2023-2024 Regular Season Game 79: Orlando Magic (46-32) at Houston Rockets (38-40) - 8pm

basketballRob · Post #241 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:04 am

It would've been a better team with Goga and AB playing all season.

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trebone · Post #242 » by **trebone** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:04 am

Thought people were crazy on the gb when people compared paolo to julius randle.......

JF5 · Post #243 » by **JF5** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:04 am

These Fultz needs to do a better job at staying in front of his man... he's been garbage at it the whole game.

Defensive intensity needs to pick up as well. Complete trash on that end.

Post #244 » by **Knightro** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:05 am

On a different note, Giannis just limped off the court and to the locker room. Didn't look great.

MagicTownBaller · Post #245 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:05 am

We're going to the playin. Absolutely pathetic.

thelead · Post #246 » by **thelead** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:05 am

SloNick Russia wrote:One of the best defensive teams my ass

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now there is where Franz is underrated and unappreciated.

3ddman23 · Post #247 » by **3ddman23** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:05 am

So how is this season gonna be looked at when we miss the playoffs?

See how worring about the way you win games means something. This was showing its ugly head for weeks now. Even in some of our wins.

thelead · Post #248 » by **thelead** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:06 am

Knightro wrote:On a different note, Giannis just limped off the court and to the locker room. Didn't look great.

Giannis getting injured is our only shot at winning a game at this point.

Post #249 » by **Knightro** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:06 am

JF5 wrote:These Fultz needs to do a better job at staying in front of his man... he's been garbage at it the whole game.

Defensive intensity needs to pick up as well. Complete trash on that end.

Fultz is outrageously bad defensively.

He gets some steals because he gambles in the passing lanes, but on a play-to-play basis he is just god awful on defense and his inability to get through a screen puts everyone into rotation, including certain young guys who don't like to rotate much.

Post #250 » by **Bensational** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:06 am

Paolo needs to watch some clips of LeBron making mistakes and missing shots and then charging back to make up for it on defense.

I can’t hate on Paolo lobbying the refs after every shot since it’s a part of the team’s secret sauce, but he has to balance that with still playing the game.

In half court defense he just has to start making some f-ing effort. If I played with someone like that they’d never see the ball on offense, best scorer or not.

VFX · Post #251 » by **VFX** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:06 am

I’ll repeat what I’ve been saying since June of last year…

If this FO doesn’t want to make Paolo look bad they should get a fckin point guard and do their jobs. This isn’t difficult.

Optimus_Steel · Post #252 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:07 am

Magic look like they are thinking too much instead of playing instinctively. Hou played ok defense but we are making it harder on ourselves by settling. Not a good half whatsoever. Can the Magic grind themselves into this game and keep it close?

SloNick Russia · Post #253 » by **SloNick Russia** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:07 am

Paolo on his way to usual 1-8 three point shooting night. Teams shoud always play SF at C against us.

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thelead · Post #254 » by **thelead** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:08 am

3ddman23 wrote:So how is this season gonna be looked at when we miss the playoffs?

A complete disaster that the FO will have to answer for considering we're currently the 3rd seed with a week to go. It'll be on the FO for not making a move before the deadline when nearly everyone else around us did.

basketballRob · Post #255 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:08 am

Bensational wrote:Paolo needs to watch some clips of LeBron making mistakes and missing shots and then charging back to make up for it on defense.

I can’t hate on Paolo lobbying the refs after every shot since it’s a part of the team’s secret sauce, but he has to balance that with still playing the game.

In half court defense he just has to start making some f-ing effort. If I played with someone like that they’d never see the ball on offense, best scorer or not.

He's way overrated on defense.

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Post #256 » by **eyriq** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:08 am

Playing defense is optional? I hate the three guard lineup.

3ddman23 · Post #257 » by **3ddman23** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:08 am

davey_wavy wrote:The goal was the play in anyways. We are where we should be

Nah that really went out the window when we been hovering around the top 5 for a about 2 months now.

Play in are ok if you actually win the game but do you truly trust this team against the heat in a single elimination game? So you trust this team against the hawks?? He'll I wouldn't trust them against Chicago if Caruso is playing.

This is a disaster slowing brewing....

Magicman125 · Post #258 » by **Magicman125** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:09 am

blow it up! Trade Paolo! Trade Franz Can't Shoot Wagner! Rebuild again! /s

Paolo will be pissed off and have a good 2nd half as he's been doing lately (bad in the beginning, good in the end)

Still might not be enough as Rockets are actually good now and have nothing to lose.

Optimus_Steel · Post #259 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:09 am

Knightro wrote:On a different note, Giannis just limped off the court and to the locker room. Didn't look great.

What happened?

mattyBoi · Post #260 » by **mattyBoi** » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:09 am

We're really about to end up in the play-in.