2023-24 Orlando Magic Thread

114 points on the defending champs and one of the better defensive teams in the NBA.

If Curry didn't have cheat codes or some s**t, Magic could've won.

Oh well. Knicks tomorrow.

114 is nice. Giving up 130 ... not so much

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
114 is nice. Giving up 130 ... not so much

Curry was just too much. Rest of the Warriors weren't as sharp, but they didn't need to be. Most of the time it looked like they were just waiting for Curry to come off a screen to give him the ball again. He was just THAT dialed in. Even more so because he only had 1 FT. Just waiting for him to run around and get any opening at all and then he'd just toss up another shot and drain it.

First time facing the Warriors this year and admittedly its frustrating facing him. The dude had as many 3s as the entire Magic team tonight. Times you'd think "No way..." he would just swish the shot.

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
114 is nice. Giving up 130 ... not so much

Curry was just too much. Rest of the Warriors weren't as sharp, but they didn't need to be. Most of the time it looked like they were just waiting for Curry to come off a screen to give him the ball again. He was just THAT dialed in. Even more so because he only had 1 FT. Just waiting for him to run around and get any opening at all and then he'd just toss up another shot and drain it.

First time facing the Warriors this year and admittedly its frustrating facing him. The dude had as many 3s as the entire Magic team tonight. Times you'd think "No way..." he would just swish the shot.

I just said in the Warriors thread that in my lifetime ( which as you know is a few years) he is the most fun to watch athlete for me in any sport. More fun than Joe, Bonds, Rice.. any of them. I cant believe the things he can do.

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

114 is nice. Giving up 130 ... not so much

Curry was just too much. Rest of the Warriors weren't as sharp, but they didn't need to be. Most of the time it looked like they were just waiting for Curry to come off a screen to give him the ball again. He was just THAT dialed in. Even more so because he only had 1 FT. Just waiting for him to run around and get any opening at all and then he'd just toss up another shot and drain it.

First time facing the Warriors this year and admittedly its frustrating facing him. The dude had as many 3s as the entire Magic team tonight. Times you'd think "No way..." he would just swish the shot.

I just said in the Warriors thread that in my lifetime ( which as you know is a few years) he is the most fun to watch athlete for me in any sport. More fun than Joe, Bonds, Rice.. any of them. I cant believe the things he can do.

Nothing is better than being a warriors fan

Originally posted by crabman82:
Nothing is better than being a warriors fan

NOTHING! Not even being filthy rich like me.

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
114 is nice. Giving up 130 ... not so much

Curry was just too much. Rest of the Warriors weren't as sharp, but they didn't need to be. Most of the time it looked like they were just waiting for Curry to come off a screen to give him the ball again. He was just THAT dialed in. Even more so because he only had 1 FT. Just waiting for him to run around and get any opening at all and then he'd just toss up another shot and drain it.

First time facing the Warriors this year and admittedly its frustrating facing him. The dude had as many 3s as the entire Magic team tonight. Times you'd think "No way..." he would just swish the shot.

I just said in the Warriors thread that in my lifetime ( which as you know is a few years) he is the most fun to watch athlete for me in any sport. More fun than Joe, Bonds, Rice.. any of them. I cant believe the things he can do.

He is just nuts man. Feels like a video game. When he hit that half court shot I about turned it off. Lol

Originally posted by jrg:
He is just nuts man. Feels like a video game. When he hit that half court shot I about turned it off. Lol

What I love about him is how he comes up big in the moments when the Warriors really need him. I cant remember him missing an important FT down the stetch this year. Anyway, not to take over the Magic thread. I actually thought they played well tonight

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
He is just nuts man. Feels like a video game. When he hit that half court shot I about turned it off. Lol

What I love about him is how he comes up big in the moments when the Warriors really need him. I cant remember him missing an important FT down the stetch this year. Anyway, not to take over the Magic thread. I actually thought they played well tonight

All good. They played tonight, so its relevant. Haha. One thing I didn't know from not catching many Warriors games, I thought he sits the 4th? He was on the bench for a good chunk of it, so I was hoping Orlando would make a run. Then he was checking back in and...

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
He is just nuts man. Feels like a video game. When he hit that half court shot I about turned it off. Lol

What I love about him is how he comes up big in the moments when the Warriors really need him. I cant remember him missing an important FT down the stetch this year. Anyway, not to take over the Magic thread. I actually thought they played well tonight

All good. They played tonight, so its relevant. Haha. One thing I didn't know from not catching many Warriors games, I thought he sits the 4th? He was on the bench for a good chunk of it, so I was hoping Orlando would make a run. Then he was checking back in and...

He pretty much always sits the start of the 4th. Whether he comes back depends on if the game is out of hand or not. Tonight, the Magic were still within striking distance and I think Kerr wanted to give him a shot at 50

lol 77-51 at half

76ers are bad

Aaron Gordon since All Star Break 14.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 0.7 BPG, 2.0 SPG

He's making the leap.

Originally posted by crzy:
Aaron Gordon since All Star Break 14.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 0.7 BPG, 2.0 SPG

He's making the leap.

He honestly needs to just get playing time. He is still VERY raw (20 years old).

He needs minutes. I wish Scott Skiles would get over Jason Smith already and give more minutes to Gordon. Last game he got 36 and shot 7/10 FG, 2-2 3PT, 6-6 FT with 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

Plus you can tell he is being himself a little more instead of that quiet, shy rookie. Doing stuff like this in game now:



Gets the crowd and the team into it. He never used to do that stuff in game. He also did a windmill in that game as well.