2023-2024 Regular Season Game 7: Dallas Mavericks (5-1) at Orlando Magic (4-2) - 7pm

basketballRob · Post #761 » by **basketballRob** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:43 am

The next game is on NBA TV at 930 vs. Atlanta.

Hopefully, Mosely doesn't lose faith in Black.

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ibraheim718 · Post #762 » by **ibraheim718** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:43 am

Winning that game in Mexico is going to be tough also.

Black and Blue · Post #763 » by **Black and Blue** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:44 am

Franz, Paolo AND Cole went super cold in the second half. Only Cole kept the intensity up. Franz looked lost out there…maybe daylight savings time messed up his sleep or something. Can’t win a game with our two top stars dropping their shoulders in the third quarter as if the game was lost.

I’m pretty annoyed we barely saw Suggs and Black in that second half after their D got us that big lead. It spoke to some sort of rigidity with the Coach’s rotations, maybe because of Fultz, Isaac and Carter being out.

If this was close I’d blame the refs (who indeed were horrific as usual with Scott Foster out there), but this was on the team.

Onto the next. A win next game is still a cause for major optimism. Will be a big one for southeast supremecy. The hope is this game provides a lot of game film on what NOT to do the rest of this season.

Post #764 » by **eyriq** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:44 am

ibraheim718 wrote:Winning that game in Mexico is going to be tough also.

Yeah, Hawks are looking good

ogmagicfan · Post #765 » by **ogmagicfan** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:44 am

Goga played **** in the 3rd and I don't mind Coach Mosely not putting him back in, lazy fouls

Post #766 » by **ChosenSavior** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:44 am

bigdogdylan5 wrote:Gosh this fan base can be kinda exhausting with the highs and lows. Yes we played a terrible half, no we are not a terrible team. The shooting has to improve but we **** knew that… We are still so damn young our starters are all babies in NBA terms. On to the next one against a division opponent.

This also goes for the highs… We beat lakers and you guys were reacting like we’re actual contenders.

Haha yep. Game threads be like that though. Better than it being inactive like previous seasons.

ogmagicfan · Post #767 » by **ogmagicfan** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:45 am

Getting Harris & Isaac to play in Mexico City would be nice

bigdogdylan5 · Post #768 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:45 am

ChosenSavior wrote:
thelead wrote:
SHAQ32 wrote:And to think they want you to pay to watch this garbage.

you expect us to win every game?

We're now 4-3. Considering our starter's average age is something like 21, that ain't bad

Honestly this and the Clippers were two best teams we played this year so far. Team needs to learn how to maintain leads and not play with your food as kids usually do.

Ok really… I am sure they were not playing with their food. Dallas made a conscious effort that they were going to come hell or high water keep everyone out of the paint and we went on one of the biggest cold streaks outside shooting in a while. Everyone cared everyone busted their ass we got beat by a more experienced team it’s going to happen when you’re starting a 19 year old 20 year old two 22 year olds and a 24 year old…

mattyBoi · Post #769 » by **mattyBoi** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:46 am

Cold shooting and turnovers were too much. We missed Isaac tonight. Facing Luka and Kyrie in a close game is a nightmare.

Side note: I want to see Fultz, Harris, and Carters minutes all reduced.

SloNick Russia · Post #770 » by **SloNick Russia** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:46 am

The tale of two halfs, Mosley has to figure why we collapsed so easily after such a good start.
Unfortunately all our vets are injured and game got out of hand fast. Gave away an easy one, will not get many like that back.

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VFX · Post #771 » by **VFX** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:46 am

Black and Blue wrote:Franz, Paolo AND Cole went super cold in the second half. Only Cole kept the intensity up. Franz looked lost out there…maybe daylight savings time messed up his sleep or something. Can’t win a game with our two top stars dropping their shoulders in the third quarter as if the game was lost.

I’m pretty annoyed we barely saw Suggs and Black in that second half after their D got us that big lead. It spoke to some sort of rigidity with the Coach’s rotations, maybe because of Fultz, Isaac and Carter being out.

If this was close I’d blame the refs (who indeed were horrific as usual with Scott Foster out there), but this was on the team.

Onto the next. A win next game is still a cause for major optimism. Will be a big one for southeast supremecy. The hope is this game provides a lot of game film on what NOT to do the rest of this season.

Agree entirely.

Core was cold on offense. Magic can’t win games that way.

Took the defense out of the game and tried to match Dallas offensively - you are never going to outscore them and Mosely should know that as a head coach.

Refs stopped the game at every possible point when the momentum picked up. Seems calculated

basketballRob · Post #772 » by **basketballRob** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:47 am

Grant Williams cost around the same as Ingles

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ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #773 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:48 am

ibraheim718 wrote:Winning that game in Mexico is going to be tough also.

Magic don't play well against Atlanta. That's why I was really hoping that we win this game because of the rest advantage because after Atlanta it's the Bucks. The other team we don't play well against. Which funny enough, it was the Bucks game where we allowed for a crazy amount of 3 pointers where we ourselves couldn't get an offense going.

Optimus_Steel · Post #774 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:48 am

I get that this team is super young, I've sold it over and over, but what was infuriating is that they stopped playing even when they still had the lead. They just lost the will to fight, the enthusiasm, and it became a slow moving Trainwreck. Losing the will to fight is a huge no no for me.

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Post #775 » by **FFBlitzace** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:48 am

Losers blame refs. Yes it got frustrating in the 4th when it started to feel one-sided, but the game is 48 minutes long and we lost because we were really bad for about half of it. And really, that's just how NBA games are officiated. When a young team is collapsing and the other team has two superstars, officials aren't going to help the young collapsing team back into the game. The young team will need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps if they want to stabilize and make a run. I think the desire to do that was there, but the execution was not.

RichCollab · Post #776 » by **RichCollab** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:49 am

Everyone settle down. Fultz should be back soon.

VFX · Post #777 » by **VFX** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:49 am

PS I hate when AB was in with Cole. The multi guard lineups look like trash.

RookieStar · Post #778 » by **RookieStar** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:51 am

Also... theres a reason DAL is 5-1 record wise guys...

Audi · Post #779 » by **Audi** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:53 am

we win this game if healthy…so there’s that at least.

Post #780 » by **Knightro** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 2:55 am

Audi wrote:we win this game if healthy…so there’s that at least.

Because Harris wouldn’t have allowed them to shoot 1/16 from 3PT in the 2nd half? :lol: