--Dwight Howard hopes to be able to make a bank shot over Tim Duncan tonight. For Howard, John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com writes, Duncan is the gold standard of centers currently in the NBA.

--Rashard Lewis has been mired in a shooting slump this season, but Stan Van Gundy is very happy with his energy despite it.

--Timothy Varner of 48 Minutes of Hell writes it is OK to enjoy the beauty of the Spurs offense. San Antonio is doing a great job getting ball into the basket.

--Tony Parker is very much in the center of all things Spurs right now. He is trying to put behind him a below-standard season last year and deal with his divorce (and accompanying controversy) with Eva Longoria.

--Tiago Splitter is slowly finding his comfort zone within the San Antonio offense, writes Andrew A. McNeill of 48 Minutes of Hell.

--Jameer Nelson is not what a point guard typically looks like, but Brian Schmitz of The Orlando Sentinel calls him a winner.

--Scott Sereday of 48 Minutes of Hell provides a very detailed scouting report of the Magic for tonight's game.

--Orlando is still looking to right its offense as the team enters a difficult stretch of games.

--San Antonio is riding high on a 10-game win streak right now. The 11-1 start is much different than last year's 6-6 race out of the gate. Tony Parker's play has been key writes Mike Monroe of Spurs Nation.

--Eddy Rivera of Magic Basketball introduces the new and improved Brandon Bass.

--San Antonio tops Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk's Power Rankings and Orlando is fourth.

--DeJuan Blair has improved his free throw shooting.

--The down economy in the concert industry has city officials wondering if they will reap the early "honeymoon" benefits of the Amway Center, writes Mark Schlueb of The Orlando Sentinel.

--Robby Lim of Project Spurs previews tonight's game. CapHill of Pounding the Rock has one too.

--Former Magic center Rony Seikaly has become one of the hottest DJs in Miami.