MagicOne

One thing is for certain; we need a PG and some CONSISTENT knock down shooters. That has to be addressed in the offseason. However, I think management will continue to go after length and defense minded players. It's simply what they do. So, let's not all be surprised if shooters and a solid PG are not brought in for next season. After all, nothing was done at the trade deadline.

The score was 53-53 with a little over 9 and a half minutes left in the 3rd quarter when Paolo had to exit with foul trouble. We were outscored 30-9 to close that quarter. One of the fouls tonight on P-5 was when Brown nailed him in the face with his elbow! Like I said folks. It's a totally rigged system. Instead of making it a big disparity in total amount of fouls called tonight, the refs took a different approach this game. Just call a bunch of fouls on our best player to get him out of the game. Paolo left the court without shaking any hands I believe. And I don't blame him. Like a lot of people say in this forum, one day Mosely has to just come right out and say how horrible the calls are. Don't tap dance around it. Just come right out and say it. It's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ folks. They also robbed Banchero of his chance of breaking that scoring record to night as well.

The Magic tied the score at 91-91 with a little over 4 minutes left in the game. From that point on until the final buzzer the Celtics outscored them 16-7. Out of Boston's 16 points 12 were scored on made free throws. The Magic only took 1 free throw in that time frame. And that was a technical free throw when Horford stepped over the line defending an inbound pass. Need there be any more said? It's a rigged system folks. And that's really a shame. You fight so hard to tie the game and then it suddenly becomes a 5 versus 8 situation. Oh well. It is what it is. Probably going to be even more whistles in game 5. Just have to play through it and hope for the best. The NBA wants that Knicks versus Celtics second round series. Which by the way, if that happens, the Magic would have prepared Boston for this next round with their physicality. It will make any other series for them seem like a walk in the park. More than likely, they eliminate the Knicks and face the Cavs in the ECF's. It is probably going to be the Cavs facing the Thunder in the Finals with OKC winning it all eventually.

More solid points! Shooters do need to shoot to get into a rhythm. And they are working very hard on defense. This is where a solid PG would help to get them into some better sets. One way or another if we could ever get into the middle of the pack when it comes to shooting 3's we would consistently be a 55–60-win team every season and be a legit championship contender.

That's Cole being Cole! P.S. I like the way the Warriors are playing! How I wish we had Steph here in Orlando! Of course, adding Playoff Jimmy has been a tremendous help too. If only we had made some kind of move at the trade deadline right Magic fans?

Well said Jamesdin! They sell it to the refs with all of the flipping, flopping and whining. And a lot of it is led by Mr. Horford. Joseph got smacked in the mouth tonight too and the refs refused to look at the monitor for a potential flagrant. We all knew that the referees were gonna be whistle happy against the Magic tonight. And let's be honest here. A lot of that probably has to do with $$$$$$$ and wanting to do anything to assure that the Celtics advance. With all of that said, yes, we do need a PG as well as at least one 3-point shooter. Best case scenario is we obtain a solid PG who is a very good 3-point shooter and then add another 3-point shooter on top of that. There is your solid starting PG and two consistent 3-point shooters. Jaylen goes back to the 2 and KCP goes to the second unit.

No doubt. It is of utmost importance that Jay..oops. I mean Weltman get things done over the summer. (Just kidding Jay!) It's very frustrating when you watch other playoff series, and a lot of the other teams knock down the same amount of triples that we do in a full game in one quarter. Of course, I am still gonna hold out hope for this series. Nothing is over until it's over. We beat them in game 5 and we're coming back home for game 6. Cue the old Journey song "Don't Stop Believin!"

103 ppg for the Celtics in this series. That is 13 below their season scoring average. The defense has been solid. Offensively the Magic are averaging 95 ppg. That won't come close to getting it done.

Did you all see Coach Moseley's press conference? He said that the Magic and Celtics had pretty much the same number of drives to the basket, with the Celtics getting way more fouls called on their behalf. He then said that he expected that with all of the talking and complaining that the Celtics have been doing. These weren't his exact words. But it's essentially the point that he was making.

Precisely. Suggs back to the 2 playing with a solid PG. Move KCP back to the second unit. This will further strengthen our bench. Weltman may use the injury excuse again for reasons to not make any future significant moves. Or he will continue to seek defensive minded players with length who are not very good offensively. If he's smart, he will see these glaring needs and do the right thing to help the team improve.

That's a definitive no for me! Booker? Coby White? Simons? Definitely better options out there.

It is true. No disputing the fact that we need a solid PG and one or two consistent knock down 3-point shooters. Both Paolo and Franz are gassed near the end of games from all of the effort they put in handling the ball as well as playing defense on the other end. Missing Suggs and Mo hurts. But even with them in the lineup I think we still have these other needs to address over the summer.

Ft's were 32 to 20 in favor of the Charmin soft whiners. 24 personal fouls for us. 17 for them. Yep, I called the shot. I knew that all of their whining was to get the refs to blow more whistles tonight. Even more so than usual. That was the difference in the game.

Ok here's the situation. If we go on to lose tonight and are being beaten handily in game 5 late in the game, I would give Tatum a forearm shiver on a drive to the basket and knock his a** into the 5th row. Then I would turn to the ref and very calmly say "now that's a flagrant foul as**ole. I hope the Knicks put a whooping on these whiners.

Uh-oh here comes Caleb again! Last time he entered the game a 4-point lead became a 7-point deficit! Why Mose why?!