2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (Series tied 3-3)

[JujitsuFlip]

Suggs knee looked weird on that foul, he popped right back up but it kind buckled a bit. Hope that knee will be okay once adrenaline wears off.

[Michael Jackson]

can Orlando shoot at all?

[Michael Jackson]

Suggs knee looked weird on that foul, he popped right back up but it kind buckled a bit. Hope that knee will be okay once adrenaline wears off.

It is going to hurt him for sure

[thelead]

can Orlando shoot at all?

once every 3-4 games... then we look like contenders

[Michael Jackson]

I hate WCJ's face so much

[Iwasawitness]

Darius Garland has 3 more points than me. I have no idea why he thinks this is acceptable.

He's only played 13 minutes due to foul trouble, not to mention his team is up by 20... I don't really care how many points he has and you shouldn't either.

Garland needs to score. He had 14 in game 1 and he has 3 so far tonight. He was really passive during the regular season. He is a max contract player. He is an all-star. He needs to be the 2nd best player for the Cavs and he just isn’t right now.

That's fine, let him not be that. He's had a very tough year with injuries. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and come back stronger next year.

Like, bruh, we're up by 15. I don't care lol.

[durden_tyler]

How Orlando got to 47 wins is beyond me.

[JujitsuFlip]

Ball don't lie part 2

[GSP]

Expected more from Franz and Paolo.....Both teams have strong defenses but i thought those 2 w/ their size, skillset and halfcourt games would be able to feast on Cavs shaky wings.........

[JujitsuFlip]

Darius Garland has 3 more points than me. I have no idea why he thinks this is acceptable.

He's only played 13 minutes due to foul trouble, not to mention his team is up by 20... I don't really care how many points he has and you shouldn't either.

Garland needs to score. He had 14 in game 1 and he has 3 so far tonight. He was really passive during the regular season. He is a max contract player. He is an all-star. He needs to be the 2nd best player for the Cavs and he just isn’t right now.

Serious question, are you watching the game?

Because Garland doesn't need to be scoring in this game. The team has a great flow all game.

[thelead]

How Orlando got to 47 wins is beyond me.

the offense fell off hard over the last month or so... the defense carried the team

[Iwasawitness]

Expected more from Franz and Paolo.....Both teams have strong defenses but i thought those 2 w/ their size, skillset and halfcourt games would be able to feast on Cavs shaky wings.........

The Cavaliers have Mobley checking Paolo from the start which messes up his rhythm. And people don't realize how good Strus has been defensively this year. Not to mention Okoro is a menace defensively. It doesn't surprise me at all that Franz and Paolo have been struggling. And the thing is... it could have been so much worse. Dean Wade is arguably our third best defender behind Mobley and Allen. I really hope he's able to find his way back into the rotation before the second round, assuming we win this series.

[Chuck Everett]

So Suggs came back. Good to see.

[Bank Shot]

Someone should bump that thread bashing the Cavs for throwing the final game.

[thelead]

Suggs gets screened off of Garland = Garland scores

[Iwasawitness]

Uh oh... Garland finding his groove.

[JujitsuFlip]

Someone should bump that thread bashing the Cavs for throwing the final game.

Hahaha too soon. Like Kobe used to say, is the job done? Not yet.

Magic are a much better home team, 29-12 good for 6th best in the league.

[ForeverTFC]

Mitchell is the only 1st option in this series. Cavs have the best player by a wide margin and 4 of the best 7. They would need to choke in pretty epic fashion to lose this one. They threw their last game in the most embarrassing fashion to get this matchup; there is a reason for that. They’ll win but they are still cowards in most peoples eyes.

Magic did well grinding out a good regular season but they just aren’t there yet. They need to a go to guy on the offensive end. We’ve all watched enough playoffs to know you can’t do much without one.

And yet, there's only one game difference in the standings between the two teams. Even if the Cavs won and the Knicks lost and got the 2 seed that wouldn't change the fact that Orlando would only be 2 games worse (Indiana and Philly too for that matter).

The difference between the 2 through 8 teams in the East has got a lot more to do with health than talent.

Not to mention, the Cavs didn't play particularly well on offense themselves after the 1st quarter - just well enough to rebuild the lead when the Magic fought back. So, unless that changes it won't take an epic choke job ... just another banged knee or someone on the Magic getting hot.

The regular season is somewhat irrelevant in the playoffs. If all teams were healthy, Magic are probably the worst playoff team. We’ve all watched enough to know the importance of having a real number 1 guy in the playoffs.

Of course injuries can change things, but take away that equation and I’m not sure how anyone picks the Magic to win this series.

[ForeverTFC]

Someone should bump that thread bashing the Cavs for throwing the final game.

No one said they’ll lose this series. It still stands that they were cowards who chased a series win over a long playoff run.

[JujitsuFlip]

I like Strus pushing the pace there.