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Probably something like this.uraverage wrote:eyriq wrote:Cavs have a "contender" gear they can hit. When they hit it they are a buzz saw and can beat anyone.
Agreed. This series is all about who elevates. Do the Cavs hit their gear or does the Magic’s defense hit theirs.
Wonder what it looks like when 2 buzz saws hit each other.
best of luck wrote:When will they be releasing the time for the game. I’m trying to plan my Saturday / Sunday being 12 hours difference and hoping the game doesn’t land at a 2am or 4am slot.
Magic fan and think Cans will be too strong but been surprised about how well they perform.
Magic would easily have any of the Cavs 4 best players start for us.
Magic bench play will be vital and hopefully if Isaac starts this won’t effect it too much.
Iwasawitness wrote:Mad Guru wrote:Iwasawitness wrote:
Trust me when I say this, the Cavs didn’t tank at all.
You guys had Tristan Thompson running point for the final 5 minutes of the season and you are saying that the Cavaliers were *trying* to win the game?
That’s what you’re referring to? The last game of the season? You do realize the Cavs were guaranteed home court advantage no matter what, right? You’re racing with this one.
bmurph128 wrote:Mad Guru wrote:Iwasawitness wrote:
Trust me when I say this, the Cavs didn’t tank at all.
You guys had Tristan Thompson running point for the final 5 minutes of the season and you are saying that the Cavaliers were *trying* to win the game?
As opposed to the incredibly talented ball handling of Isaac Okoro or Max Strus?
Mitchell and Garland were out, which I don't imagine ANYONE would have an issue with. Both guys got injured off and on all season long, not worth playing them when you have a top 4 seed locked up, MAYBE unless you can get the 1 seed, which obviously we couldn't.
Then the only active PG went down with an injury early on. Most of those turnovers at the end of the game were by Bates, and he's about the caliber player the Hornets had on the floor too. **** happens sometimes.
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jbk1234 wrote:I didn't feel great about our matchup with the Knicks last year. They had a deep team. We did not. I wasn't sold that Okoro was a reliable option offensively. You had Knicks fans saying Thibs wouldn't bother guarding him (and he didn't). We bought out Love without having a replacement. Wade was injured and JBB didn't trust him. Garland had never been to the playoffs. The Knicks had been on a tear since trading for Hart. I feel differently about this Cavs team and this matchup.
We've been riddled with injuries this season and it seems like we may finally be healing up and we've got a week off. Garland was eating through a straw for a month, he lost 12 lbs, and came back to a team that was down Mitchell, Strus, Mobley, and Wade during the most difficult part of the schedule. Mitchell tried to play through injury and had to shut it down again, but I was encouraged by what I saw Friday against the Pacers from both Mitchell and the team. A lot of postseason success is dependent upon being healthy, and if the Cavs finally are, they're going to be a dangerous team. People, including some Cavs fans, seem to be forgetting that the benefit of having both Mitchell and Garland is that the other team can't sell out to stop both of them. You can't simultaneously tilt towards both of them. The Magic can only assign Suggs to one of them. Add in healthy Strus, who is our best off-ball player, and the Magic are going to find themselves picking a poison.
SOUL wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:Well, Magic fans, i wanna start by saying best of luck in the series, i assume either outcome we won't have to deal with insufferable fans like last season at this time.
oh, Magic fans can get insufferable trust me
Should be a fun series though. I think it would require Cavs to have some funky shooting splits and Magic to hit more threes than usual to have a chance, which isn't impossible, but our personnel doesn't lend itself to that quite yet
KnicksGadfly wrote:SOUL wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:Well, Magic fans, i wanna start by saying best of luck in the series, i assume either outcome we won't have to deal with insufferable fans like last season at this time.
oh, Magic fans can get insufferable trust me
Should be a fun series though. I think it would require Cavs to have some funky shooting splits and Magic to hit more threes than usual to have a chance, which isn't impossible, but our personnel doesn't lend itself to that quite yet
Ah Soul, I gotta recap what happened for you. It’s a basic case of “don’t dish it if you can’t take it”
Basically Cavs fans went into the series giving the Knicks no respect. Stuff like, this is easy, we have 4 of the top 5 players etc etc. Proceeds to get punched on the mouth by Mitchell Robinson and RJ Barrett. Brunson doing what Brunson does.
Then it’s basically all, you all got lucky, our coach sucks, your team is terrible, all you had was a better bench. No respect given afterwards too.
I think the Cavs fans have gotten humbled a bit this year, which is why they’re being more pleasant. But yea, they’re not victims here.
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Good luck with the Heat or 76ers in the first round, lmaoKnicksGadfly wrote:SOUL wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:Well, Magic fans, i wanna start by saying best of luck in the series, i assume either outcome we won't have to deal with insufferable fans like last season at this time.
oh, Magic fans can get insufferable trust me
Should be a fun series though. I think it would require Cavs to have some funky shooting splits and Magic to hit more threes than usual to have a chance, which isn't impossible, but our personnel doesn't lend itself to that quite yet
Ah Soul, I gotta recap what happened for you. It’s a basic case of “don’t dish it if you can’t take it”
Basically Cavs fans went into the series giving the Knicks no respect. Stuff like, this is easy, we have 4 of the top 5 players etc etc. Proceeds to get punched on the mouth by Mitchell Robinson and RJ Barrett. Brunson doing what Brunson does.
Then it’s basically all, you all got lucky, our coach sucks, your team is terrible, all you had was a better bench. No respect given afterwards too.
I think the Cavs fans have gotten humbled a bit this year, which is why they’re being more pleasant. But yea, they’re not victims here.
It is kind of funny their GM played for the Cavs for 3 years and their head coach was an assistant for the Cavs for 4 years.JJ_PR wrote:The Magic have a very talented squad, their GM has done a good job.
That said, I'm rooting for my team & I think they can pull it off.
eyriq wrote:Does Orlando start Jonathan Isaac?
JonFromVA wrote:Dunno, does Jamahl Mosley typically recognize when one of his players has been wreaking havoc on an opponent and play that guy more?
JujitsuFlip wrote:It is kind of funny their GM played for the Cavs for 3 years and their head coach was an assistant for the Cavs for 4 years.JJ_PR wrote:The Magic have a very talented squad, their GM has done a good job.
That said, I'm rooting for my team & I think they can pull it off.
