2024-2025 NBA Playoffs Round 1, Game 1: (7) Orlando Magic at (2) Boston Celtics - 3:30pm ET

fateis007 · Post #561 » by **fateis007** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:01 pm

Mosley needs to go. Pathetic rotations, pathetic offense. Paolo is the only one keeping this guy with a job. I would not risk the primes of our star players with this Coach inability to craft anything close to resembling an NBA offense for 3-4 years straight,

You know it's bad when Caleb frickin houston was the only guy able to run a pick and roll and get us an easy basket to JI.

thelead · Post #562 » by **thelead** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:01 pm

Franz continuing that feeling that I had about +/- recently.

Post #563 » by **SOUL** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:01 pm

3ddman23 wrote:Yup... Detroit put Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley & tim hardaway. And acquired schorder at the deadline. And those guys went out and almost beat New York yesterday in msg... I truly don't understand what this front office is thinking waiting so long to improve this roster. One more summer is all they get from me...

I mean, to be fair, then they gave up a 21-0 run in the 4th. They lasted a quarter longer versus an inferior playoff team than the Celtics. Point stands for the regular season though.

Redwood · Post #564 » by **Redwood** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:01 pm

You don't win in the playoffs without depth, even in this incredibly low skilled era of the NBA, and we have no depth. I have a feeling I'll be saying the same thing next season as well given our front office is entirely useless.

Post #565 » by **Def Swami** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:02 pm

Shame we couldn’t find 100ish points. Defense did what they had to. Story of the year. Paolo with a monster game but everyone else has to be better.

Bergmaniac · Post #566 » by **Bergmaniac** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:02 pm

I thought Wendell did very well defensively, but yeah, he needs to give us more on offense. I doubt playing Goga would have made a difference, Boston are just too good. Not that this would stop people from blaming players they dislike in the next few days...

Post #567 » by **SOUL** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:02 pm

fateis007 wrote:Mosley needs to go. Pathetic rotations, pathetic offense. Paolo is the only one keeping this guy with a job. I would not risk the primes of our star players with this Coach inability to craft anything close to resembling an NBA offense for 3-4 years straight,

You know it's bad when Caleb frickin houston was the only guy able to run a pick and roll and get us an easy basket to JI.

Yeah man not on the front office at all to add anybody, coaches like Malone, Jenkins, Mike Brown, Nurse, Budenholzer, Spo (regular season) are all just bad!

pepe1991 · Post #568 » by **pepe1991** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:03 pm

SOUL wrote:
3ddman23 wrote:Yup... Detroit put Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley & tim hardaway. And acquired schorder at the deadline. And those guys went out and almost beat New York yesterday in msg... I truly don't understand what this front office is thinking waiting so long to improve this roster. One more summer is all they get from me...

I mean, to be fair, then they gave up a 21-0 run in the 4th. They lasted a quarter longer versus an inferior playoff team than the Celtics. Point stands for the regular season though.

With epic 14-68 record year prior

Idiosyncratic · Post #569 » by **Idiosyncratic** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:03 pm

It's not even just that Boston has shooters, it is the looks they generate and how frequently they do it. It's just a lot to deal with. It's like the perfected version of the Steve Nash Suns and Harden Rockets except with more ways to beat you and more defense.

Need them to have dud shooting games to have a chance, that goes for a lot of teams not just us.

CLosP · Post #570 » by **CLosP** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:04 pm

Orlando needs a guard to dribble the ball past half court every time. Get Paolo in the post so he could cook. Let’s not try to cross up Jrue Holiday every possession. I would also like to see Goga play in game 2.

CZ Eddie · Post #571 » by **CZ Eddie** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:04 pm

Nobody on the Celtics took as many shots as Franz or Paolo.
And yet as a team, the Celtics took 11 more shots than the Magic.

ogmagicfan · Post #572 » by **ogmagicfan** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:04 pm

Bergmaniac wrote:I thought Wendell did very well defensively, but yeah, he needs to give us more on offense. I doubt playing Goga would have made a difference, Boston are just too good. Not that this would stop people from blaming players they dislike in the next few days...

Agreed, his defense was great and we absolutely wouldve been worse off with Goga mins. Offensively though, we need atleast a 3 and a couple more putbacks from him

Goga would get badly exposed against a team like Boston respectfully

pepe1991 · Post #573 » by **pepe1991** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:04 pm

SOUL wrote:
fateis007 wrote:Mosley needs to go. Pathetic rotations, pathetic offense. Paolo is the only one keeping this guy with a job. I would not risk the primes of our star players with this Coach inability to craft anything close to resembling an NBA offense for 3-4 years straight,

You know it's bad when Caleb frickin houston was the only guy able to run a pick and roll and get us an easy basket to JI.

Yeah man not on the front office at all to add anybody, coaches like Malone, Jenkins, Mike Brown, Nurse, Budenholzer, Spo (regular season) are all just bad!

Doc or bust!

:oops:

OnlyFranz22 · Post #574 » by **OnlyFranz22** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:04 pm

3ddman23 wrote:
OnlyFranz22 wrote:
3ddman23 wrote:The magic just need better players man. It's clear as day when u watch these games... They need better role players. I give this front office one more off season. They do minimal stuff this off season I may tap out for a while.

After Paolos first year it should have been imminent to get players around him.

They have not at all.

Actually the complete opposite.

Yup... Detroit put Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley & tim hardaway. And acquired schorder at the deadline. And those guys went out and almost beat New York yesterday in msg... I truly don't understand what this front office is thinking waiting so long to improve this roster. One more summer is all they get from me...

They have never cared.

They make money. That’s it.

Then blame everything on a “small” market.

Yea I bet.

Shaq
Penny
Dwight
Paolo

The fact no ring has been won is completely on the ownership/front office

If you aren’t invested, just sell the team. Will be plenty of buyers who are interested in the Orlando area.

Just quit scamming the fans.

WOOHOO WE MADE THE PLAYOFFS

Post #575 » by **Bensational** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:05 pm

SOUL wrote:
ogmagicfan wrote:
SOUL wrote:Black was 1-4 and -15 in his minutes.

Dont tell Rob/Eyriq

Single game plus minus isn't great but portraying him as some Godsend that was happening this game a la Cole/Black in the Hawks game is just lol.

All of our guys just gotta be more consistent. We lost momentum out of the half because WCJ's brain worms came back.

Who called him a godsend? All I saw all gamethread was people calling AB **** and saying it’s 4 v 5 when he plays.

I’ll give the sophomore playing his first playoff game a bit more leeway. Why was Cole 0-1 from 3 and 1-3 overall? I thought he was supposed to be a scorer who was proving us all wrong? On a night we’re desperate for scoring, where was he? Same for Wendell. He got his flowers last game, but there are crickets on criticism of him be a big fat zero in the paint.

OnlyFranz22 · Post #576 » by **OnlyFranz22** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:05 pm

fateis007 wrote:Mosley needs to go. Pathetic rotations, pathetic offense. Paolo is the only one keeping this guy with a job. I would not risk the primes of our star players with this Coach inability to craft anything close to resembling an NBA offense for 3-4 years straight,

You know it's bad when Caleb frickin houston was the only guy able to run a pick and roll and get us an easy basket to JI.

He’s not a head coach….. he should be a defensive coach on the bench.

3ddman23 · Post #577 » by **3ddman23** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:05 pm

pepe1991 wrote:Basketball is team sport.
51 shots taken by 2 players on 86 points total.
This is not how basketball should be played.

It's not how it should be played but unfortunately it's how it has to be played with how bad these guys around them are. We have seen this for 2 seasons now. They can't hit wide open shoots, they have no other person to run a play, everything has to go thru them. Who else do you trust?

This front office has to make changes, it's really simple and clear as day to every person in this world watching this game.

Post #578 » by **Def Swami** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:06 pm

I feel like this series is going to highlight the micro-moves or lack thereof the Magic front office have made. When healthy, I think the Paolo, Franz, Suggs trio is very formidable. Literally every player after that is very underwhelming from a playoff standpoint. I get Suggs and Mo are out. But even with that, we shouldn’t be relying on Cory Joseph, Gary Harris, Caleb Houston this much. And it’s just time to move on from Jonathan Isaac, Wendell Carter, and Cole Anthony. We have to have higher expectations for those role players.

KillMonger · Post #579 » by **KillMonger** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:06 pm

18 point 1st quarter
31 point 2nd quarter
18 point 3rd quarter
19 point 4th quarter

4 points from starter Wendell
6 points from starter KCP
0 points from starter Cory Joseph

17 bench points total vs 26 from Boston........

PAYTON PRITCHARD OUTSCORED OUR BENCH BY HIMSELF WITH 19 POINTS

VFX · Post #580 » by **VFX** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:06 pm

pepe1991 wrote:It is amusing to see how little Celtics care about mid range shot defense.
They just allow Franz and Paolo to shoot themself and team in foot by exchanging long 2s for 3s they take.

One min you think you are in close game, in other you are down by 19

It’s a game of efficiency. Who cares if Orlando takes 90% of their shots in low % mid range jumpers and weak attempts at the rim. Boston will just take a million 3’s and get to the line.