2023-2024 Regular Season Game 3: Orlando Magic (2-0) at Los Angeles Lakers (1-2) - 10:30pm

OrlandoNed · Post #781 » by **OrlandoNed** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 am

Nobody gonna call out Mosely for those garbage plays he drew up without our best shooters on the floor? Suggs should absolutely not have the ball in his hands when we need a game winning basket.

VFX · Post #782 » by **VFX** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 am

I thought the rotations were extremely questionable. That’s all I’m gonna say.

SloNick Russia · Post #783 » by **SloNick Russia** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 am

Howard Mass wrote:Magic are a bit rusty to start the season. Hopefully, it's better tonight against The Clips.

Seriously? Lakers are hot garbage against them to start the season

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SHAQ32 · Post #784 » by **SHAQ32** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 am

fateis007 wrote:wtf was Mosley doing not putting in the guy who was 5/5 from three, when we needed a 3? like why the **** is Wendel and 2 guys shooting 20% out there?

We got new jerseys though!

RookieStar · Post #785 » by **RookieStar** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:09 am

Darth Magic wrote:
Howard Mass wrote:Magic are a bit rusty to start the season. Hopefully, it's better tonight against The Clips.

Oh Howard...

We thought LA was gonna fold cuz they lost to an OT game in the 1st back2back. Who knows, we .ight take our frustrations out on the Clips

TSonn · Post #786 » by **TSonn** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:09 am

ChosenSavior wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:
TSonn wrote:Wish his bball talent matched his heart.

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Did you watch the game?

Or are you here to troll post game ball boy?

They usually never do, don't pay it any mind tbh.

I watched every minute of the game. I'm not even hating on Suggs. I don't know how anyone can watch him on offense and hope he gets the ball and has to make a play/decision.

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djguevara114 · Post #787 » by **djguevara114** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:09 am

All I can think about is if they ran the offense through Fultz like they did in the 4th, they would be a much better team… He truly is the best player on the floor, even without a shot—it’s silly…

D12VCMagic · Post #788 » by **D12VCMagic** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:09 am

MasterGMer wrote:
D12VCMagic wrote:Paolo is just a walking trash can on the court this season. Cant hit shots, cant hit free throws and when he drives to the rim he is always too strong and bricking it off the iron. Just infuriating to watch.

Paolo needs to improve his shots. But he is still 20 years old. And I think this season he hit a wall. He needs to find a way to score with better efficiency. I think he can do it, whether it takes 3 games or 4 games. But I think he can be a very good player for us this year.

He will never score with efficiency until he starts finishing at the damn rim. I can deal with him not hitting jumpers, we all knew he couldn’t shoot when we drafted him. What I can’t deal with is him constantly attacking the basket and watching the ball clank off the rim.

OrlandoNed · Post #789 » by **OrlandoNed** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:10 am

This coaching staff ain't it.

Post #790 » by **ChosenSavior** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:10 am

pepe1991 wrote:Suggs does lot of stuff and plays hard. But also needs to control his energy .
He is reason why we got that dead ball, as he jumped on AD and Prince, than in very next possession he goes 1 on 5 at rim where 2 seven footers ( one of them is freaking AD) were waiting for him.

We didn't lost game because of Suggs tho, he played well.
Harris going 6-6 was nice as well.
Cole jumping at rim and falling gives me heart attacks.

We mainly lost because Banchero doesn't really play well since preseason started and because we couldn't defend D'angelo Russell. Guy shot 7/8 on 2FGA. And when he is ingaged, AD is such a force on both ends

Pretty good summary. Russell absolutely cooked us which sucks because I'm sure he's gonna suck again in their upcoming games. Paolo and WCJ are playing with absolutely zero confidence right now. Needs to get fixed quickly.

BCS · Post #791 » by **BCS** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:11 am

Last Guardian wrote:
Ducklett wrote:
Last Guardian wrote:Suggs defense and Harris shooting were really only things that were good. Oh well.

Fultz was the only reason we didn't go down big in the middle of the 4th...

True but the rest of the game counts as well and he wasn't good.

Paolo was definitely the worst. I'm not worried. For sure not worried. Definitely not worried. Probably not worried

Huh? Not good? Really bad 1st qtr but besides that, he played well and finished great. 14 pts 8 asts 4 rebounds on 7/16. Not great, but very solid. Also, good defense and running the offense the right way.

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Post #792 » by **ChosenSavior** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:11 am

TSonn wrote:
ChosenSavior wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:
Did you watch the game?

Or are you here to troll post game ball boy?

They usually never do, don't pay it any mind tbh.
I watched every minute of the game. I'm not even hating on Suggs. I don't know how anyone can watch him on offense and hope he gets the ball and has to make a play/decision.

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Fair enough

TSonn · Post #793 » by **TSonn** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:11 am

davey_wavy wrote:Shout out to Kerr for confusing Paolo. Guy doesn’t know what he is anymore

Usually young guys get a bump after playing with team USA but not sure what happened with Paolo. It sounded like Kerr was telling everyone he's a future 5 so maybe that's in his head? Or he spent too much time with Ingram.

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D12VCMagic · Post #794 » by **D12VCMagic** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:11 am

Also, Mosley is a moron for not having Gary Harris or maybe even Cole or Ingles in at the end.

Everyone and their mother knew Paolo and Markelle were not hitting a three to tie it, we legit went with the worst spacing lineup we have when we needed a three. I think he’s a quality coach overall but that was some number one bull.

Rainwater · Post #795 » by **Rainwater** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:11 am

OrlandoNed wrote:This coaching staff ain't it.

It's hard to win when nobody really shot the ball well and yours stars didn't play like stars.

djguevara114 · Post #796 » by **djguevara114** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:12 am

D12VCMagic wrote:
MasterGMer wrote:
D12VCMagic wrote:Paolo is just a walking trash can on the court this season. Cant hit shots, cant hit free throws and when he drives to the rim he is always too strong and bricking it off the iron. Just infuriating to watch.

Paolo needs to improve his shots. But he is still 20 years old. And I think this season he hit a wall. He needs to find a way to score with better efficiency. I think he can do it, whether it takes 3 games or 4 games. But I think he can be a very good player for us this year.

He will never score with efficiency until he starts finishing at the damn rim. I can deal with him not hitting jumpers, we all knew he couldn’t shoot when we drafted him. What I can’t deal with is him constantly attacking the basket and watching the ball clank off the rim.

He attacks trying to make layups instead of dunking—he’s not the guy!

Post #797 » by **Knightro** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:12 am

This is the next stage in "leveling up" as Mosley likes to call it. Gotta learn how to close these kind of games out.

Orlando went 1/7 shooting in the final 3:00 of the game. Had ample opportunity to win this one, just gotta actually step up and do it.

Optimus_Steel · Post #798 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:13 am

Lack of experience and lack of composure down the stretch were the biggest factors. Rushing plays, questionable decisions. Got to take this lump and learn from it.

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Last Guardian · Post #799 » by **Last Guardian** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:13 am

Ducklett wrote:
Last Guardian wrote:
Ducklett wrote:
Fultz was the only reason we didn't go down big in the middle of the 4th...

True but the rest of the game counts as well and he wasn't good.

Paolo was definitely the worst. I'm not worried. For sure not worried. Definitely not worried. Probably not worried

14 points, 8 assists, and decent defense but wasn't good. Meanwhile we had Franz, Paolo, and WCJ, our big three, crapping the bed like Amber Heard.

You're right he just was really bad that first quarter it sticks out. He recovered pretty well after

SHAQ32 · Post #800 » by **SHAQ32** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:13 am

OrlandoNed wrote:Nobody gonna call out Mosely for those garbage plays he drew up without our best shooters on the floor? Suggs should absolutely not have the ball in his hands when we need a game winning basket.

The writing is on the wall with Mosley coaching, the organization isn't looking to/expecting to compete. How fans are content with that boggles the mind. Well not really; we have many homers. That might be okay if we had titles under our belt.