Harris Leads Magic Over Kings
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The first quarter ended in a tie despite our shooting advantage 56% to 40%. They hung around thanks to us going 3-6 from the line, turning it over 5 times, and giving up 4 offensive rebounds. Rondo and Belinelli lead the Kings with 5. Oladipo(8) and Mario 5 led our charge. We play bad in the second quarter only scoring 19 points while giving up 27 to go into the half down 8. We shot only 40%, turned it over 9 times, and gave up 7 offense rebounds which allowed the Kings to build up the lead while not shooting well. Cousins and Oladipo 10 each were the only double digit scorers in the half. We opened the half on a 9-0 to go up by 1 and get ourselves back in the game. Both teams shot well in the quarter(48% for them, 56% for us). They played well the rest of the quarter to grab a 3 point lead going into the forth. We had balanced scoring in the quarter. Nikola had 6, Harris had 4, Victor had 5, and Bynum led the charge with 7. Cousins(6) and Gay(8) led the Kings. Bynum scored 5 points early in the quarter before leaving for the starting lineup subs to give us a spark. We played evenly for a while, before a 7-0 run by the Kings gave them a 5 point lead with 6 minutes left. Down by four, Harris hit a three to make it a 1 point game with 4 minutes left. Gay scored, and then Harris hit another three to tie it with 3:42 left. Harris and Gay traded baskets to make it 95-95. Harris got a dunk to give us the lead, we got a stop and then he drove, got fouled and split his free throws to make it a 3 point game. We got another stop and Harris was doubled and he found Payton who got fouled and hit his free throws to put us up 5 with 1:16 to go. Cousins came back with a quick bucket. Harris got doubled again and found a cutting Payton who was fouled, but split the free throws to put us up 4 with a minute left. We got a stop and just needed a bucket to put it away. We gave it to Harris down low on Acy(who he abused the whole forth quarter), Cousins doubled and was able to strip the ball before Harris could pass. The Kings got a steal and Marco drilled a shot in transition to make it a 2 point game with 30 seconds left. We got the ball and ran the clock down, we swung it to Harris top of the key, again the second man came. He swung it to Payton who was standing alone in the corner, Payton drove and beat the help to the basket and got a layup to make it a 4 point game with 8 seconds and that put the game away.
Player of the Game: Harris 25 points 8 rebounds 4 assists 9-16 FG 2-4 3PT 5-8 FT
Player Stats:
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Reaction: We overcome the turnovers and mistakes and play a solid game. We competed hard on both ends. We needed a win to bounce back and we got one against a pretty good team. It was nice to see Harris get a game in the spotlight as he took over the forth quarter and led us to a win. Victor continues his really good shooting and that is a good sign moving forward. So far the Bynum signing has been an success. In 20 minutes per game he is averaging 14 points, 6 rebounds, and a block on 48% shooting. If this keeps up he might see more minutes in the feature. We played a lineup with him at the 5, and Nikola at the four in the beginning of the forth with solid success. In certain match-ups that could prof to be a weapon.
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