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Dipo was effective both halves and finished the game when we were being a little silly, but a bunch of people played well.

Gotta go with OrlanDipo. All around excellent night, I was a bit worried that he hadn't scored at all coming into the 2nd being 0-4 but he pulled it together. He has been rebounding extremely well and playing excellent defense. He's finally getting to the line also. Glad he's starting to get his feet back under him, excellent win - hopefully we can keep this play up, it'd be great to start moving up in the playoff rankings.

vic is averaging 12.5 ftas per36 since moving to the bench. was 2.2 before that. 2.2...

Dipo was big again off the bench but tonight was really an all round effort. Everybody played great.

Defend the 3 game home stretch; check
Get back up to 500; check
Go above 500 since Dwight days; check

#feelgudbruh

Some players would crumble after being benched.

Oladipo being our genuine spark off the bench has been great, enjoy another vest Victor.

Contributions from everyone tonight but Dipo really stood out to me on both ends with honorable mentions to Vuc, Tobias and Dr. Drew. Vest up Dipo please.

Also may I say that I really love how we swept that home stand and are really starting to come together as a team. Can't wait to see us do work on this west coast trip!

The Sixth Man.

The tone of the game just changed when Victor came off the bench. Started off slowly with scoring, but did everything else very strong. I can't believe that I just went to 3 games in 5 days and they won all 3! Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

ivDT wrote:vic is averaging 12.5 ftas per36 since moving to the bench. was 2.2 before that. 2.2...

Wow that is a drastic ft difference. Dipo needed the 6th man role to get him to focus, he will be better from this. But in my eyes is not a benching, he is still playing alot and getting many opportunities, its more of a change in arrangement.

Not sure if this was mentioned in the game thread at the time, but I thought Oladipo played good defense on IT as well. (I can't say I was watching every possession, so I could be wrong.)

Vic has finally returned to himself these last 3 games. We're a completely different team when one of Dipo or Payton are playing well.

The Real Dalic wrote:Vic has finally returned to himself these last 3 games. We're a completely different team when one of Dipo or Payton are playing well.

he just needs to get his 3pt% back up to 33% or better. right now, he's still shooting it in the mid-20s.

interesting that if the season were to end today, our whole division would make the playoffs.

EasternMagic wrote:interesting that if the season were to end today, our whole division would make the playoffs.

Not the Wiz.

SOUL wrote:

EasternMagic wrote:interesting that if the season were to end today, our whole division would make the playoffs.

Not the Wiz.

ah. true.

EasternMagic wrote:

SOUL wrote:

EasternMagic wrote:interesting that if the season were to end today, our whole division would make the playoffs.

Not the Wiz.

ah. true.

Which is surprising since most people had them atop of our division.

SOUL wrote:

EasternMagic wrote:

SOUL wrote:
Not the Wiz.

ah. true.

Which is surprising since most people had them atop of our division.

It still bugs the hell out of me that we gave them two wins. We should be at least 11-8 now.

Frankly I am spurred by the vote. Orlando did not need Oladipo's FTs to win (they would have won by ~15 instead of 20). The Boston guards had good games, so Oladipo's defense was not A+. In stark contrast, not only did Vučević had the best _+/- of the team, not only did he have the best FG% of the team, not only did he ave a double-double, he held Boston's Centers to horrible stat lines. That last is why Vučević got my vote.

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ivDT wrote:he just needs to get his 3pt% back up to 33% or better. right now, he's still shooting it in the mid-20s.

He was 2-6 last night; so right on point.


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