The Magic at home: have they turned a corner?

drsd · Post #1 » by **drsd** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:13 pm

The Magic are riding a five game home win streak. Wins inlcude Portland, Boston, and Detroit.

As well, the Magic have played more than a full month of competitive basketball at home.

So, have the Magic turned a corner to become a strong home team?

The last nine home games:
Dec 26 NY Knicks W 110-96
Dec 29 Charlotte W 104-95
Jan 2 New Jersey L 95-96
Jan 4 Houston L 94-96
Jan 15 Chicago W 102-88
Jan 19 Portland W 101-94
Jan 21 Detroit W 102-100
Jan 27 Boston W 96-93
Jan 30 Miami W 107-91

My vote, a partial yes. There will be disappointing loses. But the wins are clearly there for the coming soft'ish second half of this season.

theTHIEF · Post #2 » by **theTHIEF** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:15 pm

maybe...did you see the way they played last night? there was no energy there at all minus the first 2 minutes of the 4th quarter...they need to ignite it at home man...the fans wont be too thrilled if they keep up the lackadaisical play...

Typhoon20 · Post #3 » by **Typhoon20** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:17 pm

No.

To turn a corner, you have to be good as a team.
We're winning mainly cause of a couple players. The rest of the squad is garbage, sooner or later we're gonna find this out the hard way by getting an early exit in the playoffs.

Optimus_Steel · Post #4 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:27 pm

Nope way to early to say. But they seem to be headed in the right direction.

CourtsideTV · Post #5 » by **CourtsideTV** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:08 pm

no..the magic are fake..they trick the fans into thinking they are amazing again..tahts exactly what they are doing..we are playing just a little better than the competiion..not the full potential we are capable of.

if we play at full potential..we will be like the team that started the season hot.

theTHIEF · Post #6 » by **theTHIEF** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:11 pm

the Magic are the NBA's charlatans...

CourtsideTV · Post #7 » by **CourtsideTV** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:50 pm

^ Carltons?

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CourtsideTV · Post #8 » by **CourtsideTV** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:05 pm

nice dunk..it is very dwightesque when he grabs a board and throws it back down.

Post #9 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:15 pm

I give it a partial yes as well.

I always assumed the losing at home would eventually balance out. It's rare for a team to have such a great road record but a bad one at home. Obviously, it's starting to even up - good at home, good on the road.

Post #10 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:29 pm

you guys are hilarious.. what team has their full team playing great every night?

Optimus_Steel · Post #11 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:31 pm

Typhoon20 wrote:No.

To turn a corner, you have to be good as a team.
We're winning mainly cause of a couple players. The rest of the squad is garbage, sooner or later we're gonna find this out the hard way by getting an early exit in the playoffs.

Are u joking or just trying to be negative on purpose? We are not a good team?

drsd · Post #12 » by **drsd** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:51 pm

prorl wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Are u joking or just trying to be negative on purpose? We are not a good team?

The Magic are the third best team in the East, and are 2 1/2 games better than the forth. The Magic still have the most road wins in the NBA. The Magic have a winning record against Western teams. THe Magic are winning their division and have the best in division record within the South East.

My question to you: how do you define "good?"

Post #13 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:57 pm

prorl was saying that he thinks we're a good team...

I think we're better than good. We're not elite, but we're in that group of teams right behind the elite.

NEM · Post #14 » by **NEM** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:20 pm

yes we have turned the corner, and im pissed that our only losses in the last nine games came by a combined 3 points

AdamTheGreek · Post #15 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:25 pm

Hell yes.
It became official with 'Shard's buzzer beater, and Hedo's might've put the icing on the cake.
The guys officially love playing at home finally and they know how to protect home court.
Will be interesting if the road will suffer because of this.

drsd · Post #16 » by **drsd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 12:37 am

AdamTheGreek wrote:Hell yes.
It became official with 'Shard's buzzer beater, and Hedo's might've put the icing on the cake.
The guys officially love playing at home finally and they know how to protect home court.
Will be interesting if the road will suffer because of this.

No more West-coast games. On paper, it should not. But, we'll see.