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Bargnani – Good game, especially in the first half. Came out with a percentage of the passion he has been playing with. Got exposed badly in the 4th by Dwight Howard, which was disappointing. I was hoping he’d man up to the challenge. Kudos on keeping the fouls to a minimum.
Baston – well, he got on the floor for a minute. At least we know he isn’t dead.
Brezec - Almost a carbon copy in terms of effort of Bargs. Did a passable job in the first half for what he is, but was a turtle when re-inserted in the second. He may be up for the Patrick Ewing Sweat Award, though.
Calderon – not sure the worriers feel so bad after this one. Granted he didn’t return to his AllStar worthy form, but nobody should be complaining as much after this performance. I did notice he has stopped driving and finishing, though. Not sure why. 3assists won’t (and didn’t) get it done.
Delfino – back to his offensive disappearing act. Good rebounding effort, but we needed that to be coupled with his hot hand. Didn’t happen.
Ford – What the hell was that in the fourth? Maybe we should just keep the other 4 guys wearing red on our side of centre court…why waste the energy? He seemed to be channelling Rafer. 7 turnovers, all of them stupid ones that may have cost us any contention in this game.
Graham – well, we knew he was alive, but evidently we didn’t know he wasn’t good enough to face the Magic.
Humphries – solid game until the poor guy was kept in when Howard came back on the floor in the 4th. 5 of 8 shooting, but horrid on the FT line. I was enjoying his game until he pulled up lame against Dwight.
Kapono – I’m beginning to wonder if this guy is looking for his shot. He seems to be a past first guy now and would love to know if it’s because his mind has been telling him to step up his D. When I think back to when we had Dell Curry, I always expected Dell to shoot when he got the ball. Had that same feeling with Kapono originally, but now, I never know what he is going to do.
Moon - is it just me or was he a non-factor in every way tonight? I barely even saw him play outside of that nice block from behind. Being barely noticeable when you are an athletic player on a team looking for just that is a concern. So is 6 boards and 6 points in 33 minutes.
Nesterovic – the thorn in my side since he’s been here continues to get my respect lately. Nice to see him play with toughness and with intelligence against Dwight, but most importantly with hustle. Again, more reason to have him back in the starting lineup.
Parker- shame to keep seeing this guy bust his hump only to come away with losses. Like Jose, he has to be getting gassed, but he is entering Antonio Davis territory in putting this team on his back.
Driving the team bus: Anthony Parker
Under the team bus: close call, but, Jamario Moon
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I’m loving the Rasho love… couple that with your Ford bashing and it’s almost as if you’re getting smarter and smarter.
Keep up the good work.