I told ya’ll the other day that we find it really disrespectful that everybody seems to be pulling for LeBron and Kobe to get to the Finals. Every time I look at TV, it seems like that’s all anybody is talking about. It’s like nobody is even giving us a shot at winning this series and we’ve used it as motivation.
We’re up 2-to-1 and we have a long way to go vs. the Cavs, but hopefully we can mess up those plans of getting Cleveland and L.A. in the Finals. If the lil’ ol’ Magic make it, what will they say then?
We really, really think we have the team and the talent to win a championship this year. Nobody out there on ESPN thinks that we can do it, but we think we have everything that it takes right now to bring that ‘ship back to O-town.
I’m proud of my guys the way we fought in Game 3 to get that win because nothing at all was easy to come by. They were hacking us all night and I knew it would be up to us to make free throws and keep executing. I missed some FTs early in the game, but I just tried to keep my form true and I started knocking them down.
For so me reason, when I pick out a song and sing it at the free throw line it helps me not think so much about shooting them. I had a dance song in my head all last night, so I had that going on when I was at the line. Hey, whatever works, right? They were playing all kinda krunk music up in Cleveland, and it was helping me take my mind off my form. I gotta come up with some song for Tuesday in Game 4 to keep it rolling.
We’ve got to get two more wins, but we really think we can win this series. If we move the ball to keep their bigs on the run, defend and rebound, we feel like we can beat anybody. We play like that, we can do it this year. People laughed a couple of years ago when I talked about bringing a championship to Orlando. But if we keep playing the right way, anything is possible now.
Aiiight, ya’ll I guess I gotta go watch another one of these LeBron and Kobe commercials on TV. Naw, just kiddin.
– D-12
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Tags: 2009 NBA Playoffs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwight Howard Blog, ESPN, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
Magic is my favorite team since i started watching NBA intensely. The biggest difference between Magic and Lakers or Magic and Cavaliers is that L.A. and Cleveland are so called one-man-army most of the time. If their one key guy wont shoot the team is worse than usually, but Magic has the spirit.
And in my opinion Magic has the best bench in play-offs. So i’ll keep watching all rest of the games and i’m sure you guys can do this.
I’ve grown a lot of respect for you and your team as a celtics fan. I think you guys will make it. Very excited to see you guys go into the finals~!! Wish you guys the best luck tonight.
I 100% believe that you all have what it takes to pull this off. To be honest, i was never a regular follower of basketball untill I started paying attention to the Magic. Over the past few years, i have watched how you work together, and you are all the reason that i have become passionate about the game, the best game there is, in my opinion .I agree completely with what CHILDSPLAY has said above. sometimes some other teams seem like they are putting on a one man show, and that’s just not going to cut it in the long run.Can’t wait for tonight!
the orbit gum commericial where he’s “dropping 35″ would be a good song to get in your head, we’d love to see another amway arena blowout of the cavs
Don’t you have to win one previous championship in order to bring it back to O-town?
Yo Dwight, you need to holler at the folks at Adidas and get Chauncey and do some commercials w/ puppets. It would be HILLLLARRRIOUUSSS. It’s also much needed man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know you could get them to do it, and I’m sure Chauncey would want to!
Interesting site, but much advertisments on him. Shall read as subscription, rss.
alright dwight! nice job on the game 4 win!!! win it at cleveland and silence the damn cavs fans!
MAGIC VS. NUGGETS 2009 FINALS SO THAT THE “KOBE-LEBRON-IN-THE-FINALS” FANS WILL JUST ARGUE ABOUT WHICH ONE OF THEM HAD THE WORSE ELIMINATION.
I agree. Those commercials frustrate me more than anything. And, I don’t think LeBron is the second magic, not even close with his lack of sportsmenship. A star? Maybe. He truly believe he is the lion for sure, counting the referees as a +1 on his side. I hope you guys will make it. You and Hedo rock! Go Magics!
Dwight,
Dont take these commercials personal. There is nothing wrong with you or your team. What you have to realize is that 99.9 percent of todays role models have committed adultery, disrespectful to to their elders, or committed a crime. So if you want to become famous in the eyes of the public you will have to complete one of three or maybe all three. And im not being sarcastic neither. Everybody is so pumped up over Kobe, but he slept with a maid while married and then you have Lebron whom cursed out his mother in front of millions with foul loanguage. So dont be upset when you see them in the lime light. Be upset that the public excepts that type of role model figures.
Love, respect, and faith!!!
LaCresha
Dwight. Congratulations! You made a lot of people believe in MAGIC! No smoke and mirrors here. Now, Orlando is where AMAZING HAPPENS! You and your team are 48 minutes away from the NBA finals. Stay true! Good things happen to good people. A team that prays together will stay together.
Now go out and take care of business in CLEVELAND!
Here’s my next free throw song suggestion: sing “That’s the way I like it” by K.C. and the Sunshine band.
I 100% support the superman ,D-12!
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I just watched the Kobe and Lebron Puppet Commercial,it is so cute,poor Lebron was punkd by Kobe.It seems that in the amway arena he is a truely poor guy.Your team showed me an amazing game,I hope MAGIC and LAKER will be in the Finals.Go ahead,Dwight!
PS: maybe now you should take the place of Lebron ,being the leading role in the commercial
goodboy dh,let lbj go fishing,you can
It’s really hard being a “superhero”. You’ll have a lot of supporters. But, you’ll also have a lot of detractors. But don’t worry. Even though they disrespect you and your teammates, they won’t be able to destroy you. Unless they use a Kryptonite. hahaha… Magics rules
big ups on game 5, b.
dudes can’t handle young diesel.
First of all I just want to say…GOOOO MAGIC!!! I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember and I am so proud of the heart that is going into this series (and all season long!)!!! I’m just wondering who’s paying who to get a Bryant/James match-up? I think some serious reviewing needs to go into watching what the heck these officials are doing? They can call fouls all night long and technicals until they are blue in the face, but Magic is the better team by-far!! I can not wait until ya’ll bring that title home!!! MAGIC #1…..
Dwight,
Phil Jackson said in a radio interview last month that he’d pick you over Lebron if he was trying to build a team from scratch.
Not everybody is dissing you.
I’m a MAVS fan, but I’m also a basketball fan. So just becuse my team is out of the playoffs does NOT mean I don’t watch ball. I’ve always HATED the Lakers and the Thuggets…ooops, I mean Nuggets are JUST THAT…a bunch of thugs and BronBron (imop) is overrated…or at the very least over-hyped…..so I’m rooting for ORLANDO all the way. And I think you guys are better than ANY team left in the playoffs. Why? Because you ARE a TEAM. And a good one. Not one dimensional like Cleveland or LA. And you have some classy guys on your team unlike Denver. So I will be watching and rooting for you every night….at least until next season…lol….But anyway….GO MAGIC!!
Oh and by the way…..I think the commercials (especially the puppet one with LB and Kobe) and the media are VERY disrespectful of the Magic. And being a MAVS fan, I know what I’m talking about there….since my team gets no respect either no matter what we do….so I hope the ZERO respect from the NBA and the media comes back to bite all of those morons in their collective asses.
I applaud everthing you are saying. The Media has been doing this for years. How can these organizations be considered unbiased when they outright campaign for certain matchups. As sad as is to say basketball is not the only sport it is done to.
Great job in the playoffs so far!
Just please, please be careful now. The one thing that could screw this all up is an injury. With the series against Cleveland all but over, you guys had best just take it easy and rest-up!
Magic,
Funny how so much disrespect has come about to you guys! I was so mad at the Tuesday game due to the refs. But you all pulled it off no matter what they threw at you. My husband and I know you all CAN and WILL make it to the TOP! All of you are GREAT and just need to keep POSITIVE!! Try to keep your cool and I will too. This is what I put on my facebook post at the end of Tuesdays game. “That’s right Magic! Lebron James, Who? That’s how we do it!” I am sick of hearing everything about everyone else as well. Where’s our credit? GOOOOOOO MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree about this being disrespectful; but it’s all the more reason to prove the naysayers wrong. I say use the haters as motivation! As others have already stated, the Fakers only have Kobe and the Cleveland Have-Nots only have LeBron. But Magic, well you all have a diverse and effective bunch of players. You, Ro, Skip, Rafer, Turkoglu just to name a few. Plus (and this could just be me) Pietrus has stepped up during the playoffs, coming out and scoring some major shots.
Keep doing what you’re doing, I say! Beat the Have-Nots tomight and SWEEP those FAKERS (if they get passed Denver, and if they don’t sweep Denver then!). Magic all the way!
Man forget the Magic, I wanna see my boy Bron get a ship yall can win it next year.
I’ve been waiting for 20 years for Orlando to go all the way. The time is now guys. Dwight you and your supporting cast are by far the league’s best. Ignore all that LaBron hype. He’s a “one man show”. GO MAGIC!
It’s not disrespectful Dwight. It’s just that not as many people want to watch the Magic in the Finals. It doesn’t mean you’re not a great team, it means that the Cavs are more popular. If people pull for Tiger, they aren’t disrespecting every other golfer. They really want to see Tiger instead of, say, Steve Stricker. And they have to hack you, dude. Otherwise you’ll just jam it down their throats. You happen to be a below average free throw shooter. Your series isn’t nearly as dirty as the Lakers/Nuggets but, come on, everybody is hacking out there.
I dislike it when people talk about Kobe and Lebron like they are a team by themselves! Dwight is a team player and he doesn’t act like he is the Magics alone!Keep your head up Dwight-that’s where the Magics’ help comes from. I LOVE THOSE MAGICS!!!!!
We all believe you
go MAGIC!
Hey, good luck to you and your team. Labron James,although a great athlete, cannot win against a “team”, he needs help. You guys play as a team, that is the way it should be. The Lakers won their division tonight but if they had not recognized that in game 5, it wold not have happened. Kobe is not a “Team”. Good Luck! I hope your team beat the Lakers to a PULP!
You are absolutely right … it even seems kind of strange that the Lakers pull out that series against the Nuggets when in my opinion the Nuggets have a better team … either way I am a solid Orlando fan for this season (got to support my Florida teams). Dwight you da man and I am hoping for a Howard / Kobe final and I believe that your team can pull off the Championship!
I really love you and your team. I am sure you will win tonight!
What will they say now Dwight? GO MAGIC! and THANK YOU!
Well after tonight I’m afraid they’re going to have to change up their commercials!! Congrats..you guys earned it and God will get you through the Finals with a win.
The game last nite was the best you and the team has ever played…I thought your permormance was super.truly all-pro caliber….bring LAL on.. good luck.
I heard they wanted to make a Howard puppet, but they couldn’t get the elbows big enough! What a dirty player.
MAN ALICIA YOU ARE SO DAMN STUPID
no disrespect to the magic, but you just said the “fakers” only have bryant and the magic have a suporting cast such as skip?….Pau Gasol is much better than skip will ever be and kobe has had the role of facilitator in most of these games. Then im not even sure if you watch basketball cause you said “skip, rafer” bit those are the same people….skip is rafers nickname…..and who the hell is ro? rashard lewis?….lol
There are two bad things about media coverage:
1. None of the well known sites prints Howard’s winning face. Instead we see only a looser’s face.
2. They are not talking about winning team from Orlando. Instead they are sayng that loosers did not play good enough.
I may say that US media totally ignore a rising brilliant star – Mr. D. HOWARD – a real superplayer !!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCREW THE MAGIC! Ya’ll messed everything up. Nobody wanted to see the Magic in the finals! The world wanted to see Lebron vs Kobe. That’s where the money was. I hope the Lakers sweep you guys under the rug because you don’t deserve to be here! Remember, there is no such thing as magic, it’s merely all an illusion.
Oh and by the way Dwight, in that dunk contest the other year when you wore the superman cape, that was WACK! You did not dunk the ball, you just threw it in the basket. I don’t care how high you jumped, it was a dunk contest and you didn’t dunk the ball. You should have lost. What are you doing in a dunk contest anyway, you are damn near 7-feet tall?!
I DON’T believe in magic!
Dwight, your in the limelight no matter what ESPN says you will have your own commercials and spotlight when you displace L.A. come Thursday. I a NYer
in Florida the FIFTH BOROUGH!!
How much of a smoooooth transition it was to play wit Nelson to Alston…what
a move!!! I see you in Disney!!!!
come 2010 Go to NY with everyone else!
Dwight,
I am an avid Laker fan and I love Kobe. I completely agree with you. I have been saying all season that the sleeper team is Orlando and that you are capable of getting your team to the finals. But on the other hand the best action to watch is the head to head of the superstars. The league just wrongly dismissed any sleeper teams.
Dwight- thanks for being a breathe of fresh air to this city. I appreciate you being involved in the community and being a role model for the youngins. As a young professional too, I can surely relate the pressures that surround a young man- and your confidence and charisma really represent the best of our future- off and on the court. Though I will never play a profession basketball game in my life I appreciate watching you as a talented man in Game 1 of the NBA Finals or Game 1 of the regular season.
Muhammad Ali once said “It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”
Way to believe in yourself and team through the early Doubting Thomas’. Now go throw a knock-out punch in LA-figuratively speaking-watch those Tech’s-
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Dwight,
In order to be GREAT you have to feel defeat! This builds character. When your team falls you have to get back up! Win or loose you must fight. This is part of trials and tribulation.
Don’t let the DEVIL distract you and your team from your goal. If you do, you will loose. The bright lights, big city, media, and Hollywood crowed can bring you & your team down. Stay positive!
The Magic do have the better team! Now go figure out your problem, and have yourself a PLAYERS ONLY meeting!
The Championship is YOURS if you want it! You have to believe in MAGIC.
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Nice job eliminatin da cavs!!!! Lebron sucks balls!!!