Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy made the call very early that he was going to side with the strength of his new team. Coach Stan decided to sacrifice some girth and toughness up front for more of a finesse lineup by pairing two small forwards, Hedo and Rashard, alongside center Dwight Howard. Coach Stan rolled the dice hoping that Dwight, who when all is said and done will be one of the best rebounders ever, would dominate the glass and leave a few scraps here and there. The gamble has paid off. The Orlando Magic are knocking on the door of 50 victories. They lead the East in scoring. They are first in the NBA in three pointers made. The Magic are second in three's attempted. They're in the middle of the pack in rebounding statistics. However, over the last few weeks, we're starting to see this team's lack of 'physicality' rare its ugly head. In five of the last six games, the Orlando Magic have been outmatched on the glass. The Bucks out-rebounded the Magic 59-44. Milwaukee also stole 25 offensive rebounds from us. New Orleans pounded us on the glass (51-30) and beat us down with 21 offensive rebounds to our TWO! Cleveland got 18 offensive rebounds on the way to a 48-33 rebounding advantage. Even the woeful Knicks out-rebounded us 55-52 (17 offensive) Sunday night. Of those six games, the Magic lost four of them. Are the latest rebounding woes legitimately disturbing? Or, with their playoff fate decided long ago, is this team taking the pedal off the medal a bit? Yes and Yes. This team has not had to play on edge for a while now. But, with the playoffs approaching, this is undoubtedly a very disturbing trend. We all know that the intensity is turned up tenfold come the post season. Every possession is crucial...Every shot, magnified...Every rebound, imperative. How will the Magic react to the physical nature of the playoffs? I hope they react better than they have the last few weeks.