2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE WINS 4-3)

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Who wins?

Cavs in 4
6
2%
Cavs in 5
41
14%
Cavs in 6
69
24%
Cavs in 7
39
14%
Magic in 4
7
2%
Magic in 5
7
2%
Magic in 6
72
25%
Magic in 7
42
15%
 
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1201 » by Iwasawitness » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:15 am

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ChumboChappati wrote:Magic is not a good team. Cavs should be sweeping them.


If you win 47 games without an all NBA caliber player, you’re definitely a good team.


They do have an all star though


All star and all NBA caliber players are two different things. Banchero is a great talent but he’s not at that level yet.
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Post#1202 » by GeorgeSears » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:16 am

That's a big boy response from the Magic.

Teams that are down 2-0 in a series and respond like this in game 3 are legit teams.
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Post#1203 » by GeorgeSears » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:17 am

Evan Mobley with only 2 rebounds... he doesn't have that dog in him to be great.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-1) 

Post#1204 » by 3ddman23 » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:18 am

Ya really gotta pump the breaks sometimes man, biggest beatdown in postseason so far. I still don't see the magic winning the series but all the ish people were talking about the magic in the first two really looks crazy.

As I said if the magic hit wide open shoots they would be up 3-0 in this series.
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Post#1205 » by Driguez » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:18 am

Oh oh oh ohhhh
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-1) 

Post#1206 » by JonFromVA » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:18 am

This is yet another example why you don't declare a series over just because the higher seed protected home court, but the Magic can't get fat and happy in game 4.
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Post#1207 » by AddiFB » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:19 am

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Post#1208 » by AddiFB » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:19 am

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1209 » by DowJones » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:21 am

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First off, scoring is down and turnovers are up league wide as the league is really letting teams be physical in the playoffs.

You want your players taking what the defense gives them, especially when playing good defensive teams. Efficiency matters. Getting Allen and Mobley involved in the offense, particularly when they present a matchup issue for Orlando whenever Issac is off the floor, matters.

Not for nothing, but Garland would have more assists if Stus and Niang didn't shoot a combined 2-18 from 3 over the first two games.

Donavan scored 38 points on 30 shots in Game 1 against the Knicks. We lost. This complaining about what's working is just tiresome.


Darius had 5 points on 2-10 shooting. He did get his customary 6 assists. The offense overall continues to be abysmal.

We can’t continue to bury our heads in the sand. Garland is a max-contract player. He HAS to play like it. He has been really bad this series. No..it isn’t working. It didn’t work in games 1 and 2 and it certainly didn’t work tonight.


Outside of our core four guys how is everyone else shooting? I mention this because I'm kind of surprised he has six assists as it requires a teammate to actually hit a shot.


At some point Darius needs to step up. I have no idea why you are ignoring the obvious. We don’t need to cover for him. He needs to play better. He didn’t run an efficient offense in games 1 and 2. The offense struggled. It was even worse tonight.

The whole offense struggled but Garland is 1 of 2 max contract players and we can’t survive with him playing like this. 11 points and 6 assists just isn’t acceptable. It isn’t like he is offsetting that with great defense.
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Post#1210 » by tooler » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:22 am

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Post#1211 » by Zukkoyaki » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:22 am

Win or lose the series, I reeeally like this young Magic team. Going to be exciting to watch them in the coming years. Paolo isn't far from being a bonafide star.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1212 » by ChumboChappati » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:23 am

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We're just missing shots, but Mobley and Mitchell look tired to me.

Magic is not a good team. Cavs should be sweeping them.


Not a good team?

Sure, not a contender or a great team... but not a good team? I disagree.

I was talking relevant to Cavs. The 3 most talented players in this series are all Cavs (Mitchell, Garland, and Mobley). Then on the bench, the Cavs have the most talented player LeVert.
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Post#1213 » by AddiFB » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:24 am

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Post#1214 » by JujitsuFlip » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:25 am

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Darius had 5 points on 2-10 shooting. He did get his customary 6 assists. The offense overall continues to be abysmal.

We can’t continue to bury our heads in the sand. Garland is a max-contract player. He HAS to play like it. He has been really bad this series. No..it isn’t working. It didn’t work in games 1 and 2 and it certainly didn’t work tonight.


Outside of our core four guys how is everyone else shooting? I mention this because I'm kind of surprised he has six assists as it requires a teammate to actually hit a shot.


At some point Darius needs to step up. I have no idea why you are ignoring the obvious. We don’t need to cover for him. He needs to play better. He didn’t run an efficient offense in games 1 and 2. The offense struggled. It was even worse tonight.

The whole offense struggled but Garland is 1 of 2 max contract players and we can’t survive with him playing like this. 11 points and 6 assists just isn’t acceptable. It isn’t like he is offsetting that with great defense.
It is almost like the Cavs are in a series against a top 3 defense in the league, wild, I know.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1215 » by jbk1234 » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:25 am

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jbk1234 wrote:
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Darius had 5 points on 2-10 shooting. He did get his customary 6 assists. The offense overall continues to be abysmal.

We can’t continue to bury our heads in the sand. Garland is a max-contract player. He HAS to play like it. He has been really bad this series. No..it isn’t working. It didn’t work in games 1 and 2 and it certainly didn’t work tonight.


Outside of our core four guys how is everyone else shooting? I mention this because I'm kind of surprised he has six assists as it requires a teammate to actually hit a shot.


At some point Darius needs to step up. I have no idea why you are ignoring the obvious. We don’t need to cover for him. He needs to play better. He didn’t run an efficient offense in games 1 and 2. The offense struggled. It was even worse tonight.

The whole offense struggled but Garland is 1 of 2 max contract players and we can’t survive with him playing like this. 11 points and 6 assists just isn’t acceptable. It isn’t like he is offsetting that with great defense.


How was the offense when he was off the court tonight? I mean you've clearly convinced yourself he's the problem so I'm guessing it got a lot better.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-1) 

Post#1216 » by JDR720 » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:26 am

Orlando have a top defense, but Cleveland getting whooped like this is due to their players not showing up and bad coaching.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1217 » by JujitsuFlip » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:27 am

ChumboChappati wrote:
AddiFB wrote:
ChumboChappati wrote:Magic is not a good team. Cavs should be sweeping them.


Not a good team?

Sure, not a contender or a great team... but not a good team? I disagree.

I was talking relevant to Cavs. The 3 most talented players in this series are all Cavs (Mitchell, Garland, and Mobley). Then on the bench, the Cavs have the most talented player LeVert.
It's funny you say that because Allen has been the Cavs best player through the first 3 games.
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Post#1218 » by basketballRob » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:29 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:Dean Wade has been ruled out for the remainder of the series.Image
He really played great defense on Paolo.

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Post#1219 » by Jadoogar » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:29 am

Both teams taking turns being awful

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE leads 2-0) 

Post#1220 » by ChumboChappati » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:33 am

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Not a good team?

Sure, not a contender or a great team... but not a good team? I disagree.

I was talking relevant to Cavs. The 3 most talented players in this series are all Cavs (Mitchell, Garland, and Mobley). Then on the bench, the Cavs have the most talented player LeVert.
It's funny you say that because Allen has been the Cavs best player through the first 3 games.

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