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Fri, Jan 20th 2012, 11:00
Redick's Chronicle
Over the course of three games in three days, Orlando Magic shooting guard J.J. Redick played a whopping 99 minutes.
As it turns out, he would have liked to have had an additional two-tenths of a second more on the court.
Redick buried a potential game-winning 3-pointer late Wednesday night, but the high-arching shot was ruled to have left his hands after time had expired. So rather than enjoying a sixth consecutive victory and a first-ever stretch of three wins in three days, Redick and the Magic were forced to stomach an 85-83 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
Redick had to navigate some obstacles just to get the final shot off. Following a missed 3-pointer by Ryan Anderson, Redick received a kick-out pass from Dwight Howard with approximately 3.1 seconds to play. But because San Antonio’s Danny Green was running toward him and jumping to contest, Redick had to pump fake and use an escape dribble to get room for the shot.
The ball found nothing but net, but clearly left Redick’s hands after the horn had sounded. He held both palms in the air as the ball was still aloft, knowing all along that the shot was going down. But knowing that it would be disallowed, Redick frustratingly put his hands on his head in disgust.
Redick, who is in his sixth season with the Magic, agreed to keep a running diary for OrlandoMagic.com this week about the highs, lows and rigors of playing three games in three days. Orlando won in New York on Monday, beat Charlotte at the Amway Center on Tuesday and agonizingly lost Wednesday to the Spurs as Redick’s shot was disallowed.
The Magic were playing their first stretch of three games in three nights because of the NBA lockout that stretched almost five months. Redick is no stranger to playing three straight days, having competed in four Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship games while he was a college star at Duke University.
Redick recounted the last four days – a prep day of practice and flying to New York and the subsequent three games — for OrlandoMagic.com’s readers along with Magic beat writer John Denton. Here is Redick’s account of what the past four days have been like on his body, his psyche and his team:
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