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O'Neal Powers Pacers Past Magic
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117
109
Pacers Boxscore| Magic Boxscore

[ Orlando, FL (Ticker) – The
Magic opened their season tonight in front of a packed house to face off against
the
Indiana Pacers. As The Magic were outlasted by the Indiana PAcers 117-109 in a tight rapid great game.
Jermaine O’Neal led the
Pacers with
29 Points &
19 Rebounds as well as blocking
2 shots, also playing well
for the
Pacers was
Peja Stojakovic who had
24 Points. The
Pacers found themselves down by
1 heading
into the 4th but that’s when
O’Neal stepped up and secured the win for the
Pacers. “It was a tough game
tonight they have a lot of talented youngsters but in the end we did just enough to leave here with the win”
The
Magic can take away a lot from this game as almost every one expected them to get thumped against
such a talented team as the
Pacers.
Dwight Howard had an outstanding game scoring
40 Points and pulled
in
14 Rebounds as well as dishing out
5 assists,
Darko Milicic added
17 points and
5 rebounds and
Six
Assists. “We stayed with them until the final Qrt and then there experience just took over”
Howard Said.