2024/2025 General Game Thread

[All Eyes On Me]

1 minute ago, MagicOne said:

Mose after the game tonight: "We'll have to take a look at the film and see why I left Wendell on the floor for too long". SMH! As some of you have stated, this loss is on the head coach tonight!

I thought Wendell was good tonight tbh. He, AB and TDS were bright spots. Paolo was awful, and Franz probably shouldn’t have played either OT, he had no gas left in the tank. Paolo has been dreadful in like 3 of the last 4 games. No idea what’s going on, but he’s gotta figure his **** out quick.

[Stinger24]

1 minute ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

Why wasn't Goga in the last few minutes of the quarter instead of Wendell?

20 minute restriction on playing time 

[Phil4Real]

Terrible loss... We had it at the 4th and with 2 minutes on the 1st OT. We decided to play lazy af offense and we blew it. 

I hope the team learn something about this one. Mosley was again outcoached with the time management against Miami.

 

[All Eyes On Me]

Also, we need to figure out this free throw thing. 10 missed free throws in a game we lost in double OT. SMH

[fan for too long 2]

Paolo’s effort tonight was pathetic. Dribble dribble dribble to nowhere. His Defense pathetic. Lost on plays. Idk. Disgusting 

[All Eyes On Me]

Every loss gets us one step closer to making Jeff Weltman have to do something at the trade deadline. That’s the only silver lining I have right now. God, I hate Miami 

[MagicOne]

5 minutes ago, Stinger24 said:

And Paulo the turnover machine strikes again 

Need a PG! This will keep on happening unfortunately. Paolo just pounds the rock while others stand around. And then with about 5 seconds on the shot clock he tries to make something happen. 

[MagicOne]

5 minutes ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

Why wasn't Goga in the last few minutes of the quarter instead of Wendell?

That is indeed the million-dollar question! If he puts him back in the game in the 4th quarter when he put Franz back in we probably win tonight. Goga was at the table with Franz ready to come in and then Mose pulled him back.

[Babir9]

Embarrassing loss. This team needs one true pass first PG who can also shoot. This point forward thing won’t work in tight games and especially playoffs. We did not have all around PG on the roster since Rafer Alston. 
 

[MagicOne]

I don't know if anyone else here saw the little altercation that Franz had with someone on the Magic bench during a timeout late in the 4th quarter when Miami was on their run. When I read his lips it looked as though he said to someone nearby "don't talk to me like that". And he was pi**ed. 

[Shine88]

Weltman stubborn ### better get us a guard. I don't understand how he could watch our team last year with Suggs and Harris in the backcourt, and expect anything to change by replacing KCP for Harris. It just doesn't make any sense. We pretty much will have the same issues we had in the playoffs last year. 

[MagicOne]

10 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

I thought Wendell was good tonight tbh. He, AB and TDS were bright spots. Paolo was awful, and Franz probably shouldn’t have played either OT, he had no gas left in the tank. Paolo has been dreadful in like 3 of the last 4 games. No idea what’s going on, but he’s gotta figure his **** out quick.

This is a fair assessment of what took place this evening. And to prove your point even more about Paolo, we were up by 11 points with 9:31 left in the game when he was subbed back in. Miam proceeded to go on their run. The plus minus thing can be deceiving too. If Franz doesn't have that huge 4th quarter last game this would be a big losing streak right now.