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2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0 

Post#621 » by djguevara114 » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:39 am

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I've literally seen it 10+ times on here and reddit. Especially after the miscues with Mobley/Allen with him and Paolo and the bench defense being worse without him.


You play Issac against a single big post player or you let him guard a wing so he can wander a bit… Another failure by Mosley… He should come out in the second half, start Goga Isaac, Banchero, Wagner, Harris… Bring Black, Ingles, WCJ, Wagner off bench…


Lol the good old Gary Harris at PG strat with Paolo and Franz having to chase around Mitchell and Strus

These are the people calling for Mose to be fired

This fanbase deserves RealGM coaches for 100 years if we think Mose is bad


It’s not the guard play that is killing us genius, it’s the 2nd and 3rd chance with offensive rebounds and our small guards getting pinned down on the switch (I’d prefer Black over Harris but that ain’t gonna happen)…
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0 

Post#622 » by ChosenSavior » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:39 am

Suggs making plays!
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0 

Post#623 » by JF5 » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:39 am

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Rainwater wrote:This JI thing at center is not working


Against this team nobody is going to bully their bigs.


Their bigs got brutalized literally in last year's playoffs by the Knicks.


They played scared and they were young. Similar to how the Magic look now... That frontcout is beastly with rebounding and size.
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Post#624 » by Last Guardian » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:39 am

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Rainwater wrote:This JI thing at center is not working


Against this team nobody is going to bully their bigs.


Isn't that exactly what the knicks did last season. We just aren't that big. We don't have 7 footers. We get called big because our 3 man is 6'10. The rest of the positions are normal height.
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Post#625 » by Bensational » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:39 am

Just watch it all happen Isaac.
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Post#626 » by eyriq » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 am

Isaac struggling HARD
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Post#627 » by ChosenSavior » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 am

Awful defense by Banchero
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0 

Post#628 » by SOUL » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 am

djguevara114 wrote:It’s not the guard play that is killing us genius, it’s the 2nd and 3rd chance with offensive rebounds and our small guards getting pinned down on the switch (I’d prefer Black over Harris but that ain’t gonna happen)…


You are potentially solving rebounding (not even a guarantee), and making it infinitely harder to guard them by putting 6'10 guys on 6'4-6'6 guys who are quicker, as well as a still-clunky offense.

There's no easy fixes.
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Post#629 » by Knightro » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 am

Paolo's had a tremendously bad series defensively so far.
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Post#630 » by ogmagicfan » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 am

Knightro wrote:Paolo is about as soft as it gets as an interior defender/rebounder. Just no effort whatsoever.


I cut him some slack because of the offensive load he has

If this continues next season assuming we actually get a legit playmaking guard & 3 pt shooting then we got a problem on our hands
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Post#631 » by Driguez » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

ChosenSavior wrote:Awful defense by Banchero


His body language isn’t good. He’s in his head.
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Post#632 » by RookieStar » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

Yup... inexperience plus our glaring holes are clearly showing.

Its a good experience for the young guys though. Now they know what to expect.
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Post#633 » by ChosenSavior » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

Magic aren't even hustling much. Just gotta hope their spirit isn't broken. Seeing some pretty bad body language out there.
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Post#634 » by rcklsscognition » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

What are we even doing? Franz on Allen like every play in the post losing rebounds.
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Post#635 » by MasterGMer » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

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SOUL wrote:Rebounding isn't about height, it's a skill. Barkley would poop on our entire team.

Hell, Josh Hart would be our best rebounder


Are you serious? It is mostly due to size and we do not have with this lineup


I don’t think you understand. Just because you are big doesn’t make you a great rebounder a good example is Bol Bol


I said "mostly"
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Post#636 » by ogmagicfan » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

I think these playoffs are good to show Franz the importance of developing that mid range game
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Post#637 » by eyriq » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

We literally haven't had the lead once, right?
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Post#638 » by Knightro » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

12 OREB surrendered in 2.5 quarters is rough.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 2: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Cavs up 1-0 

Post#639 » by IllMagic04 » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:41 am

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IllMagic04 wrote:Mosley is annoying me. It’s time to waive the white flag. We are not winning this game. The rest of this game should be about finding something positive to take to game 3. Let’s give Goga some run. Hell give Caleb and Black some run. The goal should be to find positive from somewhere. Anywhere


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We're not playing 3rd stringers at halftime. Stop it.

It’s mid 3rd quarter.. I’m not saying put them all in at once but do you not agree that the rest of this game should be about game 3? Do you still think this is winnable?


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Post#640 » by Message Boar » Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:42 am

Rebound Rebound Rebound REbound REBOUND

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