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John Denton
.@OrlandoMagic C @NikolaVucevic & PF @JasonSmith014 didn't practice today and their statuses for Wed game vs. @Lakers up in the air.
Serena Winters
Kobe Bryant said he decided this afternoon he wasn’t going to play tonight (vs Heat), said he had trouble walking, said it was his back. Kobe says he’s not concerned, says it’s soreness, something he can knock out with rest & treatment. We’ll see about tomorrow (vs Magic).
Nick Young has never assisted Kobe Bryant in three seasons with the Lakers
Bill Simmons
Orlando is this year's NBA League Pass surprise - it's impossible for them to play a non-entertaining game. I love watching them.
Oladipo currently leads all guards in rebounds with 7.5 per game.
Oladipo is 15/41 (36.6%) on layups so far this season.``We can’t look to get bailed out from the refs because they’re not calling it no matter what,’’ Oladipo said. ``So we’ve just got to go and finish them.’’
Tobias Harris:
``Even myself, I have to make those baskets. I had a lot of easy ones around the basket (on Monday) and it’s just about me finishing. As a team, we have to finish those shots as well.’’
We need to work on our finishing and finishing through contact,’’ said point guard Elfrid Payton.
``I don’t mean to make it sound like our guys are unskilled or anything, but finishing at the rim is a skill. Some players have that skill and some don’t,’’ Skiles said. ``We have evidence of guys who couldn’t finish early in their careers and then became good finishers and then there are guys like Tony Parker who finished no matter what. And there are guys who don’t (improve).
``So guys can get better at it,’’ Skiles continued. ``When you drive in there in a half-court type of setting when it’s not transition, there’s a lot of stuff to process very quickly: Big people are coming; you’ve got to look for your teammates; you’ve got to keep your eye on the rim; Should I shoot a floater or should I dunk? Am I going to get contact? Is it going to be a reverse layup? Right hand or left hand? So there’s so many things that are just a feel. And we’re missing some where we’re dropping off to teammates and we’re trying to power it up. We’ve missed too many of those as well.’’
John Denton
.@OrlandoMagic coach Scott Skiles showed team 100 cut-up clips from Mon's loss to @Pacers. He's upset by lack of ball movement & bad passes.
LA ranks 28th in opposing points in the paint, 21st in opposing fastbreak points, 25th in opposing points off turnovers, and 30th in opposing 2nd chance points,. They're also 26th in opponent free throw attempts, 26th in opponent assists, 30th in opponent turnovers and 28th in opponent rebounds.
Tyler Harvey scored 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting in Erie BayHawk's sole preseason game on Sunday.
Orlwillbeback wrote:I want the magic to beat the Lakers so **** bad...
Orlando Magic
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