Game 49: Orlando Magic (18-30) @ Toronto Raptors (29-18) - 6:00 PM ET

[IllMagic04]

I thought everyone was aboard the tank. Yet when we win there are actually people happy about it. I just don't get it. Why would anyone want to win games with Jeff Green and DJ playing minutes. I'm just don't get why we do it and I don't get why any Magic fan would be happy about it. We need losses and development. Neither happened today. Today's game is a failure on all ends.

&& then everyone will complain when we are 1-2 picks from a franchise player becuase we won games like this when the season is already lost.

How do you not get it was a lucky win ?!?!?! most nights dj is not going to score 21. most nights green usually doesn't make more than 1 or 2 fieldgoals. ........ the team is going to get lucky wins , unrealistic to expect this team to lose every game for the rest of the season.

Right but it's easier to stomach a win against a bad team. I already had this marked as a loss and the wolves marked as a win. We better lose to the wolves to even it out.

[Mc-o]

&& then everyone will complain when we are 1-2 picks from a franchise player becuase we won games like this when the season is already lost.

How do you not get it was a lucky win ?!?!?! most nights dj is not going to score 21. most nights green usually doesn't make more than 1 or 2 fieldgoals. ........ the team is going to get lucky wins , unrealistic to expect this team to lose every game for the rest of the season.

Right but it's easier to stomach a win against a bad team. I already had this marked as a loss and the wolves marked as a win. We better lose to the wolves to even it out.

don't worry this team can not be counted on to win any game lol. they are terrible. we still gave up 113 points. we are not capable of scoring consistently at that level.

[OrlandoDream]

&& then everyone will complain when we are 1-2 picks from a franchise player becuase we won games like this when the season is already lost.

How do you not get it was a lucky win ?!?!?! most nights dj is not going to score 21. most nights green usually doesn't make more than 1 or 2 fieldgoals. ........ the team is going to get lucky wins , unrealistic to expect this team to lose every game for the rest of the season.

Right but it's easier to stomach a win against a bad team. I already had this marked as a loss and the wolves marked as a win. We better lose to the wolves to even it out.

CJ Watson is gonna be guarding Zach Levine. We're getting blown out tomorrow.

[rcklsscognition]

Fournier is expected back tomorrow. I expect him off the bench in limited role and then back to the SL the game after. Will be interested to see how the team responds to this uplifting victory.

[BCS]

I thought everyone was aboard the tank. Yet when we win there are actually people happy about it. I just don't get it. Why would anyone want to win games with Jeff Green and DJ playing minutes. I'm just don't get why we do it and I don't get why any Magic fan would be happy about it. We need losses and development. Neither happened today. Today's game is a failure on all ends.

&& then everyone will complain when we are 1-2 picks from a franchise player becuase we won games like this when the season is already lost.

How do you not get it was a lucky win ?!?!?! most nights dj is not going to score 21. most nights green usually doesn't make more than 1 or 2 fieldgoals. ........ the team is going to get lucky wins , unrealistic to expect this team to lose every game for the rest of the season.

We all know we won't lose every game, but when we do win those games, we want it to be our young guys and future of this team being the ones carrying us to those wins.

[OrlandO]

Fournier is expected back tomorrow. I expect him off the bench in limited role and then back to the SL the game after. Will be interested to see how the team responds to this uplifting victory.

I expect us to lose then that one poster will come by to tell us how we are worse with fournier.

[OrlandO]

&& then everyone will complain when we are 1-2 picks from a franchise player becuase we won games like this when the season is already lost.

How do you not get it was a lucky win ?!?!?! most nights dj is not going to score 21. most nights green usually doesn't make more than 1 or 2 fieldgoals. ........ the team is going to get lucky wins , unrealistic to expect this team to lose every game for the rest of the season.

We all know we won't lose every game, but when we do win those games, we want it to be our young guys and future of this team being the ones carrying us to those wins.

Well we gave DJ a 4 year contract, so he's part of our future... excited?

[Bensational]

My gosh this team is frustrating. Want them to win, blow out losses. Want them to lose, pathetic wins.

It's like they go out of their way to disappoint as many people as they can, as much as they can.

[BCS]

Well we gave DJ a 4 year contract, so he's part of our future... excited?

Well once we draft Fultz , he will either get traded if he hasn't been already or be our 3rd stringer at pg.

[shadrock]

I cant handle this **** anymore... I mean its hard enough being ****, but as least if you are going to be ****, **** be the best at it and get a good pick. Didn't we learn anything from watching the Sixers tank as opposed to us? The difference between 3rd pick and 4th is HUGE. We miss Porzringis by 1 pick, miss Embiid by one pick, yet we still don't **** get it.

Im done... see you guys at the draft.

That sound you hear behind you is the door slamming shut. How can one root for their team to lose? F...ng draft picks are no guaranteee. GTFO.

How can a person root for his team to lose? Joel Embiid, Kriztaps Porzingis, Karl Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins, that how. Am I being clear enough?

[shadrock]

I cant handle this **** anymore... I mean its hard enough being ****, but as least if you are going to be ****, **** be the best at it and get a good pick. Didn't we learn anything from watching the Sixers tank as opposed to us? The difference between 3rd pick and 4th is HUGE. We miss Porzringis by 1 pick, miss Embiid by one pick, yet we still don't **** get it.

Im done... see you guys at the draft.

That sound you hear behind you is the door slamming shut. How can one root for their team to lose? F...ng draft picks are no guaranteee. GTFO.

How can a person root for his team to lose? Joel Embiid, Kriztaps Porzingis, Karl Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins, that how. Am I being clear enough?

Perhaps I should be even more clear:
Joel Embiid - we missed him by 1 pick.
Kristaps Porzingis - we missed him by 1 pick.
Karl Anthony Towns - missed by 4 picks.
Andrew Wiggins - missed by 3 picks.

[PrimeThyme]

That sound you hear behind you is the door slamming shut. How can one root for their team to lose? F...ng draft picks are no guaranteee. GTFO.

How can a person root for his team to lose? Joel Embiid, Kriztaps Porzingis, Karl Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins, that how. Am I being clear enough?

Perhaps I should be even more clear:
Joel Embiid - we missed him by 1 pick.
Kristaps Porzingis - we missed him by 1 pick.
Karl Anthony Towns - missed by 4 picks.
Andrew Wiggins - missed by 3 picks.

& yet in a year where 6-7 teams are projected to be within one win of each other for picks 3-10 people don't think these meaningless wins matter. Not sure how many more years of barely missing out on franchise players it will take for people to realize these games matter.

[VFX]

That sound you hear behind you is the door slamming shut. How can one root for their team to lose? F...ng draft picks are no guaranteee. GTFO.

How can a person root for his team to lose? Joel Embiid, Kriztaps Porzingis, Karl Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins, that how. Am I being clear enough?

Perhaps I should be even more clear:
Joel Embiid - we missed him by 1 pick.
Kristaps Porzingis - we missed him by 1 pick.
Karl Anthony Towns - missed by 4 picks.
Andrew Wiggins - missed by 3 picks.

This is what will haunt the franchise until we land a star via draft.

[NickAnderson]

I can't believe people are complaining about a win


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[shadrock]

How can a person root for his team to lose? Joel Embiid, Kriztaps Porzingis, Karl Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons and Andrew Wiggins, that how. Am I being clear enough?

Perhaps I should be even more clear:
Joel Embiid - we missed him by 1 pick.
Kristaps Porzingis - we missed him by 1 pick.
Karl Anthony Towns - missed by 4 picks.
Andrew Wiggins - missed by 3 picks.

This is what will haunt the franchise until we land a star via draft.

Yep I agree. And that's why it is imperative that we not win more than 5 games the rest of the season. We need to finish top 3 in the draft and also force LA our of the top 3. Its as simple as that. If the front office don't have the stomach for it, trade all our vets at the deadline and it will happen of its own accord.

[shadrock]

I can't believe people are complaining about a win


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See my previous post.

[OrlandO]

serge wearing toronto red after the game... he wants to be traded to the raps!

[JAY DASH]

Serge sure didn't play like a man that wanted to get traded to Toronto. SMH...really thought he would try to put on a decent show tonight.

Anyways....I'm not one of those people that are upset when we win. I get that we want a top pick, but I also get that these are grown men trying to play for their next contract etc. Good to see DJ, Vooch, and Jeff ball out tonight.

[FFBlitzace]

Missed this one. Pretty shocking win. I hate how we're going to continue to hang around in the playoff race all year but then still miss it. I kinda wish the other teams would lock it down and put us out of our misery.

[DiplomaticMagic]

At least Vuc boosted his trade value, but man what a terrible win.