2020-2021 Regular Season Game 72: Orlando Magic (21-50) at Philadelphia 76ers (48-23)

[GelbeWand09]

In the west. Utah for sure. Love Ingles & big fan of Gobert. Mitchell & Bojan are entertaining too. Still got a softspot for Kawhi, because i love watching him as a player despite him being kind of a weirdo.
Phoenix for sure too but i doubt they have a chance vs. the Lakers in case they win the play in.

In the east. Probably root most for the Knicks. Just a cool story. The Hornets to win at least the play in. In case Lakers reach the Final, i hope for the Nets. Are all douchebags but still better than James. When not or Lakers looking beatable, Philly for sure. Would be cool to see a dominant 2 way Center winning a chip again.
Washington gonna be interesting too.

[paperboymafia]

Yeah at the end of the day I just want a team that isn't the Lakers/Clippers/Brooklyn to win it.

[pepe1991]

Yeah at the end of the day I just want a team that isn't the Lakers/Clippers/Brooklyn to win it.

I'm just rooting against Lakers, don't care who wins

[Skybox]

Yeah at the end of the day I just want a team that isn't the Lakers/Clippers/Brooklyn to win it.

I'm just rooting against Lakers, don't care who wins

I'd really relish the Lakers being smacked out of the play-in. I'm not really sure who I'm pulling for. Romantically, you've got to love the team-first play of UTA - but I just don't feel it.

[89Magicfan]

Don’t need Cole to get assists if you have Cade

Seriously, some of y’all overthink this crap. I don’t care if he’s 6 ft 7 ft or 9 ft. A scorer is a scorer. Take a look at Jokic. Is he your prototypical center? Who averages the most assists on that team? Pg or center?

[drsd]

All caveats aside (including the fact that it's the loosey goosey last game of the season), we haven't had a guy that could get to the line 14 times and make all 14.

"Well actually Vuc di-"

Ok stop, maybe he did have one such fluke game, I don't remember. Point is, we haven't had that kind of capability on this team. If he can harness his skills correctly, he can give us something we need.

Anthony's 14 FTA are the most by a Magic player this season. It was the first time a Magic player made at least 14 FT in a game without a miss since 2004.

Is this anything?

Five other players in the history of the Orlando Magic franchise have made at least 14 FTs in a game without a miss.

Cole Anthony: 14-14 on 5/16/21 - L
Steve Francis: 14-14 on 12/10/04 - W
Grant Hill: 17-17 on 11/1/02 - L
Penny Hardaway: 14-14 on 11/21/94 - W
Nick Anderson: 15-15 on 11/14/92 - L
Reggie Theus: 15-15 on 3/7/90 - L
Reggie Theus: 14-14 on 1/25/90 - W

And-1. But from the perspective of the TANK, thank goodness Maxey arguably outplayed Anthony.


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[drsd]

Since the introduction of this image, I believe the Magic went 4-20 (a 17% "winning" rate).


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[RookieStar]

Since the introduction of this image, I believe the Magic went 4-20 (a 17% "winning" rate).


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Hopefully we shelve that cuz we won't need it for next and many seasons to come.

[drsd]

You forgot an OKC win as well

You called it !



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[RookieStar]

You forgot an OKC win as well

You called it !



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Heh! When the playoff seeding were a little more clear I knew there were teams jockeying for their perfect position for a run at the finals. I mean compared to the last 5 years, this is as open as you can get for the road to the championship.

When the clips did that move against HOU I knew they were tanking. Did any of you see the CLips vs OKC game? Zubac supposedly played a grand total of 6 SECONDS! lol. I knew they were also gonna tank for sure. That's why I kept saying its a tank battle for the ages. OKC younguns just didnt know what was at stake and let their emotions get the better of them compared to a veteran CLips team who knew or was looking at rings already.