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

Rainwater · Post #601 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:20 am

eyriq wrote:One extremely important thing this season has done is confirm that Paolo and Franz are franchise players.

Completely agree, they just need to build around them

RookieStar · Post #602 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:56 am

Also... dunno of this has been mentioned here yet, but we gotta stop getting former DEN shooting guards.

KCP and Harris combine for 52mins and 0 pts?

I get the "guard" part but what happened to the "shooting"

OrlandoNed · Post #603 » by **OrlandoNed** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:05 am

RookieStar wrote:Also... dunno of this has been mentioned here yet, but we gotta stop getting former DEN shooting guards.

KCP and Harris combine for 52mins and 0 pts?

I get the "guard" part but what happened to the "shooting"

Don't forget Fournier and Afflalo.

Optimus_Steel · Post #604 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:13 am

Last Guardian wrote:The only people that can guard Franz and Paolo are themselves. They make some head scratching decisions sometimes.

This is true but I believe in those two. And I believe they will get there in time. They are working on building the poise and comfort needed in these situations, most times they come with lumps until they get over the hump.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #605 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:26 am

OrlandoNed wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Also... dunno of this has been mentioned here yet, but we gotta stop getting former DEN shooting guards.

KCP and Harris combine for 52mins and 0 pts?

I get the "guard" part but what happened to the "shooting"

Don't forget Fournier and Afflalo.

So, RJ Hampton was just an afterthought?

ivDT · Post #606 » by **ivDT** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:35 am

superglad we won. losing to boston is the worst. losing to boston when you're at a family gathering and that one cousin who's a bandwagon celtics fan shows up even moreso.

penny_nz · Post #607 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:53 am

Just finished watching the game delayed spoiler free.

Heck of a win, proud of this team for not getting swept.

But.

Franz played great, but 3/13 from deep isn't going to cut it. He HAS to get that shot back.

Paolo is the one untouchable on this team.

We're not going to win a playoff series beating teams while scoring under 100.

pepe1991 · Post #608 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:54 am

This was great win.
First half defense wasn't that good but Paolo and Franz carried lot of offensive load.

Celtics will probably try to boost pace in game 4.

In fourth quarter we went stone cold but Franz carried us.
Carter played well.
KCP can gtfo after playoffs.

penny_nz · Post #609 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:15 am

pepe1991 wrote:This was great win.
First half defense wasn't that good but Paolo and Franz carried lot of offensive load.

Celtics will probably try to boost pace in game 4.

In fourth quarter we went stone cold but Franz carried us.
Carter played well.
KCP can gtfo after playoffs.

+1000 on KCP, and Harris, need a purge on ex Denver guards just chilling in the warm climate

pepe1991 · Post #610 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:26 am

penny_nz wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:This was great win.
First half defense wasn't that good but Paolo and Franz carried lot of offensive load.

Celtics will probably try to boost pace in game 4.

In fourth quarter we went stone cold but Franz carried us.
Carter played well.
KCP can gtfo after playoffs.

+1000 on KCP, and Harris, need a purge on ex Denver guards just chilling in the warm climate

Maybe they can't shoot with too much oxygen in their lungs :lol:

SHAQ32 · Post #611 » by **SHAQ32** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:28 am

Cole got more minutes than AB and we win! :nod:

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #612 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:36 am

SHAQ32 wrote:Cole got more minutes than AB and we win!

AB was awesome, just got injured (we think) and didn’t come back in.

Orlando Dawg · Post #613 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:44 am

pepe1991 wrote:KCP can gtfo after playoffs.

Untradeable

pepe1991 · Post #614 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:46 am

Can we not go into AB vs world in win against defending champions? Pretty please?

I swear, every topic i click it's about AB. I don't know what's so polarizing about him here.

Ducklett · Post #615 » by **Ducklett** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:49 am

pepe1991 wrote:Can we not go into AB vs world in win against defending champions? Pretty please?

I swear, every topic i click it's about AB. I don't know what's so polarizing about him here.

Well you have 3 factions on here Pepe:

Psychos that think AB is our best player (Love you buddy).
Morons who claim AB is a bust and won't get a second contract.
The rest of us who are like "Why is AB talked about more than our other players combined".

drsd · Post #616 » by **drsd** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:50 am

You'd have thought the Magic lost with the comments. Come on y'all:

pepe1991 · Post #617 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:55 am

Ducklett wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:Can we not go into AB vs world in win against defending champions? Pretty please?

I swear, every topic i click it's about AB. I don't know what's so polarizing about him here.

Well you have 3 factions on here Pepe:

Psychos that think AB is our best player (Love you buddy).
Morons who claim AB is a bust and won't get a second contract.
The rest of us who are like "Why is AB talked about more than our other players combined".

But ratio of this is:
group 1: 1 person
group 2: 1-2 people
group 3: all rest of us who have to read hot takes :lol:

drsd · Post #618 » by **drsd** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:56 am

pepe1991 wrote:This was great win.
First half defense wasn't that good but Paolo and Franz carried lot of offensive load.

Celtics will probably try to boost pace in game 4.

In fourth quarter we went stone cold but Franz carried us.
Carter played well.
KCP can gtfo after playoffs.

It is a shoicking win given how poor the Magic's offense was. How?

Box-score thoughts:

Orlando lost the FG% but won the game; and got Smoked in eFG% differential.
Points did not come from FT differential, Orlando was only +1 in made FTs, i.e. not the game's difference.

This game was won because of possessions difference. Orlando won the rebounding battle (+3) AND won the TO differential battle (-6).
Those extra 9 possessions led to 9 extra FG attempts. And that was the win.

Post #619 » by **SOUL** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 7:09 am

https://youtu.be/Yg6fz-37nHk?si=E255NVVyKXnlq3Vq

pepe1991 · Post #620 » by **pepe1991** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 7:16 am

SOUL wrote:https://youtu.be/Yg6fz-37nHk?si=E255NVVyKXnlq3Vq

by today's standards of officiating nobody would be on floor to finish game :lol:

Hand grabbing, screen moving, elbowing in head. Most of those plays are automatic ejection in today's basketball. I actually don't miss this. If you want to fight, sign for MMA and get your a** handed to you.