Knicks Couldn't Get Magic

The Orlando Magic are dominating this season, because their leading the Southeast division with a record of 19-11. They were able to defeat the New York Knicks 110-96, yesterday in Orlando.

Hedo Turkoglu lead with 26 points, and was able to get 6 rebounds, and 6 assist. Turkoglu says the Magic aren't trying 100 percent at home this season, but that changed against the Knicks.

"We've been letting teams off easy when they come here, but we didn't do that this time," said Turkoglu. "We had it going the whole second half and didn't have to try and pull something out in the final minutes."

Turkoglu scored 10 points during a 20-6 run in the fourth quarter. That gave the Magic a comfortable lead.

Rashard Lewis scored 25 points with 6 rebounds. Lewis said playing defense in the second half made everything easier.

"We've got to keep bringing it at teams like that when we're at home," Lewis said. "We really picked it up defensively in the second half and that made things easier for us offensively."

Dwight Howard finished with a double-double; he had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Keith Bogans scored 10 points with 7 rebounds, he was 4-14 from field goals, and 1-11 from three point range.

Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy said his team played soft, and he feels bad for the fans. "I feel bad for our fans," Van Gundy said. "I would have booed a lot louder than that. ... And I hope they will, if they put out the same effort the next time we're here.

"We had a team-wide effort of guys getting their (butts) kicked, and a lot of guys right now, they're OK with that as long as they get their numbers. It's probably gonna continue until we get some guys who want to win."

The Knicks remain in fifth place with this lost, and their record is 8-20. Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas said he'll make some changes to the starting line-up, because he believes the wrong players are starting.

"We probably have the wrong guys starting and we'll look to change our lineup and try to get some more energy and defensive guys in the lineup," said Thomas.

Zach Randolph agrees with Thomas, because he believes a change is needed. Randolph said the players will need to accept the changes that will be made, because something isn't right.

"That is what we need, a change," Randolph said. "Obviously we are not doing something right. If he is going to make a change, guys have to be willing to accept a role. Guys have to be supportive." Randolph finished with 22 points, and 9 rebounds.

Jamal Crawford lead the Knicks with 29 points and 8 assist. He finished with 9-22 from field goals, and 2-5 from three point range. Crawford said the Knicks played great, but didn't continue their success towards the end.

"We had 36 good minutes, but the last 12 just got away from us," Crawford said. "We defended well, shot the ball well, but it just got away from us at the end."

David Lee had 11 points with 14 rebounds. Eddy Curry wasn't in the starting line-up, and he doesn't want that to contiune. Curry finished with two points, no rebounds, and one turnover.

"It's extremely tough to sit that long," Curry said. "I'm not used to that at all and I hope it doesn't continue. I just think at some point I'm going to have to be out there for us to win the game."