JJZFL 610 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 How about starting the season with 7 straight games where they score less than 100? I’m betting the Magic have never had a start like that before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 27 minutes ago, JJZFL said: How about starting the season with 7 straight games where they score less than 100? I’m betting the Magic have never had a start like that before. The 14-15 team started 7 straight games scoring less than 100 if you don't count an overtime win against Minnesota where we scored 94 in regulation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 610 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Fultz4thewin said: The 14-15 team started 7 straight games scoring less than 100 if you don't count an overtime win against Minnesota where we scored 94 in regulation. How easy it is to forget those awful years. How many games below 100 would it take to be a record bad start for us offensively? 8? 10? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, JJZFL said: How easy it is to forget those awful years. How many games below 100 would it take to be a record bad start for us offensively? 8? 10? It depends on what years you want to include. Like I was saying earlier, total points only really matters in reference to pace. The 97-98 magic had 30 straight games not reaching 100 points but they played at 87 possessions per game. The Knicks game we only scored 95 points but we only got 89 possessions. If we played as fast as we typically play we would have been at 106. If we're able to dictate pace with our defense we can still create an above average offense while not scoring 100 ppg. But we're not doing that. I just want to continue to point out that 100 points isn't the goal. Just scoring more points than your opponent is. And there's a variety of ways to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 610 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 In today’s NBA though, you’re not going to be consistently successful scoring under 100. You might get away with it occasionally, but it’s not like it was in the 1990’s. Rule changes have hampered defense and encouraged higher scoring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted November 6, 2019 22 minutes ago, JJZFL said: In today’s NBA though, you’re not going to be consistently successful scoring under 100. You might get away with it occasionally, but it’s not like it was in the 1990’s. Rule changes have hampered defense and encouraged higher scoring. You can if you can slow the game down because total points don't matter, per play efficiency matters. Most teams shifted to pace and space so there's not many teams trying to slow things down but the 16-17 jazz won 51 games consistently scoring under 100 because they played at 91 possessions per game. Basically I don't know why we're so obsessed with the 100 points number. If we score 100 points tonight it doesn't mean we had a good offensive game if we played at Dallas' typical 101 possessions per game. But if we had 99 points in a 94 possession game that would be a big step in the right direction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 7, 2019 New milestones: - Vucevic surpasses 1,300 assists - Augustin gets to 2,400 points and is also now 4th on steals in the active players ranking - Isaac reaches 150 blocks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 9, 2019 Key milestones: - Gordon reaches 350 games - Vucevic surpasses 3,600 field goals made and now is 200 games away from becoming the all time leader in franchise's games played (Nick Anderson) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 New milestones: - Vucevic is over 8,300 points and reaches 5,300 rebounds - Ross gets to 1,800 points Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 14, 2019 Aminu (32,3% previous worst was 39,2%) Bamba (34% previous was 48,1%) Carter-Williams (29,8% previous was 33,9%) Gordon (42,3% previous was 43,4%) Ross (35,7% previous was 39,8%) are ALL having their career worst FG % this season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 16, 2019 New milestones: - Augustin surpasses 500 rebounds - Clifford gets his 30th home victory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argentinaworldchampion 32 Report post Posted November 19, 2019 Key numbers: - Augustin reaches 800 field goals made and surpasses 350 three pointers - Fultz gets to 50 field goals made and posts minutes (26) and points season highs (19). Aminu also posts minutes season high (32) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites