Game 12: Orlando Magic (7-4) @ Phoenix Suns (4-8) 11/10 9PM ET

bargnanimvp · Post #381 » by **bargnanimvp** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:26 am

Orium wrote:
npiper17 wrote:Props to Shelvin Mack - played a lot of minutes in a row there and handled it relatively well

Yeah I agree, people were harping on him all night but he's our 3rd stringer and he did fine for what was asked of him.

yeah same thing happened with DJ when he was starting, those guys aren't signed to be big minute guys and they've been ok for what they've had to do. they aren't signings of young guys who might have potential they are supposed to come in and play a role

fendilim · Post #382 » by **fendilim** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:26 am

Mack is actually a steady player. He's just been forced into the spotlight because DJ and EP was out.

Trillen · Post #383 » by **Trillen** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:27 am

Magic breaking streaks!

Evan's 3 point streak that is...

(I'm actually kinda glad so we don't have to deal with David Steele mentioning it every game)

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #384 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:28 am

We had 43 FTA...wow.

Post #385 » by **Knightro** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:29 am

I'm so happy for Ross though.

That guy has been busting his ass all year long defensively and everyone hated his guts for missing shots.

He's too good of a shooter to miss forever. And if he can maintain that defense all year... look out.

fklt · Post #386 » by **fklt** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:32 am

3rd in the conference, 5th in the league baby.

Optimus_Steel · Post #387 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:33 am

Ducklett wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:The only thing Mario seems somewhat average is rebounding and free throw shooting, everything else is a disaster. How can such a flawed player be a top 5 pick?

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Nothing like three coaches and four different positions and like 30 minutes a season to really get the most out of a young player.

In Orlando only 2 coaches. He is a good con man. Conned Barca, now Orlando. His handles are so bad it looks like it's the first time touching the ball in his life. Did he not ever participate in drills or workouts?

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OrlandO · Post #388 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:43 am

Knightro wrote:I'm so happy for Ross though.

That guy has been busting his ass all year long defensively and everyone hated his guts for missing shots.

He's too good of a shooter to miss forever. And if he can maintain that defense all year... look out.

I'm hoping he'll go on a 3-4 game hot streak to balance that average out. During a west coast road trip would be great timing for him to knock down a bunch of shots.

KillMonger · Post #389 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:44 am

I don't want to harp on this AG/Fournier thing because it isn't all that important. However there is something there, don't know if it's frustration or something else but there is smoke there, not a fire yet. I remember one game, I think it was the game before last being extremely amused seeing fournier wave off AG to go on to take a bad contested pull up 3. All I could think was "since when does Fournier get to wave people off?"

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Optimus_Steel · Post #390 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:45 am

AG looked like a star.

Great to see Ross shot come back to remind us what he is capable off. Not having a PG affected him alot.

Simms so important for this team.

Got much needed rest for the starters.

Could have scored 140. Lots of missed fts and turnovers.

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Snackawho · Post #391 » by **Snackawho** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:47 am

I'm gonna need to look up how Gordon's efficiency ranks in the nba. It must be definitely up there

Optimus_Steel · Post #392 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:03 am

Iwundu with 31!

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bargnanimvp · Post #393 » by **bargnanimvp** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:05 am

Knightro wrote:I'm so happy for Ross though.

That guy has been busting his ass all year long defensively and everyone hated his guts for missing shots.

He's too good of a shooter to miss forever. And if he can maintain that defense all year... look out.

To my eyes he had 2 games were he was just flat out bad, lost his man a lot on d and committed bad fouls. The rest of his season his offence has been awful but he's put in enough on defence for me to have defended him. If he can get in the groove again it's a huge help for us. If he can hit 12ppg on decent efficiency while playing good defence like he had last season we have a lot of punch in that starting line up and a healthy DJ/Simmons/Isaac bench grouping is nice backing that up

PrimeThyme · Post #394 » by **PrimeThyme** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:06 am

Read on Twitter

Orium · Post #395 » by **Orium** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:08 am

Even with some of the horrendous games we've had, we're now 8-4.. that's amazing

nymets1 · Post #396 » by **nymets1** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:09 am

Our next 3 games I'm excited about

At Denver- Not that i'm not necessarily looking forward to any of their players, but that high altitude in Denver is a test for us
At Warriors- Yeah that game will be awesome!
At Trail Blazers- Stud backcourt of Lillard and McCollum, I like to see them 2

Post #397 » by **Knightro** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:21 am

Orium wrote:Even with some of the horrendous games we've had, we're now 8-4.. that's amazing

The only two truly terrible games they've had have been with Payton AND Augustin both out injured.

It's hard to beat anybody with Mack and Simmons forced to play 48 point guard minutes combined.

PrimeThyme · Post #398 » by **PrimeThyme** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:24 am

Sadly, tomorrow is a schedule loss. Back to back away game on a west coast road trip in the high altitude city of Denver. I will be incredibly surprised if we somehow find a way to win that game.

Optimus_Steel · Post #399 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:27 am

PrimeShaq wrote:Sadly, tomorrow is a schedule loss. Back to back away game on a west coast road trip in the high altitude city of Denver. I will be incredibly surprised if we somehow find a way to win that game.

Its gonna be tough. If we can win in Port it would be a real solid road trip.

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PrimeThyme · Post #400 » by **PrimeThyme** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:32 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:
PrimeShaq wrote:Sadly, tomorrow is a schedule loss. Back to back away game on a west coast road trip in the high altitude city of Denver. I will be incredibly surprised if we somehow find a way to win that game.

Its gonna be tough. If we can win in Port it would be a real solid road trip.

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Yeah honestly If we can go .500 on this road trip it would be very successful in my opinion.