Twenty four hours before they host Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (tonight, 01:30, live on Channel 10), the Orlando Magic lost a preseason game 91-95 in Miami vs the Heat.
The Magic played without three injured major players – Steve Francis, Deshawn Stevenson & Mario Kasun who are doubtful for tonight’s game. Top scorers for Orlando: Dooling 19, Hill 17, Howard 16 & 11 rbds, Turkouglu 15 & 6 rbds. Miami played the injured O’Neill. Top scorer was Dwayne Wade with 15 pts.
Sarunas Jasikevicius played 24 minutes in Indiana Pacers 94-81 over NBAchampions San Antonio Spurs. Saras did not score (0-6 FG) but made 5 assists & 2 steals. Another ex Maccabi player Beno Udrih scored 2 pts for the Spurs.
Yotam Halperin played 36 min, scored 12 pts, dished out 3 assists and pulled down 3 rbds in Olimpija Ljubljana 80-89 loss to Hemofarm Vrsac in the Adriatic League.
