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A great roadtrip!!!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Heyyyyyyy world! Now that’s what I call a roadtrip!!!

Ya’ll know that we pride ourselves on winning on the road because that’s what you have to do to win a championship in the playoffs. You have to be able to go into somebody else’s house and get tough Ws.

We had a really tough stretch with four games in five nights, and we started it off on the wrong foot by losing to the Heat by one point in the last few seconds. But we really bounced back on the road and came together as a team.

We were down 14 on Turkey Day in the A-T-L and came back with better defense in the second half to win. Milwaukee had us down 17 on Saturday, but we got hot in the third quarter and got a really, really tough W that night, too.

And on Sunday, we didn’t get to New York until like 3 in the morning and didn’t get to our hotel rooms until 4. Then, we had to play a 6 o’clock game at The Garden. But it might have been our best game of the season because everybody on the roster pitched in.

Those last two games they tried fouling me intentionally, but it didn’t work too good. Some of the guys call it “Hack-A-Howard’’ and I gotta admit that’s pretty funny. But I made the free throws vs. Milwaukee and New York.

I told ya’ll that I’ve been working on my free throws. I basically shoot 100 of them every morning and my coaches count every one of them. And I’m normally pretty good shooting them and it builds my confidence.

I gotta say that I really love my team right now. We’ve been through a lot of junk so far this season with injuries, the flu and the suspension to Rashard, but I’m really proud how we got through it all. We’re 14-4 and that’s the best record in the East and that’s amazing after all we’ve been through.

But we’re nowhere near being satisfied. We want to keep on getting better every time we step on the floor. We’re not stopping until we win that championship this season. I’m just really happy to see us coming together and playing the way we know how.

We got a couple of days off before we play the Knicks again on Wednesday. Then, we’re back on the road again this weekend by heading out to the West Coast. Well, at least we know we can win on the road. We road warriors, ya’ll!!!

—DWIGHT

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Help me be an all-star again!!!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Heeyyyyyy world!!! We had a really bad game the other night in OKC, but we’re going to try and bounce back tonight in Charlotte. Then, everybody knows who we have up next on Wednesday.

It should be a lot of fun facing those guys that we played in the EC Finals again, but first we have to take care of our biz in Charlotte. Us and Cleveland both changed up our rosters in the offseason, so it doesn’t even really feel like a rematch. But first things first tonight vs. these Bobcats.

Right now, we’ve just got to tighten up our defense. We are giving up too many open shots and fouling way too much. We can score with any team in the league, but we get in trouble when we just try to outscore people. Championship teams play great defense and we know that already. So we just have to shift our focus back to our defense instead of scoring on offense.

I just heard that the all-star ballots came out today. VC, ‘Shard, Jameer and me are on there this year for the Magic. I hope that you guys can help me get back to the all-star game again. I’ve been there three times already and I want to be in that game in Texas this year where the Cowboys play. That stadium looks incredible. I can’t believe they are gonna put a B-ball game in there.

I was blown away last year that you guys helped me get the most votes ever for an all-star player. That honor is one of the greatest of my career because it’s all about the fans helping me out.

I’ve always tried to be a man of the people and interact with the fans as much as I could in person and through Twitter and here on my website, but I was still shocked so many fans out there showed me so much love. I am blessed to have so many fans out there pulling for me.

Hopefully, you guys can hook me up again and help me get back to the all-star game. I’ve heard they might have like 100,000 people there for the game, and I can’t imagine playing in front of that many people. So I guess I’m here asking for your votes to help me out. Thanks you guys for everything you do.

Go Magic!!!

— D-12

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We’re 3-0!!!!

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Hey, worrrrllllllldddd!!!! What up, what up???

We’re 3-0 already, so hopefully everybody out there sees how hungry and talented we are. I’m really not that surprised that we’ve gotten off to a fast start and gelled so quickly. We are together because everybody in our locker room knows that we have just one goal … get that championship!!! There are no other agendas, no other goals. It’s all about that ‘ship this season.

We played like a team on Sunday, getting contributions from everybody to make up for not having some guys. VC couldn’t go with his ankle, MP was sick and ‘Shard is still out, but other guys picked up the slack.

‘Meer showed everybody that his shoulder is fine and JJ and Ryan Anderson, aka “The Black Horse,’’ were stroking the ball from the outside.

Ya’ll prolly saw me and my man, Chris Bosh, get tangled up there in the third quarter. I try not to react to those things and retaliate, but sometimes it’s hard when I have guys hanging on me and hacking me.

I had a real scare there in the first half when I had my arm pulled back and my shoulder was on fire. We did some stretches at halftime and I was able to get back in there in the second half. It’s sore already even after I put ice on it after the game, but I’ll be fine. Ya’ll know I got some big shoulders.

Well, we’re off to Detroit for a game on Tuesday. We’re gonna try to get all three on this trip and push it to 4-0 on the season. We’re trying to go out and make a statement every game this season – believe that!!!!

I’m gonna get outta here. Holla back at yo’ boy.

—D-12

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NOW THAT’S MY MAGIC!!!!!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Now, that’s the Magic team that we expected to look like at the start of the NBA Finals. We were patient, we were confident and we played with a swagger again. Maybe it was just being back at home or maybe it just took us a while to get used to being in The Finals, but we played like we were supposed to play.

I told ya’ll from the start that this is a seven-game series and we’re not done until the Lakers beat us four times. We still aren’t being given much of a chance to win, but maybe this win will open some eyes of the folks out there around the country. Maybe this will let them know the Magic are for real and we ain’t no pushovers.

As for my play personally, I thought I was more patient in the post and let the defense dictate what I did with the ball. When the double came I accepted it and made the right pass. When it didn’t come, I tried to be really aggressive and go right at Gasol and Bynum.

Me, Stan and Pat Ewing watched a lot of film on Monday on our day off and it really helped me see what was going on with the defense. I give the Lakers credit because they have done a good job sitting in my lap and taking away some of my moves. They are cutting me off to the middle and sending a second man when I come back baseline. So I tried to learn from that and make myself more efficient.

That’s the word – efficient – that I’m always hearing from Stan. I think I was pretty efficient in Game 3. I cut my turnovers down to one, I missed just one shot and I made most of my free throws.

And when guys like Skip, ‘Shard and MP make shots like they did, that just opens up even more things inside for me. We shot the ball like this and play this hard in Game 4 on Thursday and I think we’ll have us another win.

We really, really believe we’re still going to do this. I liked coming home for three games in a row and we felt like we could get all three of them. It’s one game at a time of course, but we haven’t lost any confidence that we can beat the Lakers.

Thank ya’ll for being so loud last night, but we need it even more hype come Thursday. We can do this – believe that!!!!

I’m out. Holler back at ya. — DWIGHT

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ME AND THE TROPHY

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Ya’ll will get to see my new commercial tonight during the game. ABC took some pictures of us with the NBA championship trophy the other day to run during the games, but if you look really close you will notice that I don’t touch it.

They had seven us take the pictures (Rafer, Turk, C-Lee, Shard, AJ, MP and me) with the trophy and some of my guys were holding it and rubbing it. But I’m not touching the trophy until we win it all and that baby re ally is mine. Then it’s on, and I’ll be kissing it and hugging it and everything.

We got the silver ball last Saturday night and it was nice, but I gotta tell you that gold one is beautiful. I want one of those so bad now.

We’re glad that game night is finally here. It’s been good to get some rest these last few days, but it actually seems like two weeks since we beat Cleveland. I think guys are focused and ready to go. We know what we have to do.

Yesterday’s practice was kinda crazy because cameras were popping and reporters were lined up around the court. I think some of our guys got to see how the Finals are different with more eyes looking at us. To me, it reminded me of the all-star games and even the Olympics from this past summer. You’re constantly getting pulled around with so much stuff to do.

I think we’ll adjust to all of this stuff pretty quick. Everybody who has been following the Magic knows that we’re a loose bunch. That’s why we’ve been so good on the road the last couple of years. That why we could go to Philly, Boston and Cleveland and win on the road in the playoffs.

We just know if we play our game by running, playing defense and rebounding we can beat anybody and win anywhere. That shouldn’t be any different tonight in L.A. We’ve won here the last two years, and we know we can do it again.

OK, ya’ll cheer us on tonight because we need the support from everywhere. That love I felt in Games 6 against Cleveland was the happiest I’ve been in a long time. We need to keep it going and get a W tonight and start these Finals off the right way.

– D-12

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