2023-2024 Regular Season Game 12/In-Season Tournament Game 2: Orlando Magic (6-5) at Chicago Bulls (4-8) - 8pm

Post #501 » by **Howard Mass** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:29 am

The Magic almost blew it but they came up big on both sides of the floor down the stretch.

Magic win although losing that Lead will hurt Margin-wise for The Cup.

davey_wavy · Post #502 » by **davey_wavy** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:29 am

davey_wavy wrote:The Bulls suck and we have Paolo & Franz.

Take a breath people

Shoutout to all of you predicting a blowout loss.

MagicStarwipe · Post #503 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:30 am

Last Guardian wrote:Paolo needs to be much better against Indy.

He really looks like straight doo-doo sometimes.

VFX · Post #504 » by **VFX** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:30 am

I’ll take the win but my god I hated that Paolo possession. It was everything wrong with the offense.

swarlesbarkley · Post #505 » by **swarlesbarkley** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:30 am

Vuc deserves the cummerbund at least

TheChaser · Post #506 » by **TheChaser** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:30 am

So, once again I had mostly rely on gamecast and box scores for most of the game. I tuned in right before Franz made the and 1 basket. And although I see the 4th quarter box score wasn’t pretty, the third quarter was better and those clutch free throws and defensive plays at the end are major growth for this team. Easily a loss last year. There were some very positive signs from the end of this one.

basketballRob · Post #507 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:30 am

Lavine looked pretty devastated after this loss

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JojoSlimbiid · Post #508 » by **JojoSlimbiid** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:31 am

7-5 pretty decent record on its face.

GameOver25 · Post #509 » by **GameOver25** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:31 am

Who wants to start the thread for, "What are we going to do with Paolo on offense?"
:lol:

Rainwater · Post #510 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am

Paolo and Franz have been up and down the whole season, they really need to get consistent.

basketballRob · Post #511 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am

GameOver25 wrote:Who wants to start the thread for, "What are we going to do with Paolo on offense?"

Who is Cole?

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KillMonger · Post #512 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am

MagicStarwipe wrote:
Last Guardian wrote:Paolo needs to be much better against Indy.

He really looks like straight doo-doo sometimes.

yep....most 21 year olds will have nights like this

Optimus_Steel · Post #513 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:32 am

Wow Advent Health is going to have to put out some portable heart check centers around Central Florida whenever we play. This team blew the lead, meltdown, but they kept playing and earned the win. Slowly learning how to win close games. Does Franz get credit for the game winner?

MasterGMer · Post #514 » by **MasterGMer** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

We need to stop put ourselves in this situation again and again. Mavs and Hawks were a big lesson. Two nights ago and tonight again. We were leading by 20 tonight. Cole missed. Gary missed and Paolo missed. It seems like we are just not interested in scoring during that stretch to let the game come to them. Sigh.

But a good W tonight. Jonathan Isaac is BALLING! Our biggest strength has to be our bench! Nice W

Post #515 » by **eyriq** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

Rainwater wrote:Paolo and Franz have been up and down the whole season, they really need to get consistent.

They are playing great defense and carrying the offense on a 7-5 team

davey_wavy · Post #516 » by **davey_wavy** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

For the ones who ridiculed JI the past 2 years... Go celebrate this win by yourself

Last Guardian · Post #517 » by **Last Guardian** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

MagicStarwipe wrote:
Last Guardian wrote:Paolo needs to be much better against Indy.

He really looks like straight doo-doo sometimes.

He's basically rookie Suggs on offense. Just wildly drives. One day it will slow down for him. He can do it all in theory. He just needs to chill out a bit and play smarter.

thelead · Post #518 » by **thelead** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

JojoSlimbiid wrote:7-5 pretty decent record on its face.

Especially considering the injuries

Post #519 » by **Bensational** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

I just saw Isaac's stat line, hadn't realised he'd got up to 18 points on top of the defensive havoc he was bringing. Monster night for him.

richi_v25 · Post #520 » by **richi_v25** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 am

B2B wins!!! Man i missed Suggs but it was nice seeing Gary coming through. If we can get healthy again we might be ok.