TrueMagicFan07 661 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 ~EASTERN CONFERENCE~ Round One, Game Three Saturday, August 22 At 1:00 PM ET TV: TNT and Fox Sports FL WE WILL FIGHT!!! - WE WILL WIN!!! LET'S GO MAGIC!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,476 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 Won't be able to watch this live tonight which sucks. Hopefully the Magic make it a game I'll regret missing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 So after getting burnt by everyone except Vucevic, I decided to bet the under for total points, Orlando points, and Middleton points+assists+rebounds Let’s see how my curse holds up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,476 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 AG and MCW still out per Robbins. As far as the game goes. It'll come down to players who aren't Vuc making or missing shots. Some of the looks we've been getting have been good, can't imagine we'll shoot 34% from the field again and 21% from 3 again. And I've got to imagine that we'll get at least one game where either TRoss or Fournier get hot. In general we've guarded Khris Middleton very well the whole series so far (although it does feel like he just hasn't been very aggressive) Let's hope that continues, keep walling the paint off on Giannis wherever we can and let Brook Lopez, Eric Bledsoe and those guys try and beat us with jump shots. Last game Pat Connaughton had 5 3s. He's a 33% shooter. I think we just have to live with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueMagicFan07 661 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 And please don't have Vuch and Birch on the floor together. Birch does okay playing backup center, but he is not Horace Grant at the pf position. I'm talking about Horace Grant who played alongside Shaq. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,476 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, TrueMagicFan07 said: And please don't have Vuch and Birch on the floor together. Birch does okay playing backup center, but he is not Horace Grant at the pf position. I'm talking about Horace Grant who played alongside Shaq. Its kind of necessary to play Birch and Vuc together in this series for some minutes because Birch is the kind of body you want guarding Giannis. He's obviously not going to do it for long spurts but he's big, strong and fairly mobile. He's beaten Giannis to a couple of spots this series already. Clarke has been getting into foul trouble (understandably considering he's trying to guard a freight train) so Birch is a necessary, and not terrible, option in limited minutes. The problem on offense is that then Giannis can help off Birch and stifle our offense but while we're without AG needs must. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueMagicFan07 661 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: Its kind of necessary to play Birch and Vuc together in this series for some minutes because Birch is the kind of body you want guarding Giannis. He's obviously not going to do it for long spurts but he's big, strong and fairly mobile. He's beaten Giannis to a couple of spots this series already. Clarke has been getting into foul trouble (understandably considering he's trying to guard a freight train) so Birch is a necessary, and not terrible, option in limited minutes. The problem on offense is that then Giannis can help off Birch and stifle our offense but while we're without AG needs must. In this case you have to take the lesser of 2 evils (of course Clarke and Birch are not evils--just an expression) :0 Clarke played very well in Game 1 on both ends of the court and scored double digits. He and Ennis filled in on defense in MCW's absence. The both were scrapping, smothering, and played lock-down defense. Clarke is a better scorer and can make 3 pt shots, Birch cannot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,476 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, TrueMagicFan07 said: In this case you have to take the lesser of 2 evils (of course Clarke and Birch are not evils--just an expression) :0 Clarke played very well in Game 1 on both ends of the court and scored double digits. He and Ennis filled in on defense in MCW's absence. The both were scrapping, smothering, and played lock-down defense. Clarke is a better scorer and can make 3 pt shots, Birch cannot. I'm saying you need both. Neither could do it alone for a whole game. Edited August 22, 2020 by CTMagicUK Spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueMagicFan07 661 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: I'm saying you need both. Neither could do it alone for a while game. Gotcha! Point taken. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babir_9 91 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 Hopefully we start with the great energy and focused! Go Magic!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Magic 1,233 Report post Posted August 22, 2020 let's go !! shock the world again. why not!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
