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Tonight's guy is Justin Edwards on the Sixers. Who the Heck is Justin Edwards? Seriously you guys need to follow me on this rant. There is a guy every other night! and his points were very important! VJ has come back to earth,Embiid didnt play. Maxey didn't go crazy.... i want this for the Magic! Look so many of these early season hero's fade, some never are anyone but damn every single night is some guy hitting 4 or 5 3's and winning freaking games. I'm kind of trying to deflect some of the negative vibes from our team but where is our guy out of nowhere going nuclear?

I'm tired of seeing all these no name guys having 20+ point nights with like 4-8 made 3's on other teams. Can we not have that? Jase? Anyone! last night it was some guy named Daniss Jenkins but i swear i see one every other night on the Box Scores. Last night i actually got to see some instead of just reading a box score.

I hope you all enjoy Basketball and not just the Magic. I was home and wasn't going to watch my team because i sensed a let down. So about 3 minutes into the fourth i turned on a stream. Being the Magic, of course it's like a trainwreck with that 11-0 run. Starting with missed Anthony Black dunk, something not mentioned in the game thread, all this insanity ensued! Magic game was a roller coaster ride, but i also caught the end of a couple of these other games. That Heat ending was insane! Also i am fascinated by the Bulls and Spurs ending. Literal back and forth game and in the last minute they just ISO Wemby and he walks down the court and shoots two 3's like Curry. I mean, WTF you going to do against that? Also Cade Cunningham misses 31 shots and still dominates the game! Although he was bailed out by some guy named Danis Jenkins hitting 2 trey's back to back but still! Next time one of our guys misses a few shots got to post a meme of Cade saying "those are rookie numbers!" The NBA FOLKS!

League was nuts tonight! hope you guys watch other games and teams!

Obviously everyone is going to say this is the moment that created some team chemistry. So i'll be the first *******. We see more of the same it's the coaches! Look at Mosley just looking like someone saved his ass!

Also Franz is looking beat the f up! get that boy some medical care and some rest!

Hey guys whatever we say the next 2 days lets just say....nice freaking win! So many different emotions the last 5 minutes! Obligatory Bane quote "Nobody cared who i was till i won us the game!"

So glad i not only watched the fourth but i erased my post from 5 minutes ago. LOL WHAT A GAME!

Yeah the bench is really a sieve but it's weird we are healthy so why all those minutes? Also coach is putting in the wrong guys at the wrong times, like ALL EYES ON ME said a few posts up. Meanwhile, in Miami, Spoelstra is making Jaime Jaquez and Nikola Jovic look like all-stars. It's like being a Dolphins fan. Spent all those years being beat down by the Patriots, do a rebuild to get Tua(tank for tua) Tagovailoa and now sucking looking up in the standings at the, checks notes, Patriots! No way is that Heat roster better. It's the coaching.

It's all connected. Paolo does make some insanely stupid turnovers and do you think Bane making one 3 point attempt is just coaching? Seems more like a protest, probably to spite the coaches. It's the players tuning out Mosely. They have probably figured out he is more of a cheerleader. Other players coming and going like Bane and KCP are probably telling them this isn't how it was where they came from.

So many things could be said, Watched the 4th. We hit free throws, we switched on defense, had some nifty passes, Paolo acted like an All-Star. Didn't win. Why? Can't hit 3 point shots! Can't win in the new NBA without them. Nuff said. Hit a few it's close, hit a few more it might be a comfortable double digit win.

You guys are saying most of the things i would say. It's all about defined roles. Bench has been bad in advanced metrics, despite having guys that were winning us games last year as starters. Tyus is here to handle the ball and not turn it over. And to hit open 3's. He is going to look good later in the season once the bench trusts each other and Mo comes back. The problem in these first 10 games is the bench should at least be outscoring other teams benches. That's not happening yet and of course the Defense is bad. This is going to start to flip. Once we have both Wagners on the floor and switching TDS,Black,Isaac and Tyus vs the correct line-ups we should be a plus at scoring at least. Goga is weird because he can look bad but then you see he pulled in 6 to 8 rebounds in limited minutes then you understand why he is out there.

I was able to watch the whole thing. Looks like they are starting to work together. Much needed good game by Bane. Defense in the 4th quarter, scored over 120. What more can you ask for!

I like your end comment about Gordon. Any player can change. Gordon decided to be a good 3 point shooter and it took him years but he kept up and now his shot looks magical. It's not about the open looks either. He hit plenty of those from Jokic's perfect passes but even in the championship run he was very inconsistent from 3. Now he is not. Our guys simply cannot except the shooting anymore. More work, better coaching and most of all confidence. This team needs to find a way. This organization needs Accountability. Maybe that's what been missing all along. Maybe the national press will wake up ownership and the whole team.

Nah, i'm still on the blame the coaching narrative. From my own eye test Paolo can be a little selfish at times. But the situations he gets put in leads to his inefficiency. I'm sorry this team currently has more talent on it then we have had in years. They must figure it out. They have too.