Game #37 Thunder at Magic ....

[JNelson43]

Another reason to blame Stan: That horrible lineup to start the 4Q which killed our momentum. If you noticed, Durant played the entire 4th. Dwight sat the first three minutes.

Yep, actually think that's the biggest thing. They did score too many points, but they were gaining momentum all along until near the end when they couldn't miss.

I'm not against a trade, but whenever we've made trades when it looks like we're in a spot it just hasn't ended up well. What's the last really positive trade we've had, anyway? Big Baby didn't help.

Monta can create, the question is when he'll stop. He's shooting 43% right now and moving to a new team usually doesn't help those numbers much.

[arkknight1988]

wow harden/westbrook/durant all looked amazing that 4th Q. my mind is blown.

yet again nobody can elevate their game to help dwight.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Another reason to blame Stan: That horrible lineup to start the 4Q which killed our momentum. If you noticed, Durant played the entire 4th. Dwight sat the first three minutes.

The moment Clark had his 5th foul and sat down, the defense became lax.

[GameOver25]

Trying to put a positive spin on this. Hopefully this loss speeds up the process of a trade going down.

[The Real Dalic]

Cant even blame the offense. We gave up 103 points. Look at the defense. We shot over 50%. The defense killed us today. Westbrook and Durant killed us all game..

that's what dynamic scorers do.

and yeah, the offense killed us. what was our FG% for the 4th quarter? something substandard. if we had a reliable scorer, then it wouldn't have been the case and we wouldn't have been outscored by 14 points in the 4th.

although, you're right, defense needs work too.

Yep, they adjusted to our offensive gameplan and just started hitting their shots and getting to the basket/line.

[Jamaicankid21]

What makes me mad about this game, is not the fact that the Thunders made their shots in the 4th quarter, no, what makes me mad is that Orlando went away from what was working. They were fine up until they decided to jack up 3s in the 4th. That's what kills me. And the moment that it was 90-89 9 (OKC) and Anderson decided to hit a 3, that angered me more than anything because all a 3 wasn't necessary.

I'm tired of this time constantly reverting back and folding when other teams makes runs. I'm tired of it. We need change, and preferable a lot of guys who don't settle for shooting 3s.

Well that was because OKC started playing looser on our players and collapsed the paint. You can't force the ball into the paint. Our team shot 50% in this game. The game turned around when we couldn't get a stop,. This is why you need somebody that is able to create off the dribble. We had a beautiful game on offense. but OKC just hang around, when didn't put them away when we had the chance..

[jezzer45]

the magic have a day off tomorrow maybe something goes down then, heck maybe something tonight. Otis had his poker face in full force tonight.

[Last Guardian]

Lol at people pushing their agendas. I hope we trade for Ellis. I want to know how fast all you people in love with him will absolutely hate his guts.

[bigdogdylan5]

Damn good try there though. All the people who love anderson do u see where he went in the second half. He disappeared you cant have our second option behind dwight be a Three point shooter you need that off the dribble scorer!

I agree, as much as I love ryan, right now he's only going to win you regular season games...

He makes his living off other teams confusion... that's not going to happen come playoff time when the effort is ramped up and the teams prepare all week for you.

You have seen every good team completely shut him down

[Optimus_Steel]

I want to start rebuilding now. Why wait till next year when its obvious we dont have the pieces in perimeter do contend. Trade Dwight, get the ball rolling.

[Jamaicankid21]

Cant even blame the offense. We gave up 103 points. Look at the defense. We shot over 50%. The defense killed us today. Westbrook and Durant killed us all game..

We have no perimeter defense. It's why Atlanta killed us in the playoffs last year. We get dominated by athletic wings.

I thought Atlanta was more of everybody on the team besides Dwight shooting around 30% or less in the playoffs Our defense wasn't that bad. Today was just terrible defensively. KD was on fire too which doesn't help, but J-Rich can't let Harden get by him that easily EVERY time, and you have to be able to check Westbrook. He dropped 29 and 10 on us..

[richboy]

my heart hurts...... Otis make a f'n trade... F this team, for real... and F everybody that doesn't want Ellis... all 3 or 4 of them... stupid

According to the poll, there are 7 of them lurking here

Yeah and there was just a couple of us on this board who said Rashard was overrated and not to touch him.

Only me and another who said take Dwight over Okafor.

Only a couple of us who said stay away Arenas.

Only a couple of us who said that Phoenix trade was horrible.

When the whole board was saying yipiee Big Baby there was 1 saying he not very good.

Same with Duhon

I don't need to continue. If you want to gut the team for Ellis go right ahead. Realize he being shopped for a reason. If he does become a Magician which I doubt. However if he does it take about 20 games for you to know what that reason is.

[Last Guardian]

Trying to put a positive spin on this. Hopefully this loss speeds up the process of a trade going down.

Hopefully its Dwight.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Well that was because OKC started playing looser on our players and collapsed the paint. You can't force the ball into the paint. Our team shot 50% in this game. The game turned around when we couldn't get a stop,. This is why you need somebody that is able to create off the dribble. We had a beautiful game on offense. but OKC just hang around, when didn't put them away when we had the chance..

We could have 50 points on them and it still wouldn't be enough for our team to pull out this win. When the other team makes a run, our team panics and start shooting frantic 3s.

[Nemesis21]

Trade Dwight. Get this **** over with. Our perimeter is putrid. They cant defend. They cant score with pressure. They cant pass. Start rebuidling. Otis I dont like this old slow pathetic team.

Why trade Dwight ? Why not just get him better pieces ?

[The Real Dalic]

Lol at people pushing their agendas. I hope we trade for Ellis. I want to know how fast all you people in love with him will absolutely hate his guts.

Stop hating cause Ryan disappeared tonight.

[Lauxman]

my heart hurts...... Otis make a f'n trade... F this team, for real... and F everybody that doesn't want Ellis... all 3 or 4 of them... stupid

According to the poll, there are 7 of them lurking here

Yeah and there was just a couple of us on this board who said Rashard was overrated and not to touch him.

Only me and another who said take Dwight over Okafor.

Only a couple of us who said stay away Arenas.

Only a couple of us who said that Phoenix trade was horrible.

When the whole board was saying yipiee Big Baby there was 1 saying he not very good.

Same with Duhon

I don't need to continue. If you want to gut the team for Ellis go right ahead. Realize he being shopped for a reason. If he does become a Magician which I doubt. However if he does it take about 20 games for you to know what that reason is.

Difference between this year and the Phoenix trade is that team could still contend somewhat last year. And even if it didn't, they were in a much better position for free agency this year.

Now, the Magic are a first-round exit team and cannot hope in their wildest dreams to contend for even a conference championship.

[The Real Dalic]

Trade Dwight. Get this **** over with. Our perimeter is putrid. They cant defend. They cant score with pressure. They cant pass. Start rebuidling. Otis I dont like this old slow pathetic team.

Why trade Dwight ? Why not just get him better pieces ?

[arkknight1988]

it's safe to say that we have gotten even worse this year. hedo jrich nelson are older and baby has been terrible. duhon also plays big minutes

[Driguez]

Mass, can we change this boards name to El Bipolars for the next 2 weeks?