Box Score

 

CHICAGO (96)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
E Robinson          23   3-6   3-4   0-2   1   3    9
D Marshall          17   1-6   1-2   0-2   1   4    3
T Chandler          34  7-11   2-4  3-10   0   4   16
J Rose              36  4-12   7-7   0-0   8   5   16
J Williams          30  5-11 10-10   1-5   6   2   20
L Baxter            22   2-4   2-4   1-5   1   5    6
E Curry             23  6-10   1-3   1-6   1   2   13
T Hassell           25   1-4   0-0   0-8   3   5    2
J Crawford          18   4-8   0-0   0-2   2   1    9
F Hoiberg            9   1-1   0-0   0-1   0   1    2
R Mason Jr           3   0-1   0-0   0-1   0   0    0
C Blount           DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                               
  
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TOTALS             240 34-74 26-34  6-42  23  32   96
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Percentages: FG-.459, FT-.765. 3-Point Goals:
2-6, .333 (E Robinson 0-1, J Rose 1-2, J 
Williams 0-1, J Crawford 1-1, R Mason Jr 
0-1). Team Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots:5 (E 
Curry 3, D Marshall, T Chandler). 
Turnovers:24 (T Chandler 7, J Rose 4, D 
Marshall 3, J Crawford 2, T Hassell 2, J 
Williams 2, E Curry 2, F Hoiberg, E 
Robinson). Steals: 5 (J Crawford 2, D 
Marshall, J Williams, F Hoiberg).


ORLANDO (110)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
G Giricek           43  5-13   5-5   0-2   3   3   15
D Gooden            34 11-16   0-2  4-11   1   2   22
A DeClercq          13   0-2   0-0   1-4   0   4    0
T McGrady           33 15-32 16-20   1-5   3   5   52
J Vaughn            35   1-5   2-3   0-1   8   2    4
S Kemp              12   0-2   0-0   2-5   1   3    0
P Garrity           19   2-9   0-0   0-2   0   2    4
D Armstrong         28   3-6   4-4   0-2   3   1   11
S Hunter            19   0-2   2-2   3-6   0   4    2
P Burke              2   0-1   0-0   0-0   0   0    0
O Oyedeji            2   0-0   0-0   0-3   0   0    0
J Sasser           DNP  - NECK SPASMS                                    
  
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TOTALS             240 37-88 29-36 11-41  19  26  110
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Percentages: FG-.420, FT-.806. 3-Point Goals:
7-26, .269 (G Giricek 0-5, D Gooden 0-1, T 
McGrady 6-13, J Vaughn 0-1, P Garrity 0-4, D 
Armstrong 1-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked 
Shots:3 (S Kemp, T McGrady, D Gooden). 
Turnovers:12 (D Armstrong 3, J Vaughn 3, D 
Gooden 2, S Kemp, G Giricek, T McGrady, S 
Hunter). Steals: 13 (D Armstrong 4, T McGrady
3, J Vaughn 2, G Giricek 2, O Oyedeji, D 
Gooden).

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CHICAGO              29  23  23  21   -  96
ORLANDO              31  32  33  14   -  110
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Technical fouls: Chicago - 2 (Team, 6:45 1st;
Delay Of Game, 9:11 3rd). Orlando - 1 (Team, 
6:27 1st).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 17,156. T: 2:20. 
Officials: Derek Collins, Jim Clark, Michael 
Smith.

Game Story

ORLANDO, Florida (Ticker) -- Tracy McGrady scored a 
career-high 52 points and overshadowed successful debuts by his
new teammates to lead the Orlando Magic to a 110-96 victory over
the Chicago Bulls.

McGrady, whose previous career best was 50 points last March 8
against Washington, reached that mark with 3:20 left in the
third quarter.  He had 33 points in the first half, including a
thunderous one-handed dunk off a lob pass from Darrell Armstrong
with 3:26 left in the second quarter.

"I was just feeling it tonight," McGrady said.  "When I get it
rolling tonight, give me the ball because I'll make a lot of
things happen.  I just felt like I couldn't miss."

The alley-oop gave the Magic a 49-44 lead.  They built it to
63-52 at intermission, then pulled away in the third quarter as
McGrady - the NBA's leading scorer - collected 19 points on
5-of-12 shooting.

McGrady went to the bench for the fourth quarter and came within
a point of Shaquille O'Neal's team scoring record.  He also
finished a point short of the NBA season high, set Sunday by New
York's Allan Houston.

"I could still do more," McGrady said.  "But we're
professionals, the game was out of reach.  Fans wanted me to go
back at it, but it wasn't professional."

Rookies Drew Gooden and Gordan Giricek, acquired Wednesday in a
trade that sent McGrady's friend, Mike Miller, to Memphis, made
auspicous first appearances for the Magic.

Gooden posted his sixth double-double of the season with 22
points and 11 rebounds.  He made 5-of-6 shots and scored 10
points in the first quarter.

"Everyone was focused on Tracy, so we'd just run and cut and go
to the boards," Gooden said.  "I like that style."

Giricek added 15 points on 5-of-13 shooting and was perfect on
five free throws.  He missed all five of his 3-point attempts,
but McGrady more than made up for his teammate's long-range
deficiency by shooting 6-of-13 from beyond the arc.

"I hope me and Drew bring him luck," Giricek said.  "I hope
every day (will) be like this - 52 and a win."

"I asked McGrady if he had any more friends.  If so, we're going
to trade them all," Orlando coach Doc Rivers joked.  "That was
a great team win.  What Tracy did was awesome.  For Gordan and
Drew to come in and play that well was a great lift.  It's a
nice 1-2 combination with Gooden and McGrady."

The Bulls, who won at Cleveland on Tuesday, fell for the 28th
time in 31 road games.  Chicago has not posted back-to-back
victories away from home since April 10-15.

"The only positive thing is it should inspire us and fire us up
for the next game," said Bulls center Tyson Chandler, who had 16
points and 10 rebounds but committed seven turnovers.  "I'm
sure we don't want to walk into the arena and get another `L'
like this."

Rookie Jay Williams led the Bulls with 20 points and made a
season-high 10-of-10 free throws to go with six assists.

Jacque Vaughn collected eight assists for the Magic, who also
got 11 points and four steals from Armstrong.

Orlando scored more than 30 points in each of the first three
quarters before posting just 14 in the final period with McGrady
on the bench.