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My Player (Season 3) Game #6

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM.

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MAGIC USE 4TH QUARTER SPURT TO BEAT MAVS

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Happel takes to the sky for an alley-oop-a-thon

Orlando, FL - Other than the first loss of the season at Washington, this may be the toughest Orlando's been pushed, so far. Dallas managed to hang with the Magic for much of the game, in fact taking a slim lead into the fourth quarter. However, Orlando stepped on the gas once again, outscoring the Mavericks 29-16 in the final frame to win the game relatively comfortably, 98-87. And, it had as much to do with the Magic winning it as it did Dallas losing it. Orlando shot 52% in that last quarter, while the Mavs could only hit on a measely 27%. "One of the things I'm learing very quickly here is this team's ability to perform in the cluch," said guard Stephen Jackson, "We don't care what the score is. When it's the fourth quarter, we kick it up another notch."

Happel was able to reach back and pull out something special all game long

Orlando was led by swingman Brian Happel, who scored 32 points, including 23 in the first half. He was just lights out from the field, connecting on 12-14 overall. He also got to the foul line, hitting all 7 shots he took. It was another day at the office for Dwight Howard, who scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Stephen Jackson contributed 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. And point guard Gilbert Arenas handed out 8 assists. Happel is impressed with how his team is going right now, "Everything just seems to be clicking right now and we need to figure out why so we can keep things going the way they are."

It didn't matter if he was open or not, Happel was on fire, hitting on 12-14 FG

Vince Carter continues to do well against his former team, pouring in 19 points and getting 8 boards. He did not have a whole lot of support otherwise, with Dirk Nowitzki not getting much in the way of offensive opportunities. Nowitzki scored just 10 points on 5-10 shooting, though he did grab 13 rebounds. The bench did its job, outscoring Orlando 28-8. But, it was not nearly enough.

Happel let the home crowd know what he thought about them

The Magic continue their trend of getting to the line more often than they did last year, taking 21 shots from the charity stripe against the Mavs, making 18. Orlando's defense was also solid, forcing 11 Dallas turnovers. Next week, the Magic have to work through two back-to-back's, both starting at home and ending on the road.

Nov 10, 2012 - DAL at ORL
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Dallas Mavericks (3-4)	19	32	20	16	87
Orlando Magic (5-1)	27	22	20	29	98

Dallas Mavericks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
S. Nash	35	3-10	2-3	1-2	3	5	1	0	3	9
V. Carter	38	8-22	2-7	1-1	8	2	2	0	0	19
S. Marion	21	4-7	0-0	2-2	3	1	0	0	2	10
T. Sherman	35	4-10	0-0	3-3	4	1	0	0	3	11
D. Nowitzki	36	5-10	0-0	0-0	13	2	0	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Jones	32	4-11	1-3	1-2	5	4	1	1	1	10
Y. Jianlian	19	3-3	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	6
J.J. Barea	11	2-7	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	4
M. Andrew	6	0-3	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	1	2
B. Haywood	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	2
M. Watts	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Arnold	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		35-87	5-16	12-14	49	19	6	2	11	87

Orlando Magic
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gilbert Arenas	35	5-15	2-7	0-0	4	8	1	1	0	12
Stephen Jackson	41	6-17	2-8	3-4	7	4	2	2	3	17
Brian Happel	44	12-14	1-2	7-7	10	5	0	0	2	32
Andray Blatche	37	7-18	0-0	3-4	3	0	3	2	0	17
Dwight Howard	40	5-10	0-0	2-2	12	2	2	1	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
DeJuan Blair	14	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Marcin Gortat	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
John Salmons	9	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	3
Mack Bledsoe	3	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cory Coleman	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Washington	9	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Anderson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		37-83	6-19	18-21	43	21	9	6	6	98