9 Jan 11 Magic Make Huge Mistake Against Hornets: Misuse Vince Carter Once Again!

Harry How/Getty Images About three weeks ago Vince Carter delivered one of his most impressive offensive performances in the past five years. He scored 48 points against a pretty good Hornets team. Nobody saw this coming from Vince, but he proved that he still had something left in the tank. Now 3 weeks later the Magic San Diego Chargers jersey
face the Hornets once again. This time the Hornets don't have their best player in Chris Paul. Should be an easy win for the Magic right? That's the way it seemed for three quarters of this game. The Magic kept going down low to Dwight Howard and everything seemed to be going as planned. Then the fourth quarter began and the Magic fell apart. All of the sudden Dwight Howard started having trouble with Aaron Gray and David West couldn't miss a shot. So what do the Magic do? They decide to go to their so called go-to-guy Vince Carter. There is only one problem. Carter barely touched the ball the entire second half. This could've happened against some other team, but against the Hornets Vince should've had the ball from the start. The guys dropped 48 earlier in the month on the same team! Guys like Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis and even J.J. Redick were chucking up long distance jumpers even when it became obvious that the lead was slipping away from the Magic. Vince started getting the ball outside the three point line with close to 4 minutes left in the game. His shot obviously wasn't there and the Magic went on to lose the game. Is it Carter's fault that he couldn't make his shots or is it his teammates fault for not getting the ball to him earlier in the quarter? Back in the summer when The Magic aquired Carter they stated that they got him to be their closer, they promised that the ball would be in his hands when it was time to make a play at the end of the game. Vince is still a very dependable closer but a coach can't expect him to make all San Francisco 49ers jersey
his shots at the end of the game when he first touches the ball with four minutes to go. Guys like Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis, and even J.J. Redick are all capable shooters, but none of them are closers like Carter. So if the Magic want Vince to win games for them, they need to get him involved early in the fourth quarter or they won't be playing, never mind winning once June comes around.