2022-2023 Regular Season Game 67: Utah Jazz (31-35) at Orlando Magic (27-39) - 7pm

Post #241 » by **Bensational** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:32 am

Knightro wrote:Honestly though this is an ideal tank loss. Every guy we care about played really well offensively and we don’t hurt the tank.

Win win.

Yeah it’s great to see Fultz have a big game.

Post #242 » by **eyriq** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:32 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:
FFBlitzace wrote:They have made their free throws and we haven't. It sucks that we're kinda regressing back to a stage where we're finding fundamental ways to lose games on a nightly basis.
Regression back to the awful team from earlier on the year.

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And during the supposed "play-in" run...

Optimus_Steel · Post #243 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:33 am

That was awful

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ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #244 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:33 am

This is just sad man. This team should be pass this by now.

Post #245 » by **eyriq** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:33 am

Lol at Utah, screw them

Post #246 » by **Knightro** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:34 am

Bensational wrote:
Knightro wrote:Honestly though this is an ideal tank loss. Every guy we care about played really well offensively and we don’t hurt the tank.

Win win.

Yeah it’s great to see Fultz have a big game.

Not him

Optimus_Steel · Post #247 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:34 am

That was awful. Pull the plug on the season and play the ping pong ball game. Just pathetic.

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Post #248 » by **ChosenSavior** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:34 am

Karma gonna hit the Jazz hard for being rude to us like that at the end.

TheChaser · Post #249 » by **TheChaser** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:34 am

eyriq wrote:
TheChaser wrote:Well, when I stopped this simplest of posts, we stopped winning. So go Magic!!!
Making Orlando great again one game thread post at a time!

Yeah…I didn’t come through this time.

yoyojw17 · Post #250 » by **yoyojw17** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:35 am

KillMonger wrote:i knew going back to the 3 guards would bite us....should've kept some size in there....absolute brain fart by Coach Mose....why go small?

going for that pick? :-/ lol

Post #251 » by **Knightro** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:36 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:This is just sad man. This team should be pass this by now.

At the end of the day they’re still a very young team playing without their best (only?) big.

I think they’d have gone 2-1 in the last three simply if Carter had played.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #252 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:36 am

I’m not really caring if certain individuals play well, I care more if those certain individuals know how to win in the NBA. That growth is what’s important.

thelead · Post #253 » by **thelead** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:36 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:This is just sad man. This team should be pass this by now.

I watched the Nuggets lose to the Bulls at home last night by 20+. It happens. We’re a few pieces away. Losing JI and now WCJ is too much to overcome this year with the rest of the holes we have. The future looks bright. We just need to hit on one of our (hopefully) 2 lotto picks.

Post #254 » by **FFBlitzace** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:37 am

We made 16 threes, outrebounded them, and only turned it over 10 times. For our team, those are numbers that should result in a win against even good teams. For us to lose to a very mediocre team with those numbers is a huge disappointment. We can roll our eyes at some scrubby players going off, but ultimately it's still no excuse for us to lose when we perform well in those three huge areas for us.

thelead · Post #255 » by **thelead** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:38 am

Bensational wrote:
Knightro wrote:Honestly though this is an ideal tank loss. Every guy we care about played really well offensively and we don’t hurt the tank.

Win win.

Yeah it’s great to see Fultz have a big game.

You know what you did there :lol:

Optimus_Steel · Post #256 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:39 am

FFBlitzace wrote:We made 16 threes, outrebounded them, and only turned it over 10 times. For our team, those are numbers that should result in a win against even good teams. For us to lose to a very mediocre team with those numbers is a huge disappointment. We can roll our eyes at some scrubby players going off, but ultimately it's still no excuse for us to lose when we perform well in those three huge areas for us.

Agreed. We made as many fts as Utah, they missed one, we missed 11. We had 7 less turnover. I'm really disgusted with the effort and mindset that team played with tonight.

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ogmagicfan · Post #257 » by **ogmagicfan** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:39 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:I’m not really caring if certain individuals play well, I care more if those certain individuals know how to win in the NBA. That growth is what’s important.

We got the 3rd youngest team in the league, playing without our starting center who's the centerpiece of our defense, and are on pace to improve last year's win total by atleast 10.

That's a fairly significant jump by a young team, expecting a team of rookies & sophs to never make mistakes kinda defeats the purpose of growth?

flying_mollusk · Post #258 » by **flying_mollusk** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:39 am

Skin wrote:
Knightro wrote:Honestly though this is an ideal tank loss. Every guy we care about played really well offensively and we don’t hurt the tank.

Win win.

Yes, this is how I want the rest of the year to play out. We need to land in the top 3.

I’m ok winning 30 plus games and locking down the 5th worst. 42% chance at top 4 and 10% chance at top pick. Not bad.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #259 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:40 am

Knightro wrote:Honestly though this is an ideal tank loss. Every guy we care about played really well offensively and we don’t hurt the tank.

Win win.

So that we can watch more rookies next season lose and for us to calm ourselves down by claiming that this is a “young team learning to win”?

Is there someone else in the 2024 draft that we can get hyped about so that when we lose, we can cheer for the tank that season? I get that some want whomever is in this draft but we have to break this cycle at some point.

Post #260 » by **Knightro** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:40 am

Indiana just won. So they're now 3 full games clear of the Magic in the race for 5th worst.