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Magic suck, but sometimes sucky teams can be the ones to trick you into a loss.

In his 12 games since returning from injury, Austin's stats:
14.9 ppg / 3.4 rpg / 4.0 apg / 1.8 tpg / 47% FG / 34.8% 3PT / 55.9% TS

og15 wrote:Magic suck, but sometimes sucky teams can be the ones to trick you into a loss.

In his 12 games since returning from injury, Austin's stats:
14.9 ppg / 3.4 rpg / 4.0 apg / 1.8 tpg / 47% FG / 34.8% 3PT / 55.9% TS

10 of those 12 games he scored between 10 and 20. Much better than wild swings. A steady 15 points is just right.

Actually, since his slower start in the first 16 games, he's shot 46.7% FG, 39.0% 3PT, 57.1 TS% while averaging 17.3 ppg and has had a 111 Ortg. His first 16 games were REALLY bad, 94 Ortg, 46.9% TS, and his season stats don't really represent the level he has played at most of the season (the remaining 28 games).

down by only 2 at the half after a mostly lazy effort except for some nice playground ball

but we're really not good enough to monkey around like this

At this point, I'm just praying for the Magic to switch into tank mode. Of course, with the horrible coaching, defense and BBIQ on display tonight, even that might not be enough.

Despite the fact that he sucks and there are plenty of better options on our roster, Wes is already back in the rotation again. Someone please tell me again how Doc is a good coach doing a great coaching job this season... I need a good laugh.

Oh God, Wes made a shot. Well, it was nice seeing Harrell get minutes this year while it lasted. Unfortunately, those minutes will all be going to Wes from now on because that's how Doc operates. Coach of the Year... LOL, funny joke.

Lou bailing out Doc once again.

Looks like Martin's strong words had an immediate impact, and we managed to turn the game around. Wes was decent out there.

Dynamix wrote:Looks like Martin's strong words had an immediate impact, and we managed to turn the game around. Wes was decent out there.

this is so much better than an actual game thread,

I rate Doc among top 5 coaches in the league right now. He is holding great number of plays and various different rotation combinations. He is making sure to save energy of every player and he is , cleverly, not revealing all weapons he's got.

Lou with some very wise words during the post-game interview: "Don't look too far ahead on the schedule, or you'll get overwhelmed. Just take it one game at a time."

imagine losing this game lol

nickhx2 wrote:imagine losing this game lol

came out strong but then the hangover from the Cavs win kicked in

but then dug in and won it going away
won the 4thQ 26-16
started playing D

Ralph din't even bother to ask us to fasten our seat belts

starters were pretty even in plus/minus
bench took the game over in the 4th

Trezz +6
Boban +6
Wejo [WeJo? WTF?] +7
Milos +19 [!]

Popovich wrote:I rate Doc as top 5 coaches in the league right now. He is holding great number of plays and various different rotation combinations. He is making sure to save energy of every player and he is , cleverly, not revealing all weapons he's got.

He's actually out of that list right now. In fact, some people think that his championship career has been permanently ruined by his GM tenure. With rumors of him being fired at the end of the season, he's pulling out all the stops (no pun intended) to save his job AND his NBA career.

I wrote more here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1683806&start=20#p64164974

MartinToVaught wrote:Lou bailing out Doc once again.

I think all coaches technically get bailed out by their players since they aren't actually playing

og15 wrote:

MartinToVaught wrote:Lou bailing out Doc once again.

I think all coaches technically get bailed out by their players since they aren't actually playing

and so ends yet another game thread, driven into the usual ditch

and this is after a win, LOL