Orlando Magic (7-12) @ Golden State Warriors (14-2)

[rusoopE]

As soon as Curry got the ball I knew he was shooting the 3. I think everyone else knew it too except Harris. 3 is the only thing that would have hurt us there. You have to crowd him and not back pedal, if he blows by you big whoop it's OT unless we hit a game winning shot on the other end. I won't beat Harris up too much about it. I mean you can't be too mad we played a whale of a game. But that was on Harris.

I had a flashback to the 09 finals when Meer did the same damn thing with Fisher in what was it game 4 or 5. 3 was all that could hurt us. Just a mental fart on Harris and Meer.

oh man! that was game 1 i think! YES that memory came to my mind too, well, ofcourse, dwight and hedo missed 6 ft's in a raw, lameeeee, nick anderson's doom!
Getting back to the game, MAN! what a great game the magic played! stop complaining about minor things, these guys are unnexperienced, they arent used to play this kind of close and big games, i know for sure, dipo and harris gonna learn from this, we are complaining about this game? Jeez, i bet we all thought the warriors would get an easy win, this team is just amazing, so much progress in the last 2 years, GO MAGIC!

[majortom71]

ok so I missed it, how was Oladipo rude?
What did he do, stick out his tongue at the crowd?

[Jameerthefear]

Also, Willie Green is terrible. True. Harkless is not much better right now. Sorry, but he's not. I'm pretty sure JV goes with Willie because he at least doesn't look timid and scared on an NBA court like Moe does. Yes, Moe can make more things happen on the court with his length and athleticism, but you never know what Moe will show up. We need Aaron Gordon.

And I hope everyone giving Tobias a pass for that D on Curry finally can stop ragging on Jameer for what he did against Fisher in the '09 Finals. It was basically the same thing.

Well one guy is derrick fisher and the other is Stephen Curry...

[otownflava21]

a) I also, in hindsight, would rather have fouled Curry right away to at least ensure an overtime opportunity.

b) I had a feeling we were going to lose this anyways in the 4th quarter and here is why...

Oladipo hits a wing three from a drive and dish by Payton. The Magic's lead increases to 12. As Oladipo backpedals from the timeout that was called and heads to the Magic bench...he repeatively, and consistently yells "WHOOOOOOO" at least 5 times in a row. It was loud enough that I could distinctively hear it from my low volume TV. I know for a fact each and every one of the Warrior's players heard him as well in disgust.

I knew that show of cockiness and early celebration would come back and bite us in the behind....Karma always does. If anyone recorded this game, go back and see that Curry, once he hits the game winning three, DELIBERATELY yells "WHOOOOO" over and over again systematically like Oladipo did earlier.

I hope Oladipo learns his lesson, and to be as humble as he is advertised to be. Sometimes it comes back and bites you in the behind in sports when you act out of your ordinary line, especially when its in a form of early celebration.

And if nobody thinks I'm telling the truth, go back and watch your T-Vo or rerun.

We lost because a competitive pro athlete showed emotion?

I'm going to just go ahead and say that Karma almost certainly has nothing to do with sports. Nor does God intervene for your favorite team to score. Things happen because they happen. As far as Vic hollering after his run giving them some extra incentive to play that much harder, perhaps. Have you ever sat courtside though? The smack talk is out of this world - showing 'rude excessive emotions' on the court is as commonplace as squeaking sneakers.

Now when you think of Oladipo, do you envision him as somebody that would be cocky and disrespectful to his opponents? He was acting completely out of line, something he rarely does. Don't tell me that Curry, Bogut, and the rest of the Warriors did NOT talk about that during their timeout.

Again, I'm not saying thats specifically why we lost. But to see Curry celebrate in mirror fashion to how Oladipo did, shows they were frustrated by the Magic and Oladipo and REMEMBERED when he did that and was why Curry was acting like a jerk and imitated him. Sucks for Oladipo if he noticed that.

[MagicStarwipe]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

[tooler]

Dude, you floated your point, don't drive it into the ground.

[otownflava21]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

Somebody obviously doesn't have T-Vo...

maybe you can argue that his rudeness didnt stir the Warrior's to play extra aggresively and act like jerks with deliberate overreactions as well....

But you cannot say that Oladipo didnt act rudely when he hit that three.

[MagicStarwipe]

Also, Willie Green is terrible. True. Harkless is not much better right now. Sorry, but he's not. I'm pretty sure JV goes with Willie because he at least doesn't look timid and scared on an NBA court like Moe does. Yes, Moe can make more things happen on the court with his length and athleticism, but you never know what Moe will show up. We need Aaron Gordon.

And I hope everyone giving Tobias a pass for that D on Curry finally can stop ragging on Jameer for what he did against Fisher in the '09 Finals. It was basically the same thing.

Well one guy is derrick fisher and the other is Stephen Curry...

Exactly, it's STEPHEN CURRY. You give up the layup if you have to. You can live with a tie game. ANYTHING but a 3.

[TreasureCoast]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

Somebody obviously doesn't have T-Vo...

maybe you can argue that his rudeness didnt stir the Warrior's to play extra aggresively and act like jerks with deliberate overreactions as well....

But you cannot say that Oladipo didnt act rudely when he hit that three.

"He acted rudely" lol

Dude leave your man card at the door

A 15-2 team doesnt win games by waiting on the opposition to make them butt hurt.

[Jameerthefear]

My mind keeps going to that bailout call curry got when trying to shoot over O'Quinn

[OrlandoNed]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

No, Curry wasn't rude. We just expect him to not act like he won a playoff game when barely beating a team from the east without its best player who would be lucky to make the playoffs.

[MagicStarwipe]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

Somebody obviously doesn't have T-Vo...

maybe you can argue that his rudeness didnt stir the Warrior's to play extra aggresively and act like jerks with deliberate overreactions as well....

But you cannot say that Oladipo didnt act rudely when he hit that three.

If you think that's rude you must not watch much competitive sports. I'm sure there is a grandma league somewhere that would be more suitable to your sensibilities. The guys are playing on the highest level in the world. They get themselves going any way they can. Was Curry "rude" when he was drilling 3's in Orlando a few days ago and shaking his head and smiling and pointing to the roof? There are no babies allowed in the NBA. This is not a league for soft people.

And I'm falling into the trap of arguing with this nonsense. Enough from me on this.

[otownflava21]

Whatever man. First off half of you guys probably didn't notice or even bothered to review what I'm talking about on T-vo...its not that hard, it all happened in the 4th quarter.

Secondly, most of ya'll probably never even played a REAL competitive game a sports in real life to even acknowledge what I'm talking about because you never even been in the situation.

I am very sure the Warriors heard Oladipo, as well as the whole entire arena. And for Curry to do the same thing back to him...means it was personally taken that Oladipo celebrated like that. Curry may have hit the shot whether Oladipo did that or not, but what my point is that everybody seems to be missing is that at the LEAST, the Warriors focus and energy may have been elevated MORESO from it. SMH...blind spectators who live in a bubble...

[MagicStarwipe]

He wasn't rude. It's one of the most ridiculous arguments I've read on a sports forum. Seriously, save yourselves the headache and don't argue.

No, Curry wasn't rude. We just expect him to not act like he won a playoff game when barely beating a team from the east without its best player who would be lucky to make the playoffs.

What are you even talking about right now?

[MagicStarwipe]

Whatever man. First off half of you guys probably didn't notice or even bothered to review what I'm talking about on T-vo...its not that hard, it all happened in the 4th quarter.

Secondly, most of ya'll probably never even played a REAL competitive game a sports in real life to even acknowledge what I'm talking about because you never even been in the situation.

I am very sure the Warriors heard Oladipo, as well as the whole entire arena. And for Curry to do the same thing back to him...means it was personally taken that Oladipo celebrated like that. Curry may have hit the shot whether Oladipo did that or not, but what my point is that everybody seems to be missing is that at the LEAST, the Warriors focus and energy may have been elevated MORESO from it. SMH...blind spectators who live in a bubble...

I saw the play live. I didn't give a **** then. I don't now. Have a nice day.

[otownflava21]

Then you didnt notice and therefore you have no say....SEE YA

[otownflava21]

If you are reading this Oladipo, or any other magic player....or any young aspiring professional or collegiate athletes.....

If you are at the tail end of an offensive run and you are the visiting team against the HOTTEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE....you do not, i repeat, do NOT celebrate early.

Sports 101

[MagicStarwipe]

No, I saw it. I just didn't think it was rude lol. That notion is laughable to me. Peace.

[tooler]

From the ESPN game summary:

Victor Oladipo scored 27 points, and O'Quinn had 21 points and 11 rebounds in a disappointing collapse for the young Magic.

I didn't see a collapse. I saw the Splash Brothers finally getting hot.

Believe it or not, that was Stephen Curry's 1st career go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute of the 4th quarter or overtime. He was 0-for-7 on those shots previously, including a miss earlier in the final minute of Tuesday's game against the Magic. The Warriors lost the previous 6 games in which Curry had a chance to give his team the lead with a final minute 3-point attempt.

He had to pick tonight to stop sucking, didn't he?

[Kev_bundles]

Are we really talking about VO being "rude " is why we lost the game?


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