2023-2024 Regular Season Game 38: Orlando Magic (21-16) at Miami Heat (21-16) - 8pm

[thelead]

Coach Mo is an incredible man and knows how to inspire young men, but there is an obvious gap in his ability to scheme and maximize matchups/rotations… This is a bad loss…

What does this have to do with Paolo missing point blank?

I like Mose and think he really just needs the right staff around him but his staff (including whoever is in charge of challenges) needs a lot of improvement. We could really use a legit vet head coach as Mose's right hand man. Someone, ironically, like Steve Clifford.

[Knightro]

Goga checked out at 4:28 to go in the 3rd Q and never came back in.

Ingles banged his knee at the 07:53 mark and came back in at 01:24, not really the same thing.

It's just a tough ask for an ice cold Goga to come in with 20 seconds left after sitting that long and also not playing all that well to begin with.

[GameOver25]

I'd live with a
Goga contest vs Bam instead of a Moe contest vs Bam.
Even with Goga coming off the bench, we just needed his length to contest the shot.

[Optimus_Steel]

Simons
Murray
Lavine

I don't care... get us a guard that can score.

This is where I'm at. We don't put any pressure on teams perimeter guards. We get a legit scoring guard, this is a top 4 team in the East, no question about it.

Absolutely agree. Upgrade the scoring guard role which can be done and bring a couple of role playing 3pt makers and this is a very good team. We are very close to being an elite team.

[Message Boar]

Paolo's gonna have a rough few days lol, Chet and OKC are gonna own us tomorrow too

Yeah, I doubt I'm staying up for that one. Feels like the Timberwolves game all over again.

[KillMonger]

lost by 3.....missed 8 free throws

[RichCollab]

Can’t miss that many FTs.

[Optimus_Steel]

Paolo's gonna have a rough few days lol, Chet and OKC are gonna own us tomorrow too

Yeah, I doubt I'm staying up for that one. Feels like the Timberwolves game all over again.

It’s a scheduled loss and it won’t be a pretty one. Got to get more players returning from injuries on the game after OKC.

[Knightro]

Tough loss but not an awful loss. I mean guys like Houstan and OKK started today, PGs score 11 pts….

It just hurts because we are traveling to OKC against a really good team on a back to back that beat Port by 62pts, the epitome of a scheduled loss, reminds me of Boston this week playing then traveling and getting destroyed by Mil. That’s the NBA for you.

Someday they will be healthy again.

It's an awful loss. This Heat team with no Butler, no Herro and no Lowry have no ball handlers and no shot creators and Magic just couldn't take advantage.

Scoring 96 points in an NBA game is trash.

[IllMagic04]

Paolo just lost the ball. Freaky thing. Not mad at that. Its not even a game without those shots he made. But this is a bad loss. No excuses. Heat were more banged up then us. We had more talent on the floor and lost. Just got completely out coached.

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[CZ Eddie]

Coach just confirmed Suggs was/is sick

[KillMonger]

Goga checked out at 4:28 to go in the 3rd Q and never came back in.

Ingles banged his knee at the 07:53 mark and came back in at 01:24, not really the same thing.

It's just a tough ask for an ice cold Goga to come in with 20 seconds left after sitting that long and also not playing all that well to begin with.

i get what you're saying but come on man....being ice cold has nothing to do with defense, it shouldn't affect that side of the ball...that's why we needed him in the game at that point....we were down we needed stops....we trade baskets with them we still lose

[eyriq]

Our PG rotation is the worst in the league and we're not even fully immersed in the rookie experience that we could have with Anthony Black. If we are going to suck this bad from that position we might as well suck with our boy AB.

[Optimus_Steel]

Tough loss but not an awful loss. I mean guys like Houstan and OKK started today, PGs score 11 pts….

It just hurts because we are traveling to OKC against a really good team on a back to back that beat Port by 62pts, the epitome of a scheduled loss, reminds me of Boston this week playing then traveling and getting destroyed by Mil. That’s the NBA for you.

Someday they will be healthy again.

It's an awful loss. This Heat team with no Butler, no Herro and no Lowry have no ball handlers and no shot creators and Magic just couldn't take advantage.

Scoring 96 points in an NBA game is trash.

That is a team that went to the finals last year and won games without Bulter in the playoffs. They have an elite coaching staff, defense, and system/culture. It’s not an awful loss. It’s a tough loss.

[KillMonger]

it's insane man....if we just hit HALF of the free throws we missed....we win the game

[magik9113]

Tough loss but not an awful loss. I mean guys like Houstan and OKK started today, PGs score 11 pts….

It just hurts because we are traveling to OKC against a really good team on a back to back that beat Port by 62pts, the epitome of a scheduled loss, reminds me of Boston this week playing then traveling and getting destroyed by Mil. That’s the NBA for you.

Someday they will be healthy again.

It's an awful loss. This Heat team with no Butler, no Herro and no Lowry have no ball handlers and no shot creators and Magic just couldn't take advantage.

Scoring 96 points in an NBA game is trash.

That is a team that went to the finals last year and won games without Bulter in the playoffs. They have an elite coaching staff, defense, and system/culture. It’s not an awful loss. It’s a tough loss.

I agree that it's a tough loss rather than an awful one. Suggs being sick on top of all the injuries killed it for us...along with Paolo losing the ball at the end there. We have Chuma and Caleb in the starting lineup for christ sake. These are our deep bench players when we're a healthy team

[ogmagicfan]

Can we all come together and agree we don't need to see anymore Fultz minutes

It's like playing with a handicap, and we're already playing with one with all the injuries we have

[Knightro]

That is a team that went to the finals last year and won games without Bulter in the playoffs. They have an elite coaching staff, defense, and system/culture. It’s not an awful loss. It’s a tough loss.

It's a very bad loss to me.

Miami had zero offense tonight and frankly the only reason they even got to 99 points was based on how sloppy Orlando's transition and back cut defense was.

When the other team has no ball handlers and no shot creators and they still beat you, it's a really crappy loss.

[Knightro]

Moritz spitting facts in the postgame. The Magic aren't really going through anything more than any other team does at stretches.

That's just life when you play 82 games in six months.

[richi_v25]

At least it was a fun game to watch bc we almost won as i doubt tomorrow's will be.