2023-2024 Regular Season Game 14/In-Season Tournament Game 3: Toronto Raptors (6-7) at Orlando Magic (8-5) - 7pm

KillMonger · Post #441 » by **KillMonger** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:18 am

MaKiaVeLi7 wrote:
meatwad4343 wrote:
JF5 wrote:
Yeah, I think the Raptors need a tougher Dick in order for him to be successful. But give him some time I think Dick will grow.

I don't know why we passed on dick for Jett. Honestly with him and Anthony black it'd be a good draft. Black Dick would be exactly what this team needs.

Black-Dick draft combo, huh? Not sure that's what our team needed, unless we're going in that gay direction in sports.

Man....

Sent from the phone in my hands

RookieStar · Post #442 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:18 am

JF5 wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Ok... im a duke fans as well so im always rooting for wcj. Also.. i support Fultz like I have supported JI through adversity.

However, when they come back 100%, we need to have a discussion about them replacing Black and Goga.

Wendell is a really good starter and stretches the floor. He'll be okay... but with Fultz that will likely be a different story.

Thing is... wcj demands and wants to get his. GOGA is finr with the offensive boards and occasional alley/passes.

tooler · Post #443 » by **tooler** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:28 am

Watching the replay now. If pepe liked the Pacers game he's going to love this.

Message Boar · Post #444 » by **Message Boar** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:32 am

Gary with the sneaky +18 in 23 minutes. He's been more than solid.

Post #445 » by **SOUL** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:35 am

https://twitter.com/SMcEwen_eh/with_replies

Might be the saltiest Raptor fan I've ever seen, just bitching about refs and wanting to injure all of our players :lol:

bigdogdylan5 · Post #446 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:37 am

Some people in this board have really jumped the shark with this in season tournament. Honestly you give me truth serum? I would love to be 3-1 and not make it so the guys get more time off. Playoffs is the goal. We have a game tomorrow night against the defending champions. Screw the tournament

tooler · Post #447 » by **tooler** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:40 am

bigdogdylan5 wrote:Some people in this board have really jumped the shark with this in season tournament. Honestly you give me truth serum? I would love to be 3-1 and not make it so the guys get more time off. Playoffs is the goal. We have a game tomorrow night against the defending champions. Screw the tournament

It's the same number of games unless you're in the finals.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #448 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:42 am

Can I say having a tradition center has been lovely.

Orlando does a great job of finding centers.

Message Boar · Post #449 » by **Message Boar** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:44 am

SOUL wrote:https://twitter.com/SMcEwen_eh/with_replies

Might be the saltiest Raptor fan I've ever seen, just bitching about refs and wanting to injure all of our players

I'm not on twitter, what does it say?

Post #450 » by **SOUL** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:45 am

Message Boar wrote:
SOUL wrote:https://twitter.com/SMcEwen_eh/with_replies

Might be the saltiest Raptor fan I've ever seen, just bitching about refs and wanting to injure all of our players

I'm not on twitter, what does it say?

Basically wanting them to injure Suggs and Isaac and blaming refs for the loss lmao

basketballRob · Post #451 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 3:49 am

We're #1 on defense still.

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Black and Blue · Post #452 » by **Black and Blue** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:04 am

Just left the game after spending way too long buying stuff in the team store. So happy the Magic won in my single game on my vacation with my family.

And I caught a shirt from a t shirt cannon that said Play In Tournament. Collectors item lol!

Suggs in person was completely psychotic this game, which was insanely fun to watch. Man if he can score like this night in and night out, he has a real chance to be one of the most likable Magic players of all time.

Great game, Magic fans!

GameOver25 · Post #453 » by **GameOver25** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:04 am

I missed the game but the comments have been a pleasure. Love what I’m reading about the team.

tooler · Post #454 » by **tooler** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:15 am

I finally realized in this game that the Magic don't do a lot of switching on defense. Remember how bad that used to be last season?

jonbob17 · Post #455 » by **jonbob17** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:15 am

Well that was a good one. Glad to see us keep pedal to the floor and not give up any kind of comeback.

Kind of shocked looking at boxscore and Franz finished 8/18, was thinking the whole game that Franz hadn't been able to make anything, but at the end of the day he got 17 on not terrible shooting.

Thought Harris looked really good on offense. Some nice cuts, a couple bonehead defensive plays but oh well.

Suggs that outlet pass right at the beginning was just sick. Also stuffing a windmill attempt by Siakam...even if they called a foul.

Wasn't Black's best game.

Goga with a 5 by 4 5/7/6/5 pretty cool.

Paolo...chef's kiss

i am probably nitpicking a bit too much this entire post, thought it was a great showing, but one thing i have been noticing a bit lately. Isaac has been a beast at the rim....but his perimeter defense isn't close to what it used to be. He got cooked on the outside a couple times tonight, at least once was a pretty big guy, can't remember who. His steals numbers are huge, he's just not as good as staying in front of guys...he might just be a different kind of defender now.

tooler · Post #456 » by **tooler** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:18 am

jonbob17 wrote:i am probably nitpicking a bit too much this entire post, thought it was a great showing, but one thing i have been noticing a bit lately. Isaac has been a beast at the rim....but his perimeter defense isn't close to what it used to be. He got cooked on the outside a couple times tonight, at least once was a pretty big guy, can't remember who. His steals numbers are huge, he's just not as good as staying in front of guys...he might just be a different kind of defender now.

I remember people called that out late last season before he got injured again.

Edrock · Post #457 » by **Edrock** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:22 am

BCS wrote:... need to beat them by at least 13 to overtake them.

Wouldn't the math mean they'd only have to BEAT them by half the pt. diff in a H2H match up since for every pt. you win by, it'd also be -1 in pt. diff for the losing team so a 7 pt win H2H is a 14 pt swing in pt. diff?

BCS · Post #458 » by **BCS** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:32 am

Edrock wrote:
BCS wrote:... need to beat them by at least 13 to overtake them.

Wouldn't the math mean they'd only have to BEAT them by half the pt. diff in a H2H match up since for every pt. you win by, it'd also be -1 in pt. diff for the losing team so a 7 pt win H2H is a 14 pt swing in pt. diff?

Yes sir, you're right. Either way we will still need a big win to beat them out as they still have a game against the Bulls after us.

Optimus_Steel · Post #459 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:32 am

tooler wrote:I finally realized in this game that the Magic don't do a lot of switching on defense. Remember how bad that used to be last season?

We don’t have to as much. Our perimeter defense is stout and we are defending the rim well.

tooler · Post #460 » by **tooler** » Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:34 am

Edrock wrote:
BCS wrote:... need to beat them by at least 13 to overtake them.

Wouldn't the math mean they'd only have to BEAT them by half the pt. diff in a H2H match up since for every pt. you win by, it'd also be -1 in pt. diff for the losing team so a 7 pt win H2H is a 14 pt swing in pt. diff?

This guy maths. It's 17 vs. 6 right now so we'd have to beat them by 6.

But it's meaningless because Boston and the Nets still have games to play, so the numbers could be all different.