2024-2025 Regular Season Game 36: Orlando Magic (20-15) at Toronto Raptors (8-26) - 7:30pm

Orlando Dawg · Post #361 » by **Orlando Dawg** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 8:45 am

Grady Dick vs Jett Howard
Neither one of them did anything impressive.
I can’t say after watching that.

Jalen Suggs is in more pain than “Wince Carter” and so I dub him “Wailing Suggs”

Ducklett · Post #362 » by **Ducklett** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:33 am

If Suggs is out for any length of time... dude what in the hell is happening this season. We going to have only 6 guys available soon.

KillMonger · Post #363 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:44 am

Games are so much easier when you're hitting shots

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drsd · Post #364 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:49 am

Box-score thoughts:

Orlando lost the FG% battle but (easily) won the game. How?

Three-point percentage. Of all the stats to hang a win on. Yes: shooting matters.

There were 18 blocks plus steals for the Magic, and only 11 TOs.

Very, very low fouling game, by both teams.

Incredibly strong stat-lines from the bench, collectively: points, assists, and rebounds.

This is the sort of road-win the Magic need night in and out to get home-court in round1 of the playoffs. This was a quality win!

drsd · Post #365 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:50 am

Ducklett wrote:If Suggs is out for any length of time... dude what in the hell is happening this season. We going to have only 6 guys available soon.

I was pleased to see the minutes Joseph put in. At least for one game, having a 4th string PG helped out.

drsd · Post #366 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:52 am

Orlando Dawg wrote:Jalen Suggs is in more pain than “Wince Carter” and so I dub him “Wailing Suggs”

Suggs plays basketball as if it were a rugby match. Would any of us be surprised to read "career-ending injury" at some point for Suggs, given his style of play?
He needs to be aggressive. But he is aging and will get a serious injury, sooner or later, if he does not adjust his intensity.

drsd · Post #367 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 10:57 am

SOUL wrote:
XTC wrote:Raps fan here

Any update on Suggs? I'm guessing we won't hear anything until tomorrow?

Probably more extensive imaging after tomorrow, hopefully its just "back spasms" as reported but wouldn't be surprised if he's out a while too

The news late last night was:

Fortunately, the injury appears less severe than initially feared.

The media quotes were that his back "locked up". That sounds like muscle cramps to me. The Magic have a nice hydrotherapy facility for this sort of thing. But yeh: I hope the trainers decide that Suggs should sit out the Jazz home game, not travel to New York, and be ready for the home game against Minny on 9 Jan. p.s. I have that Minnesota game mentally penciled in as the Banchero-return game.

RookieStar · Post #368 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 11:08 am

drsd wrote:
SOUL wrote:
XTC wrote:Raps fan here

Any update on Suggs? I'm guessing we won't hear anything until tomorrow?

Probably more extensive imaging after tomorrow, hopefully its just "back spasms" as reported but wouldn't be surprised if he's out a while too

The news late last night was:
Fortunately, the injury appears less severe than initially feared.

The media quotes were that his back "locked up". That sounds like muscle cramps to me. The Magic have a nice hydrotherapy facility for this sort of thing. But yeh: I hope the trainers decide that Suggs should sit out the Jazz home game, not travel to New York, and be ready for the home game against Minny on 9 Jan. p.s. I have that Minnesota game mentally penciled in as the Banchero-return game.

I think with Suggs onjury, they play Paolo against UTA

RookieStar · Post #369 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 11:11 am

Ducklett wrote:If Suggs is out for any length of time... dude what in the hell is happening this season. We going to have only 6 guys available soon.

Who here predicted that KCP would be our only starter playing left before AS break?

Coach Mos and Hank are probably suiting up with all these injuries

AdamTheGreek · Post #370 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 11:31 am

KillMonger wrote:Games are so much easier when you're hitting shots

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Just like how the team knows they can come back from 15, 20, 25 down to win a game, now they know they can hit 20 3s any game.

Optimus_Steel · Post #371 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 11:36 am

RookieStar wrote:
tooler wrote:Tristan da Silva points over the last 5 games:

18, 0, 21, 0, 25

Can we get this man to the free throw line for some easy ones?

So we expect a 0 pts game from him the next?

Then a 30pt game after that?

Skybox · Post #372 » by **Skybox** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 11:59 am

MagicStarwipe wrote:If David is only going to do half the games can we at least get a better backup for him than Dante? I assume he'll be retiring soon and if Dante is next on deck I don't think I can take it.

Maybe they’re grooming Bo Outlaw for the job…sure he’s got ‘marble mouth’…but “organic development” in the booth too.

basketballRob · Post #373 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:27 pm

Knightro wrote:
basketballRob wrote:I think Suggs and Paolo should sit out until we play the Twolves next Thursday.

Paolo should play the moment he's able to play.

If that's Sunday, he should play Sunday.

Suggs... he beats his body up so badly with his play style that he actually does feel like a guy who would benefit from some time off.

Utah, we can probably beat without them. The NY game is a scheduled loss. We have like 3 days after the NY game to practice at home.

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basketballRob · Post #374 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 12:32 pm

Barnes needs to be in a role where he's like the 3rd or 4th leading scorer on a team. His focus should be on defense, rebounding, and passing. The perfect stat line for him would be 14/9/8. He needs to be around a couple of allstars who score. He's more of a Draymond than a Giannis. The problem is that Toronto paid him like Giannis, so I'm not sure how that'll work out.

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basketballRob · Post #375 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 1:08 pm

Kawhi, Haliburton, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Siakam, Lebron, Giannis, and Love are players who recently had back spasms.

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Skybox · Post #376 » by **Skybox** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 1:12 pm

basketballRob wrote:Kawhi, Haliburton, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Siakam, Lebron, Giannis, and Love are players who recently had back spasms.

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Don’t be too dismissive…back spasms means nothing without the underlying cause…we don’t know yet…people on here ready to schedule his return date based on…nothing :noway:

basketballRob · Post #377 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 1:16 pm

Skybox wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Kawhi, Haliburton, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Siakam, Lebron, Giannis, and Love are players who recently had back spasms.

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Don’t be too dismissive…back spasms means nothing without the underlying cause…we don’t know yet…people on here ready to schedule his return date based on…nothing

People are trying to be overly dramatic. He strained his back when he did the 360 dunk, and it's causing back spasms. He just needs to rest.

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drsd · Post #378 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 1:55 pm

RookieStar wrote:I think with Suggs onjury, they play Paolo against UTA

drsd · Post #379 » by **drsd** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 1:58 pm

basketballRob wrote:Kawhi, Haliburton, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Siakam, Lebron, Giannis, and Love are players who recently had back spasms.

As someone on the wrong side of 50 that gets back spasms multiple times for year, here's my recovery. Day-1 no movement (too much pain!). Day-2 candy-pop ibuprofen. Day-3 back at whatever stupid thing that led to the spasms to begin with (usually something in the garden or the chickens).

Suggs will be fine.`

Skybox · Post #380 » by **Skybox** » Sat Jan 4, 2025 3:52 pm

basketballRob wrote:
Skybox wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Kawhi, Haliburton, Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Siakam, Lebron, Giannis, and Love are players who recently had back spasms.

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Don’t be too dismissive…back spasms means nothing without the underlying cause…we don’t know yet…people on here ready to schedule his return date based on…nothing
People are trying to be overly dramatic. He strained his back when he did the 360 dunk, and it's causing back spasms. He just needs to rest.

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Thank you...Dr. Based On Nothing, MD for your diagnosis