Blue & White: Ignite (7-2) :: Corrupted :(

Charlie Lakers Gibson

Charlie Villanueva
LA Lakers
Daniel Gibson

Good idea

Hmmm... I hope that's not me because I didn't say that.

If you asked me what I thought I would say, "Orlando? Why you asking me about Orlando? The Lakers are going to win it all and I don't really care about any of the other 29 teams in the NBA. Lakers, that's all anyone needs to care about."

Yeah that's most accurate to you Didn't thought about it...

haha, nice little "input" from us there

Thanks bro

Interesting idea, can't wait to see how this will look like.

Will look gooooooood.

Good luck with this.

Thanks man

Good idea

Thanks man, you already won Martti's contest, let's see if you can win here too, it's a long contest! 82 games!

No one said anything about the preview or Stan's closet, it's cool

With his ability to dominate in the paint, Dwight Howard is recognized as one of the most feared players in the NBA. Howard and the Orlando Magic look to get off to a strong start to the season in Wednesday's opener against the visiting Atlanta Hawks, who are trying to build off a surprising finish to 2007-08. Orlando went 52-30 last season to win its first division title since the strike-shortened 1998-99 season. It eliminated Toronto in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs to win its first postseason series since 1996 before losing to Detroit in five games in the semifinals. It was the Magic's best season in a decade, and Howard was responsible for most of the success. Howard earned first-team All-NBA, second-team All-Defense honors and finished fifth in MVP voting. He averaged 21.0 points, a league-high 14.2 rebounds and led the NBA in double doubles with 69. The 2008 slam dunk champion was also fifth in blocked shots (2.1) and third in shooting percentage (59.9). After last season, Howard helped the United States win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, and now he has his sights on contending with Boston, Detroit and Cleveland for supremacy in the East. "Got a gold medal now," Howard said. "Time to win a championship." In four games against the Hawks last season, Howard averaged 16.5 points and 13.8 rebounds in leading the Magic to two victories.

Orlando lost guards Keyon Dooling, Carlos Arroyo and Maurice Evans, but returns a strong scoring core with Howard, Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis. Turkoglu averaged 19.5 points and shot 40.0 percent from 3-point range earning Most Improved Player honors, while Lewis averaged 18.2 points and made 40.9 percent of his shots from beyond the arc last season. The Magic led the East in scoring (104.5), finished second in the conference in shooting percentage (47.4) and led the league with 801 3-pointers. "This moment never comes for too many people like this," Howard said. "Not many people win a championship. We have the right opportunity, the right players, the right coaching staff. We're in a great position to do that."

The Hawks are probably a few years away from contending for a championship, as their focus is trying to prove last season's finish was not a fluke. Atlanta went 37-45 to earn the East's final playoff seed and made its first postseason appearance since 1998-99. The Hawks faced Boston in the first round and took the eventual NBA champion Celtics to seven games. Atlanta won all three games at Philips Arena, but lost by at least 19 points in each game in Boston. "Last season is last season. It's something to build on, but it's behind us now," Atlanta coach Mike Woodson said. "I'm sure the guys have a wonderful taste in their mouths, especially the guys who had never been to the playoffs, but I know what it feels like to win a title and, boy, it would be unbelievable if that ever happened with this team. In order to do that, we've got to put forth the time and effort ... make it happen. Nobody is going to give you the title. You have to earn it." About Howard, Woodson said that "he's amazing, he scares the shit out of me. He's doing it with both hands, he's making his free throws now. C'mon man, that's tough when you've got a big guy that can defend the ball, score, make free throws and block shots and rebound. I mean, there's nothing he can't do right now."

The Hawks return leading scorer Joe Johnson, who averaged 21.7 points, and Josh Smith, who averaged 17.2 points and 8.2 rebounds, but lost valuable sixth-man Josh Childress to a team in Greece. Atlanta will count on two players who made their Hawks debuts last season to make bigger impacts in 2008-09. As a rookie, center Al Horford gained confidence throughout the year. He averaged 10.1 points, a team-high 9.7 rebounds and was named the runner-up for the NBA rookie of the year award. Point guard Mike Bibby was acquired at last season's trade deadline to direct the offense, and he averaged 14.1 points and 6.5 assists in 33 games for Atlanta. "We've got something special here," Johnson said. "Now, we've really got to validate what we did in the playoffs."

:: Starting Lineups ::

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hahaha

Pat Garrity's chair...


Nice Starting 5 presentation... The best one I've seen

Holy crap! This looks so good. You sure have some tricks up your sleeve Can't wait for the game recap..

Amazing preview. Enjoy doing this 82 times.

hahaha
Pat Garrity's chair...
Nice Starting 5 presentation... The best one I've seen

Thanks a lot man

Holy crap! This looks so good. You sure have some tricks up your sleeve Can't wait for the game recap..

Playing the game right now.

Amazing preview. Enjoy doing this 82 times.

Come on man, be cool

:: Results for October 28th, 2008 ::

• Who will score more points?

Charlie Villanueva: 11 points
Kirk Hinrich: 11 points


Correct option: same points

• Which team will win?

Portland: 111
LA Lakers: 114


Correct option: LA Lakers

• Who will pull down less rebounds?

Daniel Gibson: 1 rebound
Eddie House: 2 rebounds


Correct option: Daniel Gibson

:: Leaderboard after October 28th, 2008 ::

1. Valor :: 7 points (2 guesses + 50% guesses right)
   magician :: 7 points (2 guesses + 50% guesses right)
   ratrac :: 7 points (2 guesses + 50% guesses right)
2. IM2FLASHY_330 :: 2 points (just saw that he made a mistake: wrote Hinrich instead of Gibson/House, so I decided to give him one point)
3. Sit :: 1 point
   Martti. :: 1 point
   buzzy :: 1 point
   Asder :: 1 point

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Rules
Correct guess: 1 point.
If you guess at least 50% of the events of the day: 5 extra points.
If you guess all the events of the day: 10 extra points.
Yes it's 12 games tonight but come on, it's quick.

:: October 29th, 2008 ::

• How many total points will be scored?

186 or More
185 or Less

• Who will have a better FG percentage?

Jason Kapono (2007/08 FG%: .488%)
Louis Williams (2007/08 FG%: .424%)
Same percentage

• Who will dish less assists?

Vince Carter (2007/08 APG: 5.1)
Caron Butler (2007/08 APG: 4.9)
Same assists

• Which team will lose?

Sacramento (2007/08 vs. MIN: 1-2)
Minnesota (2007/08 vs. SAC: 2-1)

• Who will rack up more minutes?

Luc Mbah a Moute (2007/08 MPG: 0)
Earl Watson (2007/08 MPG: 29.1)
Same minutes

• Which team will have more players posting double figures?

Phoenix
San Antonio
Same players

• Who will have a worst 3-point percentage?

J.R. Smith (2007/08 3PT%: .403%)
Deron Williams (2007/08 3PT%: .395%
Same percentage

• Who will have more free throw attempts?

Jermaine O'Neal (2007/08 FTs: 121-163)
Chris Duhon (2007/08 FTs: 65-80
Same attempts

• Which duo will post more points?

Hakim Warrick & Rudy Gay (2007/08 PPG: 31.5)
Tracy McGrady & Shane Battier (2007/08 PPG: 30.9)
Same attempts

• Who will post a double-double?

Chris Paul (2007/08 PPG: 21.1 / 2007/08 APG: 11.6)
Andris Biedrins (2007/08 PPG: 10.5 / 2007/08 RPG: 9.8)
Both
None

• Who will lose this matchup?

LA Lakers (2007/08 vs. LAC: 4-0)
LA Clippers (2007/08 vs. LAL: 0-4)

• Will Danny Granger score 30 or more points? (2007/08 PPG: 19.6)

Yes
No

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186 or more
Jason Kapono
Vince Carter
Sacramento
Earl Watson
Phoenix
Deron Williams
Chris Duhon
Tracy & Shane
Both
LA Clippers
No

Orlando - Atlanta : 185 or less
Philadelphia - Toronto : Kapono
Washington - New Jersey : Same assists
Sacramento - Minnesota : Minnesota
Milwaukee - OKC : Watson
San Antonio - Phoenix : Suns
Denver - Utah : Deron Williams
Miami - New York : Chris Duhon
Memphis - Houston : T-Mac + Shane Battier
New Orleans - Golden State : Both
Lakers - Clippers : Clippers
Detroit - Indiana : Yes

1. 186 or More
2. Jason Kapono
3. Same assists
4. Sacramento
5. Earl Watson
6. Phoenix
7. Deron Williams
8. Jermaine O'Neal
9. Tracy McGrady & Shane Battier
10. Both
11. LA Clippers
12. No

Have fun dominating the Hawks

1) 186 or more.
2) Jason Kapono.
3) Caron Butler.
4) Sacramento Kings.
5) Luc.
6) Same.
7) Deron Williams.
8) Jermaine O'Neal.
9) Rudy Gay and Warrick.
10) Both.
11) Clippers.
12) Yes.

You may soon find difficult to think of things what to predict

186 or more
Jason Kapono
Vince Carter
Sacramento
Earl Watson
Phoenix
JR Smith
Jermaine O'Neal
Mcgrady and Battier
Chris Paul
LA Clippers
No

You may soon find difficult to think of things what to predict

Lol yes, will start repeating some things Will post the game against Atlanta tonight and after it the results.

1. 186+
2. Jason Kapono
3. Same
4. Sac-Town
5. Watson
6. Suns
7. Deron Williams
8. Jermaine O'neal
9. T-Mac and Battier
10. Both
11. L.A. Clippers
12. No

Dwight Howard was one of three Magic to score at least 18 points as Orlando beat the Atlanta Hawks 110-95 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. The Magic, who went 52-30 last season, were never threatened by Atlanta. Behind coach Stan Van Gundy, Orlando used a balanced attack with Rashard Lewis and Mickael Pietrus scoring 18 and 21 points, respectively. Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson added 16 points apiece, with Nelson adding 10 assists. The Magic built a 13-point halftime lead, and after the Hawks got within seven with 7:40 left in the third, Orlando went to win that period 27-18 and start the fourth quarter with a 22-point lead. Howard and Rafer Alston fueled a 9-0 run to put it away. Howard, who averaged a career-high 20.7 points and 14.2 rebounds (leading the league) last season, he added 18 rebounds tonight, shot 9-for-18, even adding 3 assists and 2 steals.

"We're coming together. We're moving the ball. Dwight is making shots and our confidence is up,'' Pietrus said. "I think everybody is putting in their own pieces and we're coming together as a team.'' Backup center Marcin Gortat scored all of his 6 points in the fourth quarter and Courtney Lee added another 6 points for the Magic. Hawks shooting guard Joe Johnson posted 24 points on 9-of-24 shooting. Point guard Mike Bibby, was held below 20 points as he scored 16 to go with 11 assists.

"Tonight was just bad. We played so horrible,'' said Al Horford, who shot 2 of 8 for 4 points but had 13 rebounds. "We didn't do anything right.'' The Hawks struggled to contain the Magic, even switching to a zone in the fourth quarter. But Orlando made six of ten 3-pointers and had 27 assists as Atlanta failed to contain Van Gundy's squad. "We came out and ended up on our heels early,'' Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "Our defense was not as good as it has been, particularly in the first quarter. I think that's where the game got away from us.''

Lewis had two straight treys to start an 11-2 run at the beginning of the second quarter as Orlando built a 43-25 lead. The Hawks got within 63-50 at halftime behind Marcus Williams' 16 points. But the Hawks couldn't overcome 6 of their 8 turnovers in that period and get back in the game. "I think this team tries hard and plays hard together,'' said Williams. "Each and every game is a building block for the playoffs or next season. We just want to get better and continue to develop chemistry.''

Game Notes
• Magic forward Lewis blocked three shots, a game high;
• All 5 Hawks starting the game logged over 33 minutes as the bench scored only 12 points, contrasted to Orlando's bench, scoring 29;
• Orlando shot 55% and the Hawks 41%.

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Amazing presentation and a great way to start the season!

Good recap and great result!

u have an awesome, fresh look on ur starting lineup good job.. thinking of some trades?

1) 185 less
2) kapono
3) Carter
4) Minnesota
5) watson
6) phoenix
7) jr smith
8) oneal
9) tracy & shane
10) cp3
11) clippers
12) yes

Amazing, just amazing presentation!

18 and 18 for howard

TOO BEASTLY!!!

This is one slick presentation. Keep it up!

186 or More
Jason Kapono
Vince Carter
Sacramento
Earl Watson
San Antonio
Deron Williams
Chris Duhon
Tracy McGrady & Shane Battier
Both
LA Clippers
No

Sorry that I'm taking so long, having a test this days and I'm studying. Tonight I will post the prediction results and the preview for the next game, but I was thinking, predicting 12 scenarios is too much, from now on I will do 3 scenarios each day and no more... so it goes a little quicker