2023-2024 Regular Season Game 1: Houston Rockets (0-0) at Orlando Magic (0-0) - 7pm

Post #661 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:08 am

Knightro wrote:

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Love this

Orlando Dawg · Post #662 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:11 am

Jonathan Isaac sold his soul to the devil

VFX · Post #663 » by **VFX** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:19 am

Highlight of this game was Isaac.

Also, the defense is absolutely real.

Orlando held J. Green and J. Smith to 10 and 7 points.

Green averages 22. Took them completely out of the game.

yoyojw17 · Post #664 » by **yoyojw17** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:20 am

Now THAT'S how you start a season! Loved that game!

30 point win... and Houston couldn't even break 90 points!

I might not have a voice tomorrow. And this was from my couch and not at the game! Lol

Post #665 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:25 am

MagicMatic wrote:Highlight of this game was Isaac.

Also, the defense is absolutely real.

Orlando held J. Green and J. Smith to 10 and 7 points.

Green averages 22. Took them completely out of the game.

Suggs deserves a ton of credit

Post #666 » by **SOUL** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:31 am

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Post #667 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:32 am

Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

Optimus_Steel · Post #668 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:41 am

SOUL wrote:

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Wow never expected that from Mosley lmao

Orlando Dawg · Post #669 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:41 am

I just realized why they renamed it to “X”
So people can’t close it

JF5 · Post #670 » by **JF5** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:43 am

eyriq wrote:Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

He was so good defensively that it's hard to complain about it.

basketballRob · Post #671 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:46 am

I think Isaac should've been credited with 2 blocks. He had one near the end of the first quarter on Jalen Green. Then, I had one where he was flexing over the player in the 3rd quarter.

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davey_wavy · Post #672 » by **davey_wavy** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:51 am

Great atmosphere. It felt like crowd that was fully behind the team. Complete silence after every HOU basketball.

The ROAR in there after Issac challenged Green at the rim was deafening.

Vibe in the crowd was very Magic circa 2009.

TheChaser · Post #673 » by **TheChaser** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:54 am

eyriq wrote:
TheChaser wrote:Oh yeah. Missed you guys too. I should be back around a lot more often from now on. Happy tipoff my friends.
This is a season worth strapping in for!

Just got home from work, about to watch the replay although I already followed it live on the NBA app but a 30 point win at home is a good start. Houston has a lot of talent and Udoka should be able to clean up some of the madness, so depending on how Houston plays moving forward this could be a nice statement win over a other "young" and "fun" team.

thelead · Post #674 » by **thelead** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:07 am

eyriq wrote:Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

It was but he's going to have great shooting nights too. You take the good with the bad.

TheChaser · Post #675 » by **TheChaser** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:15 am

thelead wrote:
eyriq wrote:Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

It was but he's going to have great shooting nights too. You take the good with the bad.

Yeah. I think we finally know what he is now and that is a very good defensive backcourt player who is good for the staring line up. Gary and Cole are good as a little offensive punch off the bench.

Post #676 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:22 am

TheChaser wrote:
thelead wrote:
eyriq wrote:Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

It was but he's going to have great shooting nights too. You take the good with the bad.

Yeah. I think we finally know what he is now and that is a very good defensive backcourt player who is good for the staring line up. Gary and Cole are good as a little offensive punch off the bench.

thelead wrote:
eyriq wrote:Suggs offense was offensive though, good lord

It was but he's going to have great shooting nights too. You take the good with the bad.

I like his usage regardless. I think.

Post #677 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:31 am

Took the same number of threes as them. Unexpected. I approve. Fultz took 0. I thought he said "f*** it"?

VFX · Post #678 » by **VFX** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:33 am

eyriq wrote:Took the same number of threes as them. Unexpected. I approve. Fultz took 0. I thought he said "f*** it"?

Fultz didn’t look great tonight. He has some good defense and hustle plays. 1 or 2 good looks at the basket. Still not sure how Paolo and Jingles end up with more assists than him.

thelead · Post #679 » by **thelead** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:53 am

MagicMatic wrote:
eyriq wrote:Took the same number of threes as them. Unexpected. I approve. Fultz took 0. I thought he said "f*** it"?

Fultz didn’t look great tonight. He has some good defense and hustle plays. 1 or 2 good looks at the basket. Still not sure how Paolo and Jingles end up with more assists than him.

It's tough because it's great, IMO, that he doesn't dominate the ball but if he's not going to be 3-point threat with the way he plays, it's hard for us to take advantage of what Paolo and Franz bring to the game. I think he passed up 1 open 3 tonight so it's not like he was being super passive tonight. Something to keep watching. Luckily, we have Cole locked up and the #6 pick practicing on his weakness after a win.

Post #680 » by **SOUL** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:56 am

Fultz was fine. Very disruptive on D and had a stretch of big buckets and timely rebs. Feel like everybody was looking where to fit in best today since it's game 1 and did their jobs.

Only one actively meh/annoying was Moe to me lol