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Matt Barnes Brings His Defense to Orlando

Matt Barnes spent Sunday guarding Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, and it turned into quite a physical game between the two. Barnes who has been with six different teams is spending his first season with the Orlando Magic. He signed a two year contract that  pays him $1.6 million a year.  Barnes brings a whole new dimension to the Orlando team, which is his physical style of defense.

Even though Kobe Bryant scored 34 points in their loss on Sunday, Barnes kept him to  12 of 30 shooting from the field. This also included Matt Barnes causing Kobe to miss his 20 foot jumper with only 1.2 seconds in the game, which would have tied it. He was able to keep on Bryant, which caused Bryant to become a bit irritated and was called for a technical in the third quarter. His style of defense on Sunday seemed to have gotten to the Lakers as several players referred to his physical game and Laker player Lamar Odom, said that he was sorry that they would not be playing again in the regular season.

 Matt Barnes brings the intensity and physical edge that the Magic has needed. For them to be a factor in the playoffs, they need this type of play to conitnue. Barnes realizes that he needs to keep some control over his play. He could have caused difficulty for his team as he engaged with Lakers’ Derek Fisher with only 43 seconds left in the game.  Had he been called for a technical, the game outcome may have been different as it would have been his second of the game. 

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