Game 6: Orlando Magic (3-3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (3-2)

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That was a bad Orlando team with their players available.  Mavs took care of business though.    Nice to have a pretty easy game.  Tomorrow night a team that gave them fits last year comes to Dallas.  It will see if Dallas does any better tomorrow.

I still didn't like how they started, but maybe I am being overly critical as they were up double digits after the first.  Luka moved much better tonight.  Klay not getting a ton of looks but he has made some nice passes this year.  Once we find a rhythm that is going to be a nice added way to get easy looks.  I really like the Marshall minutes.  He is the one guy who plays off tune.  I don't know if he is going to try to make a crazy shot or the smart play.  You can have one player like that, and that is him.  I loved how he is pushing the pace though.  Nice to have him off the bench.  In time though, he will need to hit some threes as the year goes on.  I thought Lively was fantastic and Gafford also played well.  In our 4 wins our centers were good.  In the two losses, they were outplayed.

As far as mop up minutes, I thought Hardy was strangely out of it.  Sloppy and didn't appear really into the game.  Something to watch as it looks like he is going to need wait until injury/rest day/or when spark is needed until he sees real minutes now.  Dwight Powell enters the game and the game turns into a rugby match.  Never change Dwight. 

I expect we get a good Pacers performance tomorrow.  They haven't played in a few days and lost a tough game their last game.  They have gotten off to a slow start and Rick always has his team up to play against his old team.

Pacers are banged up. They have lost both backup centers to torn Achilles. Isiah Jackson and James Wiseman, as well as Aaron Nesmith is out with a severe ankle sprain. So, I'm sure they'll be looking for a big or two.  The game might not be as difficult as you think.