2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (CLE WINS 4-3)

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Who wins?

Cavs in 4
6
2%
Cavs in 5
41
14%
Cavs in 6
69
24%
Cavs in 7
39
14%
Magic in 4
7
2%
Magic in 5
7
2%
Magic in 6
72
25%
Magic in 7
42
15%
 
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #5 Orlando Magic (Series tied 2-2) 

Post#1841 » by jbk1234 » Wed May 1, 2024 2:03 am

Helping off an Isaac corner 3 at this point in the series can't happen.
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Post#1842 » by vulture » Wed May 1, 2024 2:03 am

Tristan Thompson in a playoff game in 2024. I’ll be damned
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Post#1843 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed May 1, 2024 2:05 am

Morris can do a lot but guarding centers in the post isn't one of them lol
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Post#1844 » by Chuck Everett » Wed May 1, 2024 2:05 am

27-12 bench points. Big 3 from Morris off the Mobley o-board.
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Post#1846 » by ITYSL » Wed May 1, 2024 2:10 am

Sorry but there really are a lot of ugly mfers in Cleveland aren't there
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Post#1848 » by wade44 » Wed May 1, 2024 2:12 am

Goodness what’s with the Magic’s coach hard on for Fultz? He’s terrible
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Post#1849 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed May 1, 2024 2:13 am

Okoro can't guard Paolo, someone tell jb, before he chokes away game 5.
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Post#1850 » by Chuck Everett » Wed May 1, 2024 2:13 am

Mitchell has to make that layup. I know shooting over Franz and Paolo isn't easy, but he needed to make that.
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Post#1851 » by Funcrusher » Wed May 1, 2024 2:14 am

Paolo plays like LeBron circa 2018 man, hes gonna be so good when he hits his prime
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Post#1852 » by jbk1234 » Wed May 1, 2024 2:14 am

The officiating is unforgivably bad in favor of the Magic, on our court, in Game 5
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Post#1853 » by Chuck Everett » Wed May 1, 2024 2:14 am

Not only is Paolo destroying Okoro, he's 2-10 from the field. Damn.
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Post#1854 » by Chuck Everett » Wed May 1, 2024 2:15 am

Funcrusher wrote:Paolo plays like LeBron circa 2018 man, hes gonna be so good when he hits his prime


He's a freight train. He's gonna be hard to stop in this league.
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Post#1855 » by ITYSL » Wed May 1, 2024 2:16 am

Not sure what Strus is supposed to do there
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Post#1856 » by Funcrusher » Wed May 1, 2024 2:16 am

Terrible call
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Post#1857 » by best of luck » Wed May 1, 2024 2:17 am

Love it Franz, I'm having a heart attack watching on my phone from work and he is relaxed as F$^%&
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Post#1858 » by CIN-C-STAR » Wed May 1, 2024 2:18 am

That's not a foul.
Players should learn to use both hands instead of bringing the ball into the defender to use their dominant hand. Was just bad basketball, and he's rewarded with 2 FTs, smh.
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Post#1859 » by bmurph128 » Wed May 1, 2024 2:18 am

This is the worst officiated Cavs game I've ever seen

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Post#1860 » by Funcrusher » Wed May 1, 2024 2:19 am

If Ant is MJ-ish, Paolo is LeBron-ish
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