"If the NBA suspends shooting guard Jason Richardson today, the Magic might have no choice but to roll the dice with Gilbert Arenas, whom they have benched.

Arenas didn't play in Game 3, and in fact, neither did another back-up point guard, Chris Duhon.

Curiously, the club said Duhon had a sprained ankle.

So the Magic played with just one point guard in a Game 3 loss - Jameer Nelson - with 6-10 small forward Hedo Turkoglu playing point forward at times.

That's what it's come to.

This team is disintegrating before our eyes - and all around Dwight Howard.

Now Stan Van Gundy - who said he played Nelson too many minutes Friday - might have no choice but to play Arenas as either a point guard or a shooting guard in the wake of J-Rich's likely one-game suspension.

J.J. Redick could start at shooting guard, although Quentin Richardson might be the better choice, given how the Magic have been torched by Hawks shooting guards Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford. They clearly have been the difference in the series, and Van Gundy has no answers.

Richardson pushed Hawks center Zaza Pachulia in the face after Zaza and Dwight Howard mixed it up. Pachulia should get suspended, too, for head-butting Richardson."