2023-2024 Regular Season Game 11: Orlando Magic (5-5) at Chicago Bulls (4-7) - 8pm

[thelead]

Despite his struggles, Paolo is now shooting 40% from deep for the season (on a solid 3 attempts per game). 40%... From the 3pt line... Let that sink in.

[MasterGMer]

Another game for us to study. How did we let a 19 points lead go away in the 4th Quarter again? If we lost, this could be the worse loss than Brooklyn. I am glad Paolo and Franz step up in the 4th. But TOs again hurt us. We have to grow. A win is REAL nice! But Friday is only getting tougher because DeRozen is back. But I think we will win!

I figured out why they suck so much at the end of games. They slow their pace way down which throws them all off and makes them commit turnovers nonstop. It's like taking a kid who has been hyper for two hours straight and telling them to slow down and read a book. Not going to work.

They need to continue to play their game. Not slow down and “protect the lead”. Unless this is the team blatantly ignoring Mosely, it seems like a coaching issue. I wonder how a game would go if they didn’t take their foot off the gas pedal and kept their rapid scoring pace. It’s definitely what they are best at this season.

Plus they are relying way too much on Paolo and his game simply isn’t there yet. Sure give him the ball with the game on the line, but this whole ISO Paolo thing that starts at the beginning of the fourth quarter is not working.

Some of what you said is indeed true. The whole game, Paolo just didn't know what to do with the ball in his hand. But he has to be aggressive because that is his role on the team. He needs to go to the hoop more explosive and determined plus with good ball handling. He didn't do that all night. And I think he is frustrated about that also. But I think he can definitely improve on that. Remember the opening night when he crossed over and went to the hoop? WOW

But Paolo won the game for us tonight, period! I want Paolo and Franz to step up in the 4th Q and they did.

The difference between yesterday's game and tonight's game is the cast supporting Paolo and Franz step up and less TOs. That is the key. We went to the FT line 7 more times than Chicago. But I think if Chicago definitely shot better, we probably could lose tonight's game.

[Optimus_Steel]

As frustrating as that was, seeing our young guys Paolo and Franz learn to fight through those tough times and pull out a win was worth it, and ultimately enjoyable.

Imagine that...

Agreed. I laugh when people say things like "this is a worthless win", any NBA win for a young team desperate to earn late game experience is very important.

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It's certainly not a worthless win. The goal is to make the playoffs so there are no worthless wins. But it was so unimpressive. Like theres nothing to really be excited about. Just a unimpressive performance against an unimpressive opponent

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So should we call the NBA and give the win back because the style points weren't cute enough? I don't understand that mind set. This young team needs to learn how to grind out games and overcome challenges. For a fan base that has suffered for over a decade we can surely be ungrateful.

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[Optimus_Steel]

Despite his struggles, Paolo is now shooting 40% from deep for the season (on a solid 3 attempts per game). 40%... From the 3pt line... Let that sink in.

Considering how the first 4-5 games went that's impressive.

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[Black and Blue]

As frustrating as that was, seeing our young guys Paolo and Franz learn to fight through those tough times and pull out a win was worth it, and ultimately enjoyable.

Imagine that...

Agreed. I laugh when people say things like "this is a worthless win", any NBA win for a young team desperate to earn late game experience is very important.

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Definitely. Any game you can get a W and a building block is a good night. Tonight we got one step closer to establishing Paolo as our late game go to guy, which we haven’t had in forever.

Mosely needs to gameplan better at the end of games and I sincerely hopes he works on it, but overall not at all upset with the game tonight.

[cedric76]

So much crying on this board

So much it’s becoming unbearable. Like seriously…

I feel you, so many weak minded people

[RookieStar]

At the end of the season, this will count as a +1 in the total win column. Moral victory/loss doesnt have a counter.

[Rainwater]

The magic are clearly a very young team and still building, tonight is an example of when these things are the facts. They definitely have issues with turnovers and keeping the lead but that will be a common issue when the team is so young. They are still trying to figure out what they have in Black but they need to figure out the backcourt particularly the PG position. And obviously they need to fix their three point shooting, that is a massive problem. And I am not particularly worried about Paolo or Franz they will get better. I really think fans need to stop worrying about the wins and losses because this team is so young and so far away from contending. There are just too many holes right now.

[ibraheim718]

Oh boy, Mosely said he trusts Black at the end of the game because he's been there before. Black is 19 and already getting leaned on like a vet.

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Then he should let him be the ball handler in the high PNR instead of Paolo or Franz.

[IllMagic04]

Agreed. I laugh when people say things like "this is a worthless win", any NBA win for a young team desperate to earn late game experience is very important.

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It's certainly not a worthless win. The goal is to make the playoffs so there are no worthless wins. But it was so unimpressive. Like theres nothing to really be excited about. Just a unimpressive performance against an unimpressive opponent

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So should we call the NBA and give the win back because the style points weren't cute enough? I don't understand that mind set. This young team needs to learn how to grind out games and overcome challenges. For a fan base that has suffered for over a decade we can surely be ungrateful.

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I said nothing of the sort. We won. Great. We need all the wins we can get. Doesn't mean I should be happy with how we played. Never tolerate anything in a win that you wouldn’t in a loss

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[ibraheim718]

Another game for us to study. How did we let a 19 points lead go away in the 4th Quarter again? If we lost, this could be the worse loss than Brooklyn. I am glad Paolo and Franz step up in the 4th. But TOs again hurt us. We have to grow. A win is REAL nice! But Friday is only getting tougher because DeRozen is back. But I think we will win!

I figured out why they suck so much at the end of games. They slow their pace way down which throws them all off and makes them commit turnovers nonstop. It's like taking a kid who has been hyper for two hours straight and telling them to slow down and read a book. Not going to work.

They need to continue to play their game. Not slow down and “protect the lead”. Unless this is the team blatantly ignoring Mosely, it seems like a coaching issue. I wonder how a game would go if they didn’t take their foot off the gas pedal and kept their rapid scoring pace. It’s definitely what they are best at this season.

Plus they are relying way too much on Paolo and his game simply isn’t there yet. Sure give him the ball with the game on the line, but this whole ISO Paolo thing that starts at the beginning of the fourth quarter is not working.

Bingo. Well said.

[basketballRob]

Oh boy, Mosely said he trusts Black at the end of the game because he's been there before. Black is 19 and already getting leaned on like a vet.

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Then he should let him be the ball handler in the high PNR instead of Paolo or Franz.

That will come naturally in time. It's great that Black is experiencing these games at such a young age, and he's contributing to winning. Mosely called him an elite defender in the post game.

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[KillMonger]

Like I said last game this team doesn't know how to play with a lead and tonight almost choked the game away.... I wonder how long mose will continue to let this continue without tweaks... He HAS to see there is a pattern forming if WE see it... Better rotations would be a start

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[eyriq]

I can't believe Chicago was favored. They suck

[RookieStar]

I can't believe Chicago was favored. They suck

Well... back2back and all..

[pepe1991]

At the end of the season, this will count as a +1 in the total win column. Moral victory/loss doesnt have a counter.

I couldn't watch this one but this is 100% accurate, nobody cares how you won or lost game, at the end of a day only thing that counts is W or L.

Take W, no matter how you get there ( or against who).

[SHAQ32]

Yeah, this team is no good. And WCJ and the ghost of Markelle isn't going to change that. String of losses incoming.

[SOUL]

At the end of the season, this will count as a +1 in the total win column. Moral victory/loss doesnt have a counter.

I couldn't watch this one but this is 100% accurate, nobody cares how you won or lost game, at the end of a day only thing that counts is W or L.

Take W, no matter how you get there ( or against who).

I gotta hand it to pepe, his reactions to wins or losses has been pretty middle of the ground in terms of not overreacting in one way or another

[pepe1991]

At the end of the season, this will count as a +1 in the total win column. Moral victory/loss doesnt have a counter.

I couldn't watch this one but this is 100% accurate, nobody cares how you won or lost game, at the end of a day only thing that counts is W or L.

Take W, no matter how you get there ( or against who).

I gotta hand it to pepe, his reactions to wins or losses has been pretty middle of the ground in terms of not overreacting in one way or another

I should rename myself into ZenMaster now

jokes aside, there simply isn't much reason to overreact to single game anyway. nba is wild league, you can have game where best team in a league is losing by 30 to a worst.

[KillMonger]

On the bright side is seems P5 has a bit of the clutch gene.... Two gamewinners so far this season

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