Phil4Real

The team's energy is good, at least. There is ball movement, particularly since the second unit took the court. I hope Cole stays in rhythm. Watching Tyus Jones do everything right on the court reminds me of those who say he wouldn't have helped us at all. He is charging the minimum.

Jonathan Isaac out again tonight. Same for Gary Harris. We'll see if Mosley uses a 9 man rotation or gives minutes to Caleb Houstan. Phoenix with KD, Ryan Dunn and Nurkic out of the game.

So I guess tomorrow's lineup will be Suggs/KCP/Tristan/Wendell/Goga with Black/Jett/Cole/JI(if avalaible)/Mo from the bench, or at least some of them... Maybe a few minutes of Caleb Houstan. I'll be shocked if we score 100 points...

This bad luck is hard to believe... And again the oblique! Wtf! I really feel for Franz, he has given everything to step up and carry the team on his back. He deserves all the recognition he gets and he deserves the All Star he will probably be left out of. We will have to just try to survive until Paolo comes back, although I don't know who is going to score now on this team from what we have seen this past month....

We have lost an advantage of... 15? Disappointing second quarter. Our defense isn't performing. We started winning the rebounds by a lot and now we are +1 (the 76ers tallest player is 6'8). We need to close the paint and secure the rebounds, we don't need much more.

Man say whatever you want about Mo Wagner, but without him we wouldn't be anywhere near 15-8. I want him always on my team.

Yes. But to be fair Jalen had like 3 or 4 good shooting games in the season so far...

I feel like Goga is killing the Goga-WCJ debate

I'm with you on this. The talent of Paolo and Franz and the defensive consistency of the team are very exciting. We have lapses of games that we are a very good team, but we can't yet do it in a consistent way and at a level similar to what most ring winning teams have. And it's totally normal and part of the process, no one should expect anything different with our 22 and 23 year old stars. In my opinion, going into the playoffs with home court advantage and fighting in the second round would be an excellent year for the Magic. But more importantly, this year is about improving the team, finding ways to play and win games and building the experience that will pay off a couple of years from now. Putting such high expectations on this young team can lead to frustration. You have to be competitive and do your best, knowing that this year is just a stepping stone to future achievements. It's also about being realistic and watching other teams' basketball games, so you can see how they play, what level they are at and how championship teams are built. If we just navel gaze we most likely won't learn much.

Funfact (not funny): If this ends up like this, our quarterfinal matchup would be against NYK, at MSG lol.

It looks like at this point we will only qualify if f**ing Thibodeau decides to play Jericho Sims and Cam Payne, to prevent the Celtics from qualifying. Sad night man

I don't agree at all. It seems to me that as at today, NY has a better team than the Magic. They are contenders, we are not. Contrary to the “optimistic” analysis, it seems to me that we are not at that level yet. There is a subtle difference between optimistic and blind. However, I expected us to approach today's game with a different attitude, because it was a sort of final.So far, the Knicks came out prepared to play a final today, we did not.

That's what is bothering me. Luckily, Milwaukee is beating Detroit by a lot, which makes the team with the best difference after us Boston, with whom we have a 17-point difference at the moment. It means that even if we lose by 36 points we should be the Wildcard.

They are walking all over us. It's as if the two teams are playing at different speeds and intensities. Hopefully we can find our rhythm and stop the stampede, because the qualification also seems at risk at the moment.

Jalen is 0-7 and half of the time down on the floor.