Trash talk is welcome. Complain about the refs if wish. It doesn't matter to me. You can do or say whatever you want about the playoffs in here. I probably wont be making game threads for every game though since there's already a game thread set up over on the playoff board. But like I said, feel free to discuss anything you wish about the Magic and their chances or just about the playoffs general, in here... or you can just post over there. It doesnt matter.
Here's the 1st Rnd Schedule:
Game 1 - Sunday, April 19: Philadelphia at Orlando (Amway Arena), 5:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2 - Wednesday, April 22: Philadelphia at Orlando (Amway Arena), 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Game 3 - Friday, April 24: Orlando at Philadelphia (Wachovia Center), 8:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Game 4 - Sunday, April 26: Orlando at Philadelphia (Wachovia Center), 6:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
(If Necessary)
Game 5 - Tuesday, April 28: Philadelphia at Orlando (Amway Arena), Time TBD (TV TBD)
Game 6 - Thursday, April 30: Orlando at Philadelphia (Wachovia Center), Time TBD (TV TBD)
Game 7 - Saturday, May 2: Philadelphia at Orlando (Amway Arena), Time TBD (TNT)
GO MAGIC!!!
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The Renaissance Man ‘A lot of my game hasn’t been shown. A lot of my personality hasn’t been shown. I’m just ready to start my life.’
Boston Celtic's >>> Orlando Magic
So, here is a playoff and here is your small ball with 3 pointers and jumpshots...
Plus, SVG is idiot, he put Reddick on the court with team up by 18, and kept him there untill 76ers cut the lead to 3
And why he was double-teaming Andre Miller all game long??? and at the end...you are up by 3 and you don't defend 3 point line, that is ridiculous...
Yes unfortunately the Magic get the fluke game of the playoffs to start the playoffs. Then again that loss was more on the Magic than the 76ers. Even bad shootings teams, aka the 76ers, will shoot lights out if you continue to give them open look after open look, which is pretty much what happened in the 4th quarter.
Not to mention SVG and his rotations in that 4th quarter were some of the dumbest I have seen in the history of the game. One thing is for sure, I doubt Howard gets below 40 minutes of play time again or 15 FGAs again for this series, unless he is in foul trouble. That was just two of many stupid moments in the game from the Magic that had every one scratching their heads.
Bad gameplan for sure. When you have a monster like Howard, you need to continue to feed him. He was single covered for many of his attempts and was getting the better of us in those situations. Yeah, I know he had 30+ points, but many of those were off of put backs and follow ups. They should have been forcing it into him more than that. Also, why on earth would you have Turkoglu defending AI at the end? Not that he didnt play decent defense, but its not a good matchup.
As far as refereeing in the game it was consitent...consistently bad. They were off on quite a few out of bounds calls and they would let some hard fouls go while calling ticky-tack nonsense.
SVG choked this **** away imo. How long did he keep the backups in in the 4th? Does he not know that this is the playoffs and you protect your lead when it is even remotely threatend?
I mean, this was just an epic choke on too many levels. When the starters came back in, we should've went strait to Dwight from the get go. But what did we do? We went to Rashard, then Hedo, then Rafer, and THEN Dwight once we realized that the game was getting close again so he could bail us out... It shouldn't even come to that. It should be easy to protect a lead when we have Dwight Howard.
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The Renaissance Man ‘A lot of my game hasn’t been shown. A lot of my personality hasn’t been shown. I’m just ready to start my life.’
Boston Celtic's >>> Orlando Magic
Another loss...We just don't have the right players for the playoffs...I mean Rashard is a nice player but he is not your MAX player, who will carry you in the postseason scoring 30-40 points, Turk is a nice guy, but he is not your clutch player who should hold the ball most of the game and make a decisions. Rashard is too overpaid, yes it is an old topic, but unfortunately for us, magic fans, we ll have to wait for another 3-4 years to get rid off his ridiculous contract, once again he is a good player, but his price is 6-7 millions a year. Hedo must be a 3rd option on a average team really, bench player for the good team, but he is our main guy, and for the third year in the row
he just continues to suck in the postseason.
I hope finaly Otis will understand what he has done and make changes in the offseason. By the way we definetely miss Bogans right now and I am not mentioning Dooling...they both left because we wanted to keep J.J. Reddick who simply does not belong to this league...
The Renaissance Man ‘A lot of my game hasn’t been shown. A lot of my personality hasn’t been shown. I’m just ready to start my life.’
Boston Celtic's >>> Orlando Magic
So, we got the first win against Boston. Was a tough game and I just can't understand how we manage to give away such a huge leads late in the game, were up by 28 in the 3rd and up by 14-12 in the 4th...
Pietrus was huge by the way, really liked his game, Rashard and Turk calm down at the end, part to Celtics being so physical with them...Dwight must find his game against Perkins, he got most of his points off the offensive boards and putbacks, but it should be mentioned that refs are really ridiculous protecting Perkins, he has so many fouls when he is holding and grabbing people in the post...
I hope team will come out strong in the second game and do its best to win it...
GO MAGIC!!!
No, O-SEN is now reporting that Lee will try for game TWO:
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BOSTON - Magic shooting guard Courtney Lee arrived just before the team meeting ended on Tuesday and said he "hopes" to play in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
Carrying a travel bag and smiling from ear to ear, Lee made his comment while walking into a team meeting at Boston Harbor Hotel about 2:40 p.m. Applause from his teammates could be heard coming from the ballroom.
The Renaissance Man ‘A lot of my game hasn’t been shown. A lot of my personality hasn’t been shown. I’m just ready to start my life.’
Boston Celtic's >>> Orlando Magic
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