2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 5: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Series Tied 2-2

[tiderulz]

Too bad. Series over. Needed the win. This team sucks on the road.

does this win count for 2? series isnt over. Guess we wont see you on the next game thread

Yeah we win at home. They come back full strength game 7 and win. Waste of time.

[magik9113]

Death lineup failed. It's worse than learning Santa Claus isn't real.

It failed the first time around earlier in the game. We were pretty much forced into it at the end with Gary out

[Bozack]

We gotta get a point guard this summer.

[3ddman23]

This was such a winnable series. Blew it.

Absolutely. The extremely historically bad shooting in the first 2 did us in.

[PrimeThyme]

The inconsistency of Franz has just been the most crushing part of this season.

[bigdogdylan5]

There's like 3 guys in the entire NBA that can make that block from behind like that. Just a heck of a defensive play by Mobley really.

Yea I am sure people will rip Mosley for not calling timeout but they got what they wanted Franz had step just excellent play by Mobley

[JF5]

Cole was -14 in 12 minutes. That was the game IMO. Unplayable.

Tbh none of this really matters. The game was lost down the stretch. You expect these games to be close. Just didn't run an effective 2 minute game plan.

[Magicman125]

We can win this in 7.

Take care of business at home and do what you did tonight but with better execution down the stretch for game 7. Less dumb fouls by Suggs and less hero ball shots by Paolo.

[tiderulz]

I was genuinely surprised Franz didnt kick it to Paolo who was wide open at 3 on that play where he got blocked

He's had the hot hand

why, he had a straight shot to the basket. just needed to dunk it instead of laying it up

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Not for anything but I really do feel like we would have won this game if Allen played.

[VFX]

does this win count for 2? series isnt over. Guess we wont see you on the next game thread

Yeah we win at home. They come back full strength game 7 and win. Waste of time.

This was the game to win. Too bad. Team sucks on the road and can’t close out when they aren’t in Orlando.

[thelead]

Cole was -14 in 12 minutes. That was the game IMO. Unplayable.

Give some cred to Gary "Casper the Ghost" Harris for his glorious zero points in 19 minutes.

He wouldn't have let Strus get hot though. That was the game.

[OnlyFranz22]

Omg stfu, for the love of god.

So 3 straight possessions in a one possession game late didn’t cost us?

You shut the **** up clown

Fk you.

What a dork

[Rainwater]

Too many dumb plays by Paolo:-(

To be fair the magic would not be in the game without him though. It would be nice if he had more help.

[ogmagicfan]

I dont have high expectations we can win the last two unless Gary Harris comes back next game

We play ALOT better with him than without

[Message Boar]

Really proud of how we showed up tonight, even if there's always one or two plays you'd always want to have back

[Black and Blue]

Guys I’m so damn proud of this team and Paolo with 39 points in an away game in his first ever playoff series? We are blessed as hell.

We are getting literally 0 points every night from our starting shooting guard and making it close. The future looks so bright.

[drsd]

We still winning this series. Cavs aren't good. We can beat them.

The problem is, we can't beat them on the road and that's why they are favored.

Outstanding point!

One thing I will note is that the scoring differential has improved each and every road game.

[Residual-Heat]

Too bad. Boys played hard. Just couldnt close. Once again zero threes by our backcourt.

[GameOver25]

We still winning this series. Cavs aren't good. We can beat them.

The problem is, we can't beat them on the road and that's why they are favored.

Did you just not watch the game? This was a very winnable game. Even with Jarrett Allen, we can beat them. We're our own worse enemy, mainly due to inexperience, nothing Cavs are doing really.