2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 5: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Series Tied 2-2

[Message Boar]

Soooo... finally AB gets some burn guarding Don or Garland?

Hate to throw him into the fire against Garland+Mitchell but we might have to. AB is not the defender some on here think he is... yet.

[Bensational]

If you track the team’s performances in Cleveland this series they’ve managed to make the margins closer each game. If the trend continues, we win the next game in Cleveland.

Let’s take em to 7!!!

[SHAQ32]

Ingles has the ball moving man

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Did you just not watch the game? This was a very winnable game. Even with Jarrett Allen, we can beat them. We're our own worse enemy, mainly due to inexperience, nothing Cavs are doing really.

I honestly don't think the Cavs are that good. I think our offense and inexperience is what cost us the past 3 games. The Cavs are going to get stomped by the Celtics. They are going to look like us when they play them. That's how I felt the whole time playing them.

This series is not over yet these guys aren’t giving up.

We can't win on the road. That's the problem. I'm not saying they won't give up, they just can't seem to be able to get over the hump and win on the road.

[CZ Eddie]

Let's let both Banchero & Wagner have good games in the same game and we'll win #6 & #7 no problem.

[Driguez]

We win when we defend and move the ball

ISO Paolo hurt the game flow, he is at his best when he attack the basket, not when he dribbles behind the 3pt line

Anyway, he ll learn from this

The ball movement was non existent man. And everyone was just stagnant while Paolo ISO'd

Yep

[eyriq]

Do we get blown out Friday?

This is within the realm of possibility

[3ddman23]

Going to game 6 is gonna feel weird knowing we can get knocked out but also send it to game 7.... almost can guarantee it won't be another blow out. May look a lot like the game tonight. Jjst please stay away from any game that looks like game 1&2.

[drsd]

Well: the betting line was 5. So Banchero making that purposeless three to end the game won't lead to a lot of gamblers going out of their mind. The Magic covered either way.

[CZ Eddie]

I honestly don't think the Cavs are that good. I think our offense and inexperience is what cost us the past 3 games. The Cavs are going to get stomped by the Celtics. They are going to look like us when they play them. That's how I felt the whole time playing them.

This series is not over yet these guys aren’t giving up.

We can't win on the road. That's the problem. I'm not saying they won't give up, they just can't seem to be able to get over the hump and win on the road.

That's incorrect. We can win on the road.
But thankfully, the Cavs cannot.
We darn near won tonight as well.
Cavs got blown TF out both nights on the road.

[cedric76]

We win when we defend and move the ball

ISO Paolo hurt the game flow, he is at his best when he attack the basket, not when he dribbles behind the 3pt line

Anyway, he ll learn from this

Well he kept the Magic in the game until 2 really bad shots at the end. It's one of those things where you live and die by your star.

He takes too many difficult shots, he makes plenty of them though but he needs better shot selection.
It s a learning process, he is very young and will no doubt learn from it.
It s just year 2, but atm I prefer when the ball is in Franz s hands.

[ChosenSavior]

Cole Anthony is our Georges Niang and Mosley doesn't know it...

Hopefully he realizes it before Game 6

[T-Cat]

Soooo... finally AB gets some burn guarding Don or Garland?

Also get Goga some burn off the bench instead of Cole Anthony because we need an interior presence around the rim

[shadrock]

Get the fk off this forum you low iq fking ****. **** kill yourself.

That’s def an insta ban

You should have been banned before birth.

[SOUL]

Knicks had a 6 point lead with 28 seconds left and lost, we were battling and trading blows with a bottom 6 offense in the league. Once we get some more help, we're in a great spot.

[SHAQ32]

If Franz made both free throws the game would've been tied

[mattyBoi]

Do we get blown out Friday?

It's very possible. Complete unknown coming up.

[OnlyFranz22]

That’s def an insta ban

Naw man, no ban. It's the playoffs, things get chippy in here. Low IQ is crazy though

Trust me my BBIQ is perfectly.

Paolo showed up but still hurt the team in the last 5-7 mins.

Love Paolo, but can also criticize. Fade away shot after fade away shot and pull up 3s in transition is not a winning formula.

Great game by him though.

[PrimeThyme]

I just think if you were going to steal a game at home in this series you needed a break (Allen injury) and an unconsious Paolo game.

We got both and couldn't win. Suggs energy and our bench isvsuch a big part of who we are as a team and neither has translated on the road in these playoffs.

There's obviously still a chance but the odds are heavily against us going forward.

[VFX]

Paolo kept us in the game but I do hate this idea where we MUST have Paolo take the next shot always because he’s “got the hot hand”.

It’s just stupid. No. Keep the ball moving and get a better shot. I don’t care if you just made one. Don’t force **** if there are better options and everyone on the court knows you are the one taking the next shot.