East Play-in Discussion & Game Thread: Hawks vs Heat for #8 (Fri 4/18)

cgf · Post #301 » by **cgf** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:20 am

SOUL wrote:Our coach won't get credit for this lol.

I give him a lot of credit for your defense and tenacity, but that doesn't negate the offense in the third quarter.

Post #302 » by **bisme37** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:20 am

TheAlchemist · Post #303 » by **TheAlchemist** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:21 am

Anyone even think Orlando got a chance against the Celts? Really lol?

RookieStar · Post #304 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:26 am

The onyl way we can win against the Celts is if Eddie House opens his mouth again and Cole can do the funniest thing ever...

Seriously though, we gonna lose but i want our 2 bigger wings to learn from Brown and Tatum. Plus our younger guards in Suggs and AB to learn from Jrue and White. Its like their games are trending to be there.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #305 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:29 am

cgf wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
Doranku wrote:Orlando has been a thorn in the Celtics side for the past few years. Hoping they can at least take a couple off the C's to extend the series.

Honestly, if we win this game, we know that we have no shot at winning against the Celtics. The only thing I want out of that series is Celtics fans respect. We are a bad shooting team but we can defend and our team don’t quit.

Have you ever met any celtics fans other than Bis?

??

Magic_Johnny12 · Post #306 » by **Magic_Johnny12** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:34 am

Orlando has less than 1% chance against Boston, but that’s not really the point.

Orlando is one of the youngest teams in the league so all you can really want to get out of this matchup is good effort, be competitive and gain experience. Paolo and Franz also need to prove that they’re up and coming.

Anything more is an aberration.

OrlandoDream · Post #307 » by **OrlandoDream** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:36 am

SO happy for Cole Anthony and Wendell. They had big games that are much needed after ragging on both all season. If this was the Cole Anthony we get most games, he would be starting. Then again its Hawks defense.

We might get 1 vs Boston at best. We struggle vs good defensive teams. Regardless, this series will be great experience for young duo.

This offseason please just get us a PG.

basketballRob · Post #308 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:41 am

azcatz11 wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:I am hoping BasketballRob (Magic Fan) is posting tonight.

Why?

I enjoy his homerism

The Celtics will be losing some sleep tonight

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Rainwater · Post #309 » by **Rainwater** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:45 am

CelticSooner wrote:
Rainwater wrote:
CelticSooner wrote:I called this series back in December. The league makes it too obvious at times.

Where do you all get these conspiracy theories from? I would think the league would prefer Cleveland vs Magic rematch.

That series was garbage lol the up and comer vs the champ? 3/4 of the game thread will be rooting for Orlando. The narratives write themselves.

That series went 7, lol. And I believe the NBA put that matchup twice on National TV.

basketballRob · Post #310 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:46 am

VFX wrote:
JXL wrote:I am looking forward to watching ORL/BOS. Might go 7 if that shooting is real.

Yeah that wont happen.

Coming from a Magic fan.

I agree with you. Magic in 6

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VFX · Post #311 » by **VFX** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:49 am

basketballRob wrote:
VFX wrote:
JXL wrote:I am looking forward to watching ORL/BOS. Might go 7 if that shooting is real.

Yeah that wont happen.

Coming from a Magic fan.
I agree with you. Magic in 6

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Pfft Magic in 2.

JT3000 · Post #312 » by **JT3000** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:17 am

VFX wrote:
basketballRob wrote:
VFX wrote:
Yeah that wont happen.

Coming from a Magic fan.
I agree with you. Magic in 6

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Pfft Magic in 2.

We beat the Hawks in 1, so I'm going to predict the same result here.

tmorgan · Post #313 » by **tmorgan** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:21 am

Be nice if Franz or Paolo could shoot, but hey, good on Cole, Wendell, and AB.

Pharmcat · Post #314 » by **Pharmcat** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:22 am

Trae young is a joke and a quitter

Blue_and_Whte · Post #315 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:24 am

meekrab wrote:
SOUL wrote:
meekrab wrote:How did Banchero just elbow Trae in the head and not get called for a flagrant?

That would be the weakest flagrant lol

Literal elbow contact to the temple LOL

Good. I was hoping he’d catch one.

I’m not expecting a series win against a very good C’s team, but I love the PO experience our guys are getting. I also loved that we smacked down the squawks .

Fadeaway_Jumper · Post #316 » by **Fadeaway_Jumper** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:24 am

Feel bad for Trae Young. ATL management put a horrible roster around him and he has no help. Frustration boiling over

cgf · Post #317 » by **cgf** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:27 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
cgf wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:Honestly, if we win this game, we know that we have no shot at winning against the Celtics. The only thing I want out of that series is Celtics fans respect. We are a bad shooting team but we can defend and our team don’t quit.

Have you ever met any celtics fans other than Bis?

??

You could sweep them and Boston fans would be too busy complaining about being cheated because the league is fixed for the Lakers, to even think to give some respect to their opponent...

cgf · Post #318 » by **cgf** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:32 am

Fadeaway_Jumper wrote:Feel bad for Trae Young. ATL management put a horrible roster around him and he has no help. Frustration boiling over

I actually like what they've started to put around him. JJ going down sabotaged their season and their rook still has plenty of room for growth, but Daniels - Risacher - Johnson - Okongwu could be a really nice supporting cast for a defensive liability like trae, who needs to dominate the ball to be worth playing.

Fadeaway_Jumper · Post #319 » by **Fadeaway_Jumper** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:36 am

cgf wrote:
Fadeaway_Jumper wrote:Feel bad for Trae Young. ATL management put a horrible roster around him and he has no help. Frustration boiling over

I actually like what they've started to put around him. JJ going down sabotaged their season and their rook still has plenty of room for growth, but Daniels - Risacher - Johnson - Okongwu could be a really nice supporting cast for a defensive liability like trae, who needs to dominate the ball to be worth playing.

I can tell you as a Laker fan, that if Pelinka put the same roster around Lebron, there would be fans across the globe calling him to fired, and to get real talent

cgf · Post #320 » by **cgf** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:44 am

Fadeaway_Jumper wrote:
cgf wrote:
Fadeaway_Jumper wrote:Feel bad for Trae Young. ATL management put a horrible roster around him and he has no help. Frustration boiling over

I actually like what they've started to put around him. JJ going down sabotaged their season and their rook still has plenty of room for growth, but Daniels - Risacher - Johnson - Okongwu could be a really nice supporting cast for a defensive liability like trae, who needs to dominate the ball to be worth playing.

I can tell you as a Laker fan, that if Pelinka put the same roster around Lebron, there would be fans across the globe calling him to fired, and to get real talent

Of course, they are lakers fans, why would they know anything about the hawks players? But Jalen Johnson is really good. Daniels is a great defender. Risacher was just the 1st overall pick and looks like he'll become a player. And Okongwu is nice a big man.

If you gave Luka that supporting cast with another year of polish, you'd have a serious contender...but Trae isn't Luka, Risacher was still a rook, and JJ got hurt (again).

Who wins?