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Official 2nd round series thread - ORL vs DET (DET wins 4-1)

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Post#221 » by magicmamma » Wed May 14, 2008 6:32 pm

AdamTheGreek wrote: Also, I'm not the only one who noticed how our lead increased or deficit lessened when Gortat was in the game. I was really hoping we'd play Hedo at the 2 and slide Rashard to the 3 (got abused by Dice) and have Gortat at the 4 to help Dwight with boards.


I had this fantasy of SVG surprising the Pistons by putting Gortat in the starting lineup last game. It would have upset the Piston's plans for neutralizing Dwight.

It's unbelieveable how close the scores were in games in which we bombed on FTs and kept throwing away the ball. That means we were doing a lot that was right. Unless there are some (highly unlikely IMO) major changes in our team next year, the TOs should go down as our players learn to work together better. That's a maturity problem. But if there were any way to convince Otis to get us a FT coach.... He says that Dwight is the only problem. But the rest of our SL are excellent shooters and still miss way too often at the FT line. It's so tiresome to know that fouling the opposing team's player is an automatic 2 points, and they get a bargain when they foul our guys.
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Post#222 » by Jackattaq » Wed May 14, 2008 7:39 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Dude we own the Cavs...You have to remember that the Pistons just have our number...We havent looked that awful this entire season

To be honest i believe we are the 2nd best team


The only thing that I'm not sure about with the Magic is their ability to play hardcore defense for an entire series. Their transition defense was pretty bad vs the Pistons. I think LBJ would get a lot of fastbreaks and easy shots. I'm not sure what to think of the ORL-BOS matchup if it had happened. I think you guys have awesome shooters and I don't know if Boston could have stopped you from the perimeter. I do think Dwight would struggle with keeping BOS out of the paint or he would get into foul trouble. Lots of what if's. I'm not entirely sold on Cleveland. They are scrappy though and those kind of scrappy rebounding teams plus a Superstar tend to do quite well.
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Post#223 » by AdamTheGreek » Wed May 14, 2008 11:57 pm

Found this funny:
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Post#224 » by Greg Foster Jr. » Thu May 15, 2008 12:12 am

How did the Magic lose? I thought Jameer guaranteed victory!?!?

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