2024-2025 Regular Season Game 66: Orlando Magic (30-35) at Houston Rockets (39-25) - 8pm

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #201 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:20 am

Our bench last year was Fultz, Ingles, Cole, Mo, and AB. It was a nice bench. This year, not so much.

Optimus_Steel · Post #202 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:20 am

Box score watching is something else. 11 less turnovers yet getting blown out by 20 lmao

thelead · Post #203 » by **thelead** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:21 am

Rainwater wrote:
thelead wrote:Blame rebounding all you want, and yes, it was a huge problem… but the bigger issue is this terrible offense. You are not going to win an NBA game with 77 points late in the 4th quarter in 2025.

Many of these shots are wide open, that is not a coaching issue.

I agree with you…. but the coaching decisions are just not great either. I’d fire Weltman over Mosley a thousand times over but a new PBO will bring in their own coach anyway.

Post #204 » by **eyriq** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:21 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:Box score watching is something else. 11 less turnovers yet getting blown out by 20 lmao

Just a straight whooping

ogmagicfan · Post #205 » by **ogmagicfan** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:21 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:Box score watching is something else. 11 less turnovers yet getting blown out by 20 lmao

33% from the field and losing on boards by 21 will do that to you

MasterGMer · Post #206 » by **MasterGMer** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:21 am

Cole can not take anything that is on his shoulder. It is time for him to step up his game during Suggs' absence and he just kept brinking. He can have some good games here and there. But this team's makeup is not to win games when matters. Very disappointed.

Rainwater · Post #207 » by **Rainwater** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:22 am

thelead wrote:
Rainwater wrote:
thelead wrote:The roster AND coaching can be terrible at the same time.

Until they put a roster around Paolo, Suggs, and Franz I can’t assess how Mose is doing as a coach. Clearly the pieces don’t match.

You can’t assess how he doesn’t use his challenges when the play is clear as day and his star is begging for it?

Yes, not using challenges it’s ok to blame Mose. But blaming Mose for players missing shots and them not rebounding is not a coaching issue.

3ddman23 · Post #208 » by **3ddman23** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:22 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:16 more games and we’re getting new players. That’s my mantra for the next 16 games.

We can only hope.... But do we actually believe it will happen??...

Ducklett · Post #209 » by **Ducklett** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:22 am

OrlandoNed wrote:Are Paolo and Franz supposed to do everything for this team?????

We have 2 stars and a bunch of weak, talentless female reproductive organs who don't have the stones to make a shot or fight for a goddamn rebound.

Heads better roll in the offseason.

Sooner the better. We are learning which players can and cannot handle the pressure.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #210 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:23 am

How do you play 21 minutes and not even attempt a shot?

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #211 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:24 am

3ddman23 wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:16 more games and we’re getting new players. That’s my mantra for the next 16 games.

We can only hope.... But do we actually believe it will happen??...

Yes. There will be no choice.

Post #212 » by **Knightro** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:24 am

Rainwater wrote:I will agree the defense has slipped however this team is different. Besides the injuries to key players like Moe and Suggs, the bench is completely different. The bench, in combination with the defense, was why the Magic were so good last year. Then you have guys like JI, Harris, Goga, Black, who seemed to have forgotten how to play basketball.

Part of me wants to say that the magic role players played over their heads last year but I can’t blame that on Mose.

That is literally the entire thing though, man.

If Mosley can't this team to play great defense and more generally speaking get this team to play with acceptable energy and effort, then what exactly is the point of him?

We know that he provides basically nothing from an X's and O's perspective, especially offensively.

We know that he provides basically nothing from a tactical perspective.

From day 1 of this guy's tenure here he's been a pure culture, rah rah, motivator kind of coach. "Play hard, play together, play physical." it's been absolutely nothing beyond these non-skill based platitudes.

And now those things just are no longer happening. So why does he deserve to be here?

Fortune Teller · Post #213 » by **Fortune Teller** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:24 am

But our 3rd best player is injured so it’s impossible to judge where this team is. We better just run it back again next year. No panic moves. :banghead:

MasterGMer · Post #214 » by **MasterGMer** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:25 am

I also do not understand of the lineup of AB, Paolo, Tristan, Goga and Queen during the end of third quarter. How is this lineup going to get you any bucket? And that is when the Rockets made their run also. This team is falling apart, plain and simple. I do not care what culture you built and you have. If you can not win games, it is going, for sure, the other way. Good night, guys

thelead · Post #215 » by **thelead** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:25 am

It’s crazy how much Suggs’ injury exposed Jeff Weltman. Suggs was killing himself for this team.

20-15 with Suggs (mostly without Paolo too!)
10-21 without Suggs

Absolutely crazy.

BlueBalls · Post #216 » by **BlueBalls** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:26 am

This was the 25/26 Orlando Magic team we know and loathe

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #217 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:26 am

Knightro wrote:
Rainwater wrote:I will agree the defense has slipped however this team is different. Besides the injuries to key players like Moe and Suggs, the bench is completely different. The bench, in combination with the defense, was why the Magic were so good last year. Then you have guys like JI, Harris, Goga, Black, who seemed to have forgotten how to play basketball.

Part of me wants to say that the magic role players played over their heads last year but I can’t blame that on Mose.

That is literally the entire thing though, man.

If Mosley can't this team to play great defense and more generally speaking get this team to play with acceptable energy and effort, then what exactly is the point of him?

We know that he provides basically nothing from an X's and O's perspective, especially offensively.

We know that he provides basically nothing from a tactical perspective.

From day 1 of this guy's tenure here he's been a pure culture, rah rah, motivator kind of coach. "Play hard, play together, play physical." it's been absolutely nothing beyond these non-skill based platitudes.

And now those things just are no longer happening. So why does he deserve to be here?

For 3 1/2 years he had them playing hard. So, the past 3 months must be studied. What happened in the locker room that got these guys like this?

Post #218 » by **eyriq** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:26 am

Jett reminding us why he is ***

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #219 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:27 am

MasterGMer wrote:I also do not understand of the lineup of AB, Paolo, Tristan, Goga and Queen during the end of third quarter. How is this lineup going to get you any bucket? And that is when the Rockets made their run also. This team is falling apart, plain and simple. I do not care what culture you built and you have. If you can not win games, it is going, for sure, the other way. Good night, guys

Yeah but to be honest with you, the other ones weren’t helping either.

Post #220 » by **Knightro** » Tue Mar 11, 2025 2:27 am

thelead wrote:It’s crazy how much Suggs’ injury exposed Jeff Weltman. Suggs was killing himself for this team.

20-15 with Suggs (mostly without Paolo too!)
10-21 without Suggs

Absolutely crazy.

It's crazy how much Suggs' injury exposed Mosley too frankly.

If Mosley's entire DEFENSE/HEART/HUSTLE/PHYSICALITY schtick was submarined by the loss of one player, it just wasn't a viable operation to begin with.