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SeabassDebeste
03/22/19 8:54:54 PM
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not fun being a celtics fan right now
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ScareChan
03/22/19 9:20:06 PM
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Kangz tag
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ShatteredElysium
03/22/19 9:25:11 PM
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I think you will struggle for sympathy from us when most of the people follow teams who have been terrible and don't get to see the playoffs!

The Magic were down 17 to Grizzlies. Clawed it back to force overtime but we cannot lose this game. I've already said on twitter I'm done for the year if we lose this (which is very possible!)
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ShatteredElysium
03/22/19 9:28:42 PM
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Valaninas has 21 points 22 rebounds right now. Also 5 fouls (4 of which are moving screens). Tyler Dorsey has 28 points, 9 assists. The ghost of Chandler Parsons has 17 points. I think Justin Holliday has like 22 points too.

The Magic have 119 points and 0 second chance points

Its bad
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SeabassDebeste
03/22/19 9:36:58 PM
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ShatteredElysium posted...
Valaninas has 21 points 22 rebounds right now. Also 5 fouls (4 of which are moving screens). Tyler Dorsey has 28 points, 9 assists. The ghost of Chandler Parsons has 17 points. I think Justin Holliday has like 22 points too.

The Magic have 119 points and 0 second chance points

Its bad

this is spectacular to read
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KCF0107
03/22/19 9:38:59 PM
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I remember someone, Scare probably, mentioned that the Mavs could end up keeping their 1st round pick after the trades with the Knicks and Kings, and I thought there was no way they could close the gap, but here we are with the 6th worst record in the league and an outside shot at finishing with the 5th worst record with the bottom line being we could actually keep our pick, have KP with us next season, and have enough cap space near or at max slot value this offseason.
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ShatteredElysium
03/22/19 9:41:27 PM
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I doubt Mavs fall to 5th but even at 6th worst record that's a 37.2% chance of a top 4 pick in the lotto
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ScareChan
03/24/19 6:24:10 AM
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I made mistake of looking at the standings

Thunder has slipped and is lumped with the 5 thru 8 group and we have tie breaker on them. And their schedule is tough.

Kings can only lose 1 game the rest of the way, thunder can only win 2. Its slim but it's still technically there.

Likewise spurs held to 2 wins we could make it too but we have to get to at least 45 either way which means going 9 and 1. So best case scenario is splitting with Houston
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ShatteredElysium
03/24/19 2:14:55 PM
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davidponte
03/24/19 4:53:57 PM
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With Lowry back tonight, the Raptors are at full strength for the first time in over a month. I don't think the team post-deadline has ever played with a full squad yet.
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ExThaNemesis
03/24/19 5:00:30 PM
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Thunder have been such trash since the all star break ended. I've never seen someone go from clear cut MVP favorite to not even in the discussion as fast as Paul George has. Depressing.
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ShatteredElysium
03/24/19 8:45:28 PM
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That Jeremy Lamb buzzer beater is exactly the sort of shit that keeps happening to the Magic. Our rivals keep getting improbable wins by doing shit like that.

If you haven't seen it

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1109974632667508737
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ScareChan
03/24/19 8:48:24 PM
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was prepped to give a Lamb is Underrated post but that shot was all luck so damn
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ninkendo
03/24/19 11:31:05 PM
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Pistons lose back to back road games in Portland and golden state not too surprising
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greengravy294
03/25/19 12:12:18 AM
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Ya but hows that center ft percentage
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ScareChan
03/25/19 12:45:02 AM
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kings lose to the lakers on the second night of the back to back

but man every single game Bagley impresses me more and more. This guy is going to be a true superstar
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KommunistKoala
03/25/19 10:13:21 AM
#17:


oh ya go my aldridge
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ShatteredElysium
03/25/19 8:43:35 PM
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Man, the Magic against good teams and the Magic against trash teams may as well be two entirely different teams. It is ridiculous how much we play up or down to our opponents

If we can hold on to this lead against the 76ers this would be a huge boost to our playoff chances. Just as long as we don't follow it up with losses to the Heat and Pistons (I'd take 1-1 in those games, if we go 2-0 in them I'd say we are extremely likely in)
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ShatteredElysium
03/25/19 8:54:44 PM
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Also because I have been giving him shit all season I will give credit where it's due and say Fournier has been great recently. He's actually been playing to the level he did in previous years when he was one of our better players (and what got him the contract). I don't know what has changed with him but he's stepped up massively

Someone theorized that his offense suffered a lot because he was drawing a lot of hard defensive duties so may have been tired (he does typically get tricky defensive matchups). And more recently we've had players be better defensively which may be freeing him up somewhat. Hopefully it carries on
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ShatteredElysium
03/25/19 9:19:33 PM
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Well that is a huge win for us. We were losing 60-57 at HT and then outscored the 76ers by 25 in the second half to win 119-98 and really it should have been more than that as we were up by like 30 when everyone rotated 3rd stringers in. Have now held 6 of our last 7 opponents to under 100 points too

Gotta win at least 1 against the Heat or Pistons now. Then we'd need wins against Hawks, Knicks, Hornets to get us to 40 and we'd be in a strong tiebreaker situation. Any wins outside that would be a bonus. If we get to 40 wins and miss out I'd be upset but I can live with that. It would hurt because of how many winnable games we threw away but 40 wins would be massively above preseason projections (like 30 wins)
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SeabassDebeste
03/25/19 11:31:52 PM
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you'll prob wreck the celtics too!
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ShatteredElysium
03/26/19 10:19:59 PM
#22:


And I can breathe again. Magic win in spite of the refs making some horrendous calls. We have now held 7 of our last 8 opponents held under 100. 17-7 since Jan 31st and looking good for playoffs again. Likely need 3 more wins to get in, 4 would virtually guarantee it since we are in a strong tiebreaker situation.
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ninkendo
03/26/19 10:29:00 PM
#23:


oh ya Pistons on their way back to .500

27-9 after 1st quarter was bad
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ScareChan
03/26/19 11:48:53 PM
#24:


Luka? Just throw him in THE BAG
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ShatteredElysium
03/27/19 12:04:19 AM
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The Magic/Pistons game on Thursday is worth more than just a win as the winner gets the tiebreaker. Pistons currently lead in H2H so a win seals that for them. If the Magic win it ties up the H2H and Magic have the edge in the next 3 relevant tiebreaker scenarios.
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 11:53:34 AM
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And this is why nobody will want the Magic in the playoffs

Records against others in the top 10

1. MIL - 23-7
2. PHI - 17-13
3. ORL - 15-12
4. BOS - 15-13
5. TOR - 15-14
6. IND - 13-13
7. CHA - 14-17
8. BKN - 10-15
9. DET - 11-18
10. MIA - 9-20
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03/28/19 5:00:48 PM
#27:


ShatteredElysium posted...
And this is why nobody will want the Magic in the playoffs

Records against others in the top 10

1. MIL - 23-7
2. PHI - 17-13
3. ORL - 15-12
4. BOS - 15-13
5. TOR - 15-14
6. IND - 13-13
7. CHA - 14-17
8. BKN - 10-15
9. DET - 11-18
10. MIA - 9-20


Still arent going anywhere
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 5:22:36 PM
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I doubt we will make it through a round but for sure we won't get swept. Against the top 5 we are:

Bucks - 1-2 (but our win came against them with no Giannis)
Raptors - 2-1 (and should probably be 3-0)
76ers - 2-2 (games went with home court)
Pacers - 2-1
Celtics - 2-0

But I'd imagine some of our success might come down to teams not game planning / taking us as serious as the better teams.

The interesting thing to see will be if our defense carries into the playoffs (if we make it) as we have had the number 1 D in a lot of categories since late January. But obviously regular season games and playoff games are entirely different things as stars crank it up in the playoffs.
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 5:26:18 PM
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Here's the Magic's defensive stats since the end of January (23 game stretch I think). Originally I said I don't think it's debatable we have had best D in this stretch but I think Jazz have also had a good defense in this stretch too?

Opponent FG% - 1st (43.2%)
Opponent 3-point% - 1st (30.1%)
Opponent Rebounding -10th (44.8)
Opponent Points Off Turnovers - 1st (12.1)
Opponent Second Chance Points - 1st (10.1)
Opponent Fast Break Points - 1st (11.0)
Opponent Points in Paint - 11th (47.6)
Tightly Contested Opponent Shooting - 1st (39.0%)
Opponent FTA - 2nd (19.3)
Blocks - 5th (5.7)
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ninkendo
03/28/19 8:00:43 PM
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 8:03:01 PM
#31:


Pistons deservedly leading at HT. High percentage shooting and playing solid defense in the paint, stifling the Magic.

Magic have been significantly better in the second half recently and pulled off a lot of comebacks but can't keep putting yourself in that scenario as eventually that well is going to be empty. Pistons heavy favorites to win now.
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 8:20:50 PM
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Man Ellington shooting lights out from 3. 4/4 in 3 minutes to start the 3rd and all of them were fairly contested. Not much you can do about that
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ShatteredElysium
03/28/19 9:19:23 PM
#33:


Pistons get a deserved win. They played hard defensively and their 3 point shooting was fantastic. That 5/5 from 3 from Ellington in the 3rd (plus a 2) before he finally missed one really killed the game. Especially because they were all contested whilst the Magic missed multiple open 3s that quarter.

Magic also missed their chance for a run back when they missed both free throws after that flagrant. Hit them and get a 2 when you get the ball back and it's down to 12 with momentum in your favor but we missed the free throws, didn't score on the possession and the Pistons quickly got the lead back up in the 20s.

Not as upset as some Magic fans right now. We just won 6 in a row before this and if we go 3-3 in our final 6 we likely make the playoffs. Got to put things into perspective, can't win them all.

I'd say Pistons are very likely to make the playoffs now (which they already were)
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ninkendo
03/28/19 9:26:52 PM
#34:


Final score

Orlando magic 98
Detroit pistons 115

Time for Texas tech and Michigan
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MZero11
03/28/19 9:34:51 PM
#35:


Booker scores 50 in consecutive games

Both losses
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ninkendo
03/30/19 7:12:39 PM
#36:


Blake Griffin a last second scratch with a sore left knee :|
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ninkendo
03/30/19 7:38:36 PM
#37:


14-11 Trailblazers after 1st quarter that has to be close to a record

Portland is 7/27
Detroit is 3/21
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ScareChan
03/30/19 8:17:00 PM
#38:


Harden literally stayed to the end of the game to get pad his stats to 50/10/10

Kings lose but were in it the whole way, I believe that mathmatically eliminates them from the playoffs now
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ShatteredElysium
03/30/19 8:23:18 PM
#39:


Celtics resting players against the Nets hurt us so bad. I get it but still sucks. Doubly so because they hurt us whilst if we win tonight we help them

I hope they rest players against us too when we play them in a few games time
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ScareChan
03/30/19 8:29:09 PM
#40:


ShatteredElysium posted...
Celtics resting players against the Nets hurt us so bad. I get it but still sucks. Doubly so because they hurt us whilst if we win tonight we help them

I hope they rest players against us too when we play them in a few games time


could be like the LLLLLakers and rest your stud the rest of the season!
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colliding
03/30/19 8:36:48 PM
#41:


honest question because I didn't watch any lakers games but did lebron actually heal from his injury? is this one of those situations where he was basically playing hurt? or is this 6 game-early sit down just a complete cop out move
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ShatteredElysium
03/30/19 8:39:51 PM
#42:


I'd say a cop out as they have been out of the playoff picture for a while now so was zero need for him to play hurt
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ninkendo
03/30/19 8:50:56 PM
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ShatteredElysium
03/30/19 9:06:24 PM
#44:


Vuc got called om a bogus offensive foul call on a bucket with just over a minute left. I hope that doesn't end up mattering otherwise I'll be upset
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ShatteredElysium
03/30/19 9:07:39 PM
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Also just seen this. Didn't even realize Kristaps was in trouble

On the February trade call to finalize the Dallas-New York deal, the Knicks informed the Mavericks of the pending rape allegation against Kristaps Porzingis, league sources tell ESPN. The league office had been previously made aware of the allegations.
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ninkendo
03/30/19 9:26:29 PM
#46:


Final Score

Portland Trailblazers - 90
Detroit Pistons - 99

Great comeback against a good team when you consider Blake got scratched 10 minutes before tip, Pistons scoring only 11 points in the 1st quarter and all the Bad Boys in attendance for the 30th anniversary of the first championship team
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ScareChan
03/30/19 9:35:21 PM
#47:


colliding posted...
honest question because I didn't watch any lakers games but did lebron actually heal from his injury? is this one of those situations where he was basically playing hurt? or is this 6 game-early sit down just a complete cop out move


Lebron was definitely hurt and came back way too early. He was still super productive when on the floor but he was also obviously not able to do what he wanted to do either. I am sure he was 'cleared' but he wasnt ready to come back
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ShatteredElysium
03/30/19 9:36:49 PM
#48:


Magic win and looks like it was super needed as every other playoff contending team also won
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MZero11
03/31/19 9:00:17 AM
#49:


MZero11 posted...
Booker scores 50 in consecutive games

Both losses


Booker follows up with 48 points

And another loss
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Nrrr
03/31/19 9:17:12 AM
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To be fair they would have taken a few of the last couple games if... almost anyone was healthy. The only NBA caliber players getting minutes are Booker, Ayton, Bridges,and those two are rookies. They probably beat the Grizz if Ayton doesn't turn his ankle, a Dragan Bender/Ray Spalding frontcourt is something I hope to never watch again.

Suns ORTG last three games with Booker: 114.9
Without: 64.8

Atrocious players around him. So bad.
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