Gamethread: TWolves @ Magic 4.5.2014 7:00PM

Blue_and_Whte · Post #141 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:34 am

Neon1 wrote:
SOUL wrote:Oladipo and Harris both +26, our best starter was +3. Harkless played well though and got 0 minutes in the end.

Classic "Jock" Vaughn School of Coaching.

well all kidding aside Harris we aggressive attacking at the end and just playing well on both sides. Just a tough choice on Vaughn's part, but typically, yeah that is Vaughn's school of coaching this season.

BCS · Post #142 » by **BCS** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:37 am

thelead wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:
Magic#1 wrote:We won and Florida lost. How did that happen? Hope this win doesn't cost us ping pong balls, but Dipo and Harris played great.
celtics won tonight, so there's no movement in our lotto position. Still 2 games ahead of closest team (Cs). We're basically locked in with the tough schedule we have to close out the year.

It was ugly but we're about to pull it off. Just gotta get the lucky bounces.

Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.

Pistons just took a 1 pt lead apparently the C's got their tanking together extremely quick smh.

thelead · Post #143 » by **thelead** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:39 am

BCS wrote:
thelead wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:celtics won tonight, so there's no movement in our lotto position. Still 2 games ahead of closest team (Cs). We're basically locked in with the tough schedule we have to close out the year.

It was ugly but we're about to pull it off. Just gotta get the lucky bounces.

Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.

Pistons just took a 1 pt lead apparently the C's got their tanking together extremely quick smh.

They saw that we won and their tank was like:

Neon1 · Post #144 » by **Neon1** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:40 am

Blue_and_Whte wrote:
Neon1 wrote:
SOUL wrote:Oladipo and Harris both +26, our best starter was +3. Harkless played well though and got 0 minutes in the end.

Classic "Jock" Vaughn School of Coaching.
well all kidding aside Harris we aggressive attacking at the end and just playing well on both sides. Just a tough choice on Vaughn's part, but typically, yeah that is Vaughn's school of coaching this season.

He should have had Jameer or Afflalo out IMO. But He won so..

Post #145 » by **SOUL** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:42 am

I honestly think the Afflalo play is the only one he knows how to run in crunch time. It was effective early in the season, he's been VERY bad in the clutch the last few months though - even other teams always say we run the same plays a lot.

Vuc, Dipo and Harris have been extremely good but it's usually broken plays or a rare play called for them where they deliver.

Blue_and_Whte · Post #146 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:43 am

Neon1 wrote:
Blue_and_Whte wrote:
Neon1 wrote:
Classic "Jock" Vaughn School of Coaching.
well all kidding aside Harris we aggressive attacking at the end and just playing well on both sides. Just a tough choice on Vaughn's part, but typically, yeah that is Vaughn's school of coaching this season.

He should have had Jameer or Afflalo out IMO. But He won so..

well... Yeah can't really argue with that and you know how much I like to argue so....

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #147 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:47 am

BCS wrote:
thelead wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:celtics won tonight, so there's no movement in our lotto position. Still 2 games ahead of closest team (Cs). We're basically locked in with the tough schedule we have to close out the year.

It was ugly but we're about to pull it off. Just gotta get the lucky bounces.

Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.

Pistons just took a 1 pt lead apparently the C's got their tanking together extremely quick smh.

They hold the tiebreaker over us, so we would have to win 2 more times to pass them, if they are still sitting at 23 wins. But yeah, they're tanking hard.

thelead · Post #148 » by **thelead** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:49 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
BCS wrote:
thelead wrote:Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.

Pistons just took a 1 pt lead apparently the C's got their tanking together extremely quick smh.

They hold the tiebreaker over us, so we would have to win 2 more times to pass them, if they are still sitting at 23 wins. But yeah, they're tanking hard.

There is no such thing as a tiebreaker in the lottery standings.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #149 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:53 am

thelead wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
BCS wrote:
Pistons just took a 1 pt lead apparently the C's got their tanking together extremely quick smh.

They hold the tiebreaker over us, so we would have to win 2 more times to pass them, if they are still sitting at 23 wins. But yeah, they're tanking hard.

There is no such thing as a tiebreaker in the lottery standings.

Sorry, thought it was the same as the playoffs. Didn't realize it was an average of the two positions being held.

Nyce_1 · Post #150 » by **Nyce_1** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:53 am

thelead wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:
Magic#1 wrote:We won and Florida lost. How did that happen? Hope this win doesn't cost us ping pong balls, but Dipo and Harris played great.
celtics won tonight, so there's no movement in our lotto position. Still 2 games ahead of closest team (Cs). We're basically locked in with the tough schedule we have to close out the year.

It was ugly but we're about to pull it off. Just gotta get the lucky bounces.

Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.

dammit! Checked the score before I wrote my post and saw a sizeable lead. Took a shower, and hung with my daughter and just see this crap. Epic tanking and can't do anything but applaud it. Unbelievable.

thelead · Post #151 » by **thelead** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 1:56 am

Nyce_1 wrote:
thelead wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:celtics won tonight, so there's no movement in our lotto position. Still 2 games ahead of closest team (Cs). We're basically locked in with the tough schedule we have to close out the year.

It was ugly but we're about to pull it off. Just gotta get the lucky bounces.

Boston hasn't won yet... and they've choked away an 18 point lead which is now down to 6.
dammit! Checked the score before I wrote my post and saw a sizeable lead. Took a shower, and hung with my daughter and just see this crap. Epic tanking and can't do anything but applaud it. Unbelievable.

It's all good. We just have to lose our last 5.

magic22s · Post #152 » by **magic22s** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:02 am

thelead wrote:It's all good. We just have to lose our last 5.

Boston lost again. We can not afford to have more wins that will cost us ping pong balls lol.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #153 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:03 am

I looked this up, maybe someone can explain this tiebreaker strategy to me:

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/04/19/draf ... selection/

Nyce_1 · Post #154 » by **Nyce_1** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:06 am

Man, screw the celtics. Was hoping for 1 more win, but I'm sure Vaughn will follow orders and tank on.

BCS · Post #155 » by **BCS** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:07 am

We need to step up our tanking strategy like all this other teams to compete with them, rest Harris and Vic along with Vuc, At the very least Harris with Vuc, can't keep taking this risks anymore.

shadrock · Post #156 » by **shadrock** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:11 am

Todays win was total killer to our draft. Yayyyyyy

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Gomagic44 · Post #157 » by **Gomagic44** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:20 am

Blue_and_Whte wrote:
orlgbfsu wrote:Kyle's beard is immaculate
lmao. True statement. When I try to grow my beard I look like a Columbian drug lord. Mad patchy.

For me it's not even patchy, got a long one at the moment

It's just not as black hole dark, I don't feel others get lost in the blackness of my chin.

Maybe because I'm white and have sparse blonde hairs?

No recompense for me.

The Real Dalic · Post #158 » by **The Real Dalic** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:29 am

Went to the game tonight and we're 2-0 when I'm at the game.

The first one was against the Thunder btw.

Orlwillbeback · Post #159 » by **Orlwillbeback** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:34 am

went to the game, that offensive foul call on Kyle in the fourth quarter, you know the one where he was leaning on the defender and then spun real quick (literally the same move Jefferson did to Kyle all last night) and was called, was quite simply, the worst call I've ever seen in professional sports.

Other than that we won which i have mixed feelings about

J the Drafter · Post #160 » by **J the Drafter** » Sun Apr 6, 2014 2:35 am

SOUL wrote:I honestly think the Afflalo play is the only one he knows how to run in crunch time.

As someone who hasn't seen any Magic games in months, maybe that's the play Vaughn trusts the most instead of being the only one he knows how to run in the game's closing minutes. (I'm not saying his reasoning is sound, just that it could be what he's thinking.[/quote]
It was effective early in the season, he's been VERY bad in the clutch the last few months though - even other teams always say we run the same plays a lot.[/quote]
Heh, I'm sure rival coaching staffs have noticed much more about the Magic's playcalling than any of the fans who don't know how to formulate plays themselves.