Marcin Gortat News

I'm keeping Tania Ganguli's seat warm tonight on the baseline at Amway Arena, blogging live from the Magic-Heat tilt.

The Magic are winning, but lately they haven't been able to follow their inside-out script of playing through C Dwight Howard .

It's not as if the Raptors suddenly turned into the perfect hosts, kind and accommodating and looking as if they could perhaps replace Oprah.

Dallas 115, Milwaukee 113: Difficultly on Dirk's game-winner ? 8.5. Brandon Jennings was "held" to 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds two nights after exploding for 55.

TV - CSN, ESPN. Radio - WEEI-AM Team Leaders Scoring Bos: Pi erce - 18.4 Magic: Dwight Howard - 18.1 Rebounding Bos: Ga rnett - 7.3 Magic: Howard - 10.7 Assists Bos: Ron do - 9.0 Magic: Jason Williams - 4.1 Who'll go off: Kevin Garnett.

The Magic, with Jason Williams starting at the point in place of the injured Jameer Nelson, played arguably their best basketball of the season in the first three quarters on their way to a 30 point lead over Oklahoma City, before the Thunder outscored the Magic by 16 points in the final quarter to make the final score more respectable.

Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson needs surgery again. The All-Star will have arthroscopic surgery Wednesday on torn cartilage in his left knee, the team said.

Suspension-free, Rashard Lewis was back in Amway Arena for the first time in a month and a half.

Families pass around the flu. Sports teams are no different no matter how many bottles of hand sanitizer you scatter around the training facility.

Charlotte Bobcats at Magic, 7 p.m. Where: Amway Arena , Orlando. TV: FSN; Radio: WDBO AM 580; Spanish language: WONQ 1030.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard showed the winless New Jersey Nets that he'd like to repeat as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.

Now that LeBron James is keeping quiet about free agency, speculation is all we've got.

Marcin Gortat spends a lot of time in practice against Dwight Howard. He spent large parts of Wednesday's game guarding Shaquille O'Neal. Gortat came away from the experience having learned a few things about the players.

LeBron James was his aggressive, dominating self in pressuring Marcin Gortat and the Orlando Magic defense throughout Wednesday's 102-93 victory in Florida.

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officials on his blog.

Jonas Jerebko made some hustle plays in his first-ever start. Well, that was a relief .

Ryan Anderson wore a boot on his right foot today and said an MRI this morning showed his injury isn't especially serious -- no tear or break.

Phoenix Suns forward Alando Tucker drives to the basket past Orlando Magic guard Jason Williams, lower left, as Magic center Marcin Gortat , of Poland, and Suns forward Louis Amundson look on during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, Nov.

Detroit came into the game missing two of their best players, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince , which broke Prince's string of 496 straight games played.

Dwight Howard was a preseason favorite for Most Valuable Player in the league. Tuesday night, in Detroit, Howard looked like the most vulnerable player on the court.