2023-24 Playoff Series #1 | Game 2 | Magic @ Cavs | April 22, 2024

[jjvors]

Individual stats:

Strus 7-9-4 with a steal in 37 minutes. Nine rebounds again for a small forward.
Mobley 17-7-1 with a steal and 2 blocks in 32 minutes
Allen 16-20-3 with 2 steals and 2 blocks in 39 minutes. A man's game
Mitchell 23-8-4 with a steal and a block in 36 minutes.
15-3-4 with a steal in 32 minutes. 4-7 from 3 Take 10 3 point shots DG!

Bench:
Levert 8-1-1 with a steal in 25 minutes
Niang 0-0-0 with a block in 14 minutes
Okoro 10-0-1 with 4 steals 2-5 from 3. We'll take that!

 

[MD13]

Why didn’t Mobley close out the game (for the most part)? I felt like he was sorely missed on defense, and then when he checked back in he promptly scored on Paolo.

 

[bushwick_bill]

2 more to go!!

 

[2 For The Brew]

Too bad... Poor guy...

Impressive for Paolo to break one of LeBron’s records.

 

[BiGZD]

Was going say gg for DG but like clockwork he had two dumbass TO late in the fourth. Happy for the win but JBB is going run these guys into the ground with his shitty mind numbing rotations.

 

[Bob_The_Cat]

The magic just don't have anything to switch to which is perfect for JBB. They just don't have the talent to give build out any lineup changes. It really hurts them in this series but for the future, I don't think it's so bad for them. They lack scoring guards but that might be the easiest position to find talent in the NBA. If they can find some guards that can score it will make them alot better.

Their roster is basically 2-3 deep at each position with guys that do the exact same thing. Overall they have quite a bit of talent, but probably need a signing or two and a trade to balance things out.

Paolo and Franz are going to be great players, but I’m not so sure either guy is going to be someone you want as a primary ball-handler.

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[2 For The Brew]

The emotional fans screeching about the rotations are cracking me up. The starters are averaging at least a quarter of rest a game so far this postseason and 8 man rotations are normal for the playoffs. Look at the Celtics game 1 - 8 man rotation with Tatum playing 41 minutes

It’s ridiculous. Jarrett played 38, Mitchell 36. Josh Hart has played 44 and there are four minutes left in the game tonight.

 

[Dr No]

Their roster is basically 2-3 deep at each position with guys that do the exact same thing. Overall they have quite a bit of talent, but probably need a signing or two and a trade to balance things out.

Paolo and Franz are going to be great players, but I’m not so sure either guy is going to be someone you want as a primary ball-handler.

Add shooting to their core and they will be a handful as they mature

 

[daddywags]

Magic are just a bad offensive team. And they really aren't big enough to handle both Allen and Mobley.

 

[Alabuckeye]

Check out how long the benches are for NY and Philly. The starter minutes.

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Knicks-Sixers down to the wire…