Magic @ Portland, 01/11/2012 - Game Thread!

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Well, shit. Helluva comeback, though -- actually makes it feel better.
 
We rushed that three, we had time damnit, was one hell of a comeback though.
 
Fuck. The clock was in our favor and we blew it with the foul on JRich.
 
What a waste of a game.
 
You know what? Fuck it. I'm declaring a moral victory.

Take it easy guys.
 
I'd really like to see our offense look better. It's really poor when we aren't running. Hopefully that gets better as the season goes
 
magnifier661 said:
Yeah but if we played like we did in the fourth, we had this game
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That's what makes the first three quarters so frustrating. You know they had it in them (well, except Felton), so why couldn't they do it earlier?
 
B-Roy said:
That's what makes the first three quarters so frustrating. You know they had it in them (well, except Felton), so why couldn't they do it earlier?
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I'm thinking Batum proved tonight he deserves more minutes. He did a great job tonight. I think we kept Felton in the game too long.
 
I guess it's a foul to go up for a rebound now! (Batum foul late in the game). NBA refs never cease to PISS ME OFF.

Anyway....Blazer, blazers, blazers.....this is their 2nd loss now where they play like total shit for 3 quarters, then wake up in the 4th and come up short. Why not play like that for at least HALF the game???? That opening was atrocious. Did they realize an NBA game had broken out, and it was no longer shoot around? They looked like they were letting Orlando run their pre-game warmup drills.
 
Felton: 2/11 and more than a handfull of poor decisions. Ugh.

It's times like this where I really miss Dre. We need decision making and stability at the point and none of Felton, Crawford, or Smith give that to us.

Crawford isn't supposed to be stable and Smith is a rookie. What's Felton's excuse? Replacing Mr. Stability in Dre was too difficult?
 
Ah well. Frustrating loss, but I'll take an entertaining comeback over a total blowout.

Everyone who watched until the end gets a True Fan Gold Star. ;)

Gnite all.
 
Too bad we can't undo the Dre trade, huh? And we had to swap Faried for Nolan Smith.
 
B-Roy said:
That's what makes the first three quarters so frustrating. You know they had it in them (well, except Felton), so why couldn't they do it earlier?
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Orlando was hitting everything in the first three quarters. We were never shooting all that badly so once Orlando started missing, we made our move.

Oh and Felton hit a huge shot at the buzzer going into halftime and had 8 assists.
 
KingSpeed said:
Orlando was hitting everything in the first three quarters. We were never shooting all that badly so once Orlando started missing, we made our move.

Oh and Felton hit a huge shot at the buzzer going into halftime and had 8 assists.
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No, the defensive intensity in the 4th was COMPLETELY different than the rest of the game. I saw wide open threes in the first three quarters. Everything in the 4th was contested, even the Turkoglu dagger.

Oh, and Felton was -17 (Actually -20 if LA didn't make that useless three at the end). I usually don't use single game +/- as an indicator of a player's worth, but I think it was pretty spot on tonight. Not a coincidence we made a run every time Felton was pulled. He was plodding around like a pig the entire game anyways, not even close to the overaggressive attacking version he's been for most of the season. (Who has his own faults too, btw)
 
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