2021-2022 Regular Season Game 9: Boston Celtics (2-5) at Orlando Magic (2-6) - 11/03/21 at 7:00pm ET

Statlanta · Post #101 » by **Statlanta** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:14 am

This is the team I remember that let Tacko Fall clown them.

Optimus_Steel · Post #102 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:15 am

SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:This team wasn't prepared to play tonight

We've competed in three quarters, but the third one was insanely bad.

When you have a bad and young team the valleys are long and sometimes seem endless.

This is like those awful summer league games.

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Optimus_Steel · Post #103 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:16 am

Our leading scorer has 13 lol.

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JTG_92940618 · Post #104 » by **JTG_92940618** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:17 am

Do NBA refs get paid by the minute? They're making sure this game goes for 2 and a half hours.

thelead · Post #105 » by **thelead** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:18 am

SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:This team wasn't prepared to play tonight

We've competed in three quarters, but the third one was insanely bad.

I disagree. Boston looked disinterested in the first half which made us look 'competitive'. WCJ was ready from the jump though. Oh well... on to the next one.

Post #106 » by **SOUL** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:18 am

We won/tied three quarters and got DEMOLISHED in the 3rd.

Boston isn't impressive at all lol

basketballRob · Post #107 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:18 am

Wet for Chet!

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Post #108 » by **Howard Mass** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:19 am

Growing pains. The Magic came out flat after halftime and well, you can't do that. Coach Mosely will hold them accountable.

Post #109 » by **SOUL** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:19 am

thelead wrote:
SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:This team wasn't prepared to play tonight

We've competed in three quarters, but the third one was insanely bad.

I disagree. Boston looked disinterested in the first half which made us look 'competitive'. WCJ was ready from the jump though. Oh well... on to the next one.

lol how is that our issue at all though? If a Boston team that jhad a team meeting looked "disinterested" it doesn't mean anything to our team.

We just had really bad play and didn't get into the paint, missed every shot.. defense was fine for the most part except that 3rd.

Optimus_Steel · Post #110 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:20 am

SOUL wrote:We won/tied three quarters and got DEMOLISHED in the 3rd.

Boston isn't impressive at all lol

They have some chemistry and structural problems for sure. I would imagine some trades will be made. But still miles better than us but that team won't got too far.

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thelead · Post #111 » by **thelead** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:20 am

SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:
SOUL wrote:
We've competed in three quarters, but the third one was insanely bad.

I disagree. Boston looked disinterested in the first half which made us look 'competitive'. WCJ was ready from the jump though. Oh well... on to the next one.

lol how is that our issue at all though? If a Boston team that jhad a team meeting looked "disinterested" it doesn't mean anything to our team.

We just had really bad play and didn't get into the paint, missed every shot.. defense was fine for the most part except that 3rd.

Two teams came unprepared to play IMO. Not sure why that makes us look better.

thelead · Post #112 » by **thelead** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:21 am

9-43 from 3... wow

basketballRob · Post #113 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:24 am

Boston no injuries and with the luxury tax bill, they pay almost 40m more for the product they have on the floor. We have 60m worth of our players injured, so they had 100m more worth of players tonight.

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Post #114 » by **SOUL** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:24 am

thelead wrote:Two teams came unprepared to play IMO. Not sure why that makes us look better.

I just think that statement makes sense if we showed that from the gate. Being bad in one quarter doesn't mean you're unprepared, it means you're bad for one quarter.

Granted, it was a disastrously bad quarter where we forgot how to play basketball completely but for a starting lineup that has held its own for most of the season even against good teams, I'll take it for what it was.

JTG_92940618 · Post #115 » by **JTG_92940618** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:25 am

Bad games are bad but that's us right now. Development takes ages.

Wendell came out with a lot of effort today so it's nice to see his stats look the best. 13 and 13 is ok. Shame about some of the turnovers but he's learning too.

Okeke gets another game under his belt, the injured players are a day closer to returning and RJ is picking himself up off the floor after a rough start to the season. He was ok again.

Post #116 » by **SOUL** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:27 am

Hampton looked better today. Franz missed easy shots. Cole and Suggs clearly felt defensive pressure from Smart/Horford/Williams.

One of those games where we miss Fultz a lot with his ability to drive.

thelead · Post #117 » by **thelead** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:34 am

SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:Two teams came unprepared to play IMO. Not sure why that makes us look better.

I just think that statement makes sense if we showed that from the gate. Being bad in one quarter doesn't mean you're unprepared, it means you're bad for one quarter.

Granted, it was a disastrously bad quarter where we forgot how to play basketball completely but for a starting lineup that has held its own for most of the season even against good teams, I'll take it for what it was.

Well, I guess we disagree on how they looked the first half though. They were in the game but I didn't like how they were playing regardless. We don't have the splash bros to be looking to shoot so many 3's (2-9 from 3 in the 1st and 4-13 from 3 in the 2nd). The offense was just bad in the first half and then it got worse in the 3rd when we went 1-12 from deep. I don't know, maybe the staff expects Cole and Franz to continue shooting 45+% from deep... Cole can't be shooting 11 3's a game if we expect to have a good offense.

Rainwater · Post #118 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:37 am

I can't wait until the day that the Magic find their center piece again. They really can't do much until they find that again.

thelead · Post #119 » by **thelead** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:42 am

Rainwater wrote:I can't wait until the day that the Magic find their center piece again. They really can't do much until they find that again.

I was hopeful that Suggs was that guy but the more we see the less I believe he will be the center piece. He is going to be the solid starter that I was envisioning pre-draft. The sad thing is that I'm not seeing that type of player in this next draft either. It's still early though.

Rainwater · Post #120 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:52 am

thelead wrote:
Rainwater wrote:I can't wait until the day that the Magic find their center piece again. They really can't do much until they find that again.

I was hopeful that Suggs was that guy but the more we see the less I believe he will be the center piece. He is going to be the solid starter that I was envisioning pre-draft. The sad thing is that I'm not seeing that type of player in this next draft either. It's still early though.

I want to give Suggs 3 more years before making a judgement but I agree with you he seems more like a solid role player rather than a star.

I do believe Chet will be a great player so hopefully we have shot at him in the draft.