Magic @ Heat Game Thread. 10/23 7.30pm ET: Regular Season Has Arrived!

[JJZFL]

This checks off a lot of boxes:

First game of season

Big Win

Beating Miami on the road 

Great defense

Explosive third quarter 

 

I guess the only thing that surprises me is the tepid response here.  Only 2 pages in this thread?  In prior years it might have been 7-10.  I hope everyone realizes that the season has started  :)

[fan for too long 2]

Well you got it to 3 pages now. Lol. The hype train for this team hasn’t started rolling yet. 10-0 start would do it though. And also Football’s popularity and basketball exec’s business decisions in the last five years has put a lot of people off, on the NBA 

[O_SteveO]

Great first game and the first one I’ve been able to watch in a while (living in WV.) Obviously Harris shot the lights out, but Moe and AB do a lot for the bench. Black is a nice glue guy, as his touch improves 

[Albert Lergier]

7 hours ago, CTMagicUK said:

That third quarter we were just the best team on the floor by a mile. Everyone was contributing. Everyone played hard. Paolo dominated and looked comfortably the best player on the court at all times. 

KCP, arguably our best shooter, shot 0-5 and we still made 36% of our 3s. 

A couple years ago I'd have been so hyped by that win but now we almost expect excellence. Still, beating Miami in Miami is always tough. 

The Magic showed killing instincts in the 3rd quarter.....the more they have it, the better.

[CTMagicUK]

The Magic deep bench squad shot 0-5 from 3 in garbage time. So if you exclude that the Magic actually shot 18/44 or 41%.

[hootie249]

21 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

The Magic deep bench squad shot 0-5 from 3 in garbage time. So if you exclude that the Magic actually shot 18/44 or 41%.

This is why watching the games are important. LOL! 

I didn't get to watch the game and i likely won't see many because of the time zone and the fact that i usually work at night. Great game, great win!

Here are some good highlights, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MagicFanDan]

I have such high hopes for this year in general, but especially after last night. 

[Jay Magic]

4 minutes ago, MagicFanDan said:

I have such high hopes for this year in general, but especially after last night. 

This roster is championship contenders.

[CTMagicUK]

https://youtu.be/8b_JgtpkaqU?si=b-rg-16u8ZTx9NDd

It won't embed for me for some reason but this is a fun vid breaks down a few of our offensive and defensive possessions from the Miami game.