Jameer Nelson

being suspended for the first ten games of the season, but in the fourth quarter of the same game, Jameer Nelson injured his left knee. Reports out of Orlando today are that Nelson needs surgery to repair cartilage in that knee, and will miss 4-6 seeks.

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;Although Dwight Howard threw up enough clutch-time bricks from the line to build an estate, it was Jameer Nelson's mind-numbing mind-numbness that truly cost Orlando down the stretch. Lets recap: Magic cling to a three-point lead with seconds remaining. Derek Fisher brings the ball across half-court. Nelson, who by this point should have lodged his way into Fisher's shorts, inexplicably remains behind the three point line with a disarming "did-I-leave-the-gas-on?" expression clouding his face. Fisher takes full advantage of Nelson's ill-timed ambivalence and nails the game-tying three, forcing the game into an overtime period and causing Stan Van Gundy to lose a lung on the sideline. Mother.. 

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Also shot 83% from the foul line.

Jameer Nelson's long awaited return yielded 23 minutes and 6 points. Hard to determine what mental uplift it had. Especially since the Magic disappeared in the 2nd quarter.

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Well not totally anyway. I was fairly certain that without Jameer Nelson at the point, the Orlando Magic would struggle with the 76ers and fall to the Kevin Garnett-less Celtics.

Well the Sixers did give the magic a tough match up. But the Magic gutted out the Celtics in 7 great games. I know missing Kevin Garnett is huge but I thought that Big Baby Davis, Kendrick Perkins, PJ Brown, Pat O'Bryant, and Scott Pollard were enough big bodies and length to hang with the 3 towers of Orlando. Dwight Howard the beast, Hedo Turkoglu, and Rashard Lewis. Handling them means more than height and post presence but some ability away from the basket.

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