All Eyes On Me

The advanced stats of the missed open 3s are mind blowing. We shot like 4 for 30 or something like that when a 3 was attempted with the closest defender 4+ feet away. We need to make shots and force Cleveland to defend outside the paint or else we’re gonna be stuck with iso ball in the half court, I fear.

Yep, keep playing good D, shoot better from the line and hopefully hit some wide open 3s, they’re going to be there. Also, hopefully no more all bench 5 man units in the playoffs.

Home teams go 8-0 in game 1. Let’s see if we can get some drama added to the playoffs tomorrow

I don’t think starting Isaac is the right move unless we’re gonna let the starters go 40+ minutes, it kills our bench. I also wouldn’t mind throwing our “death” lineup of Suggs/Franz/JI/P5/WCJ at the Cavs some this series. It was extremely effective early in the season and then we just kinda stopped doing it. Also might be worth giving some spot minutes to Goga for his size; Jarrett Allen dominated us last game and really has all season. Curious to see how Mose adjusts.

Moment was a bit too big. Our defense was great, our physicality was great, our offense was garbage, couldn’t make a shot. The backcourt killed us on offense. Suggs was the only one who made a field goal. Moe and Jalen were great irritants. Kelle’s flagrant was pretty damn soft to be honest. Niang on the break off a steal and Fultz led with his shoulder and kind of charged him while going for a steal.

From what I’m seeing we were 8-9 in the first quarter. Were 9-10 at one point then Ingles missed the technical free throw we got from the Niang BS and it was all downhill from there.

At least we’re not a team overpaying a big 3 that just got blown out by 25 on the road. I think we take game 2. Just have a feeling. I don’t think a lot of our struggles today had much to do with what Cleveland did and was more on just us needing to be better

What’s worse with the free throw shooting is we started 11-12 I think, and in the second half when we were trying to come back is when the bricks started. Hit 8-18 to end the game if my math is right. It was especially noticeable in the 3rd when we cut it to 4 and then Paolo, Franz and Jalen bricked like 5 freebies in a row.

I didn’t like Mosley’s rotations tonight. You can’t play 10 guys in the playoffs unless all 10 guys can play. Fultz, Cole and Ingles were AWFUL. We can’t run an all bench lineup. One of Paolo or Franz needs to be in the game at all times.

32% from the field 21% from 3 63% from the line That’s as bad of a shooting performance as you’ll ever see. Get back to the lab and be better Monday.

The guards have killed us tonight. Combined 3-29. Harris, Fultz, Cole combined 0-16. We can’t win like that. Only 11 turnovers, Paolo has freakin 8 of em lol

Gotta love when the refs change how they’re calling the game in the 4th quarter. Cavs have gotten some soft whistles all of a sudden..

Feels like Cleveland has gotten every bounce and every 50/50 ball tonight. That’s not gonna happen all series

A lot to overcome in this one, but there’s some good stuff to build on too. Best of 7 not best of 1. Get the jitters out and keep playing hard

https://x.com/orlandomagic/status/1781722399018266991?s=46&t=O_48d3F9zIM7WbaIMp7sdQ JI starting at the 5. Same starting lineup as last week vs the Bucks. Let’s gooo!!

Yeah, Hawks probably would’ve been better off if he didn’t come back this year. 0-4 and got spanked in every game. Chemistry on that team is awful and they need to make a move and Trae needs a change of scenery, but that contract is brutal. It will lower what Atlanta is able to get back for him. My opinion is I think Trae is too risky to the locker room to take a chance on, we don’t need another guy thinking he’s Batman, we need another Robin that’ll happily play off of Franz and Paolo, Trae isn’t that guy.

lol truth. I did enjoy watching them blow it and lose while explaining to my toddler son that we hate everything about Miami in this house.. hahaha

Let’s do a per game game thread to start. If game 2 gets here and there’s not another specific game thread for it we can pivot and just make it the round 1 thread

We pulling for the Sixers or the Heat? I’m pulling for the Heat even tho it feels dirty. I want Philly and Boston to beat the crap out of each other before we play them

I think this thread should be specific for talking about the playoffs in general, not just Magic. I don’t hate the idea of having a game thread per round for us, but I’m also more than open to a game thread per game if people are willing to put in the work to make game threads. I’ll keep an eye out and pin as needed but I don’t really have a preference in how we do things as long as it stays somewhat organized.

I think GH’s injury history concerns me. If he balls out like you’re suggesting in the playoffs , I’d keep him in mind as a backup plan if going hunting for a bigger fish fails, but I wouldn’t pay him a lot long term. The off-season is going to be interesting. There’s a few obvious guys with guaranteed spots, but I’d say at least half the roster is available via trade if an opportunity presents itself.

Zion had a great game, but story of his career where he disappears with a random tweak in a tie game when he’s needed most. He’s either too fragile or too soft to be the prince that was promised that he was supposed to be.

We have a game time! Magic vs Cavs will be the first game of the playoffs at 1 PM EST on Saturday. Let’s go!!

We have a game time! Magic vs Cavs will be the first game of the playoffs at 1 PM EST on Saturday. Let’s go!!

Ya know with all of the struggles of the past couple weeks for the team, honestly I think we got the best matchup for us. Only thing I’d change is turning one of the results around so we had homecourt, but I’d rather be playing Cleveland I think than any of the other playoff teams (minus Chicago and Atlanta obv) in the East.