Sports
