#Portland Trail Blazers at Orlando Magic
Amway Center- Orlando, FL
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401469121)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/OrlandoMagic/comments/11jf9tv/game_thread_portland_trail_blazers_2934_at/jb2aoab/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|POR |31|27|34|30|122|
|ORL |27|29|32|31|119|
###Player Stats
**Portland Trail Blazers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|M. Thybulle|32:10|6|2-7|1-6|1-1|4|4|8|2|1|0|1|3|8
|J. Grant|38:36|20|5-14|3-8|7-7|1|5|6|7|1|2|3|5|5
|D. Eubanks|26:04|13|5-6|0-0|3-4|0|6|6|3|1|0|1|2|-6
|C. Reddish|37:05|16|7-13|2-4|0-0|1|4|5|3|2|0|2|4|-5
|D. Lillard|36:39|41|10-25|4-16|17-20|3|6|9|6|2|1|5|2|10
|N. Little|26:51|11|4-6|3-5|0-0|0|5|5|3|0|1|1|1|-2
|S. Sharpe|20:26|8|3-6|2-5|0-0|0|2|2|2|0|1|3|3|-6
|T. Watford|22:07|7|3-6|1-3|0-0|0|5|5|1|2|0|1|2|11
**Orlando Magic**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|F. Wagner|32:43|24|7-12|4-7|6-7|0|2|2|6|1|0|3|4|2
|P. Banchero|33:26|26|9-18|1-4|7-10|1|4|5|2|1|1|3|4|-8
|M. Wagner|33:24|15|5-11|1-6|4-7|1|6|7|1|1|0|0|3|-1
|J. Suggs|35:15|15|6-12|1-3|2-2|1|3|4|2|3|0|3|4|-1
|M. Fultz|34:53|15|5-9|0-1|5-5|1|4|5|8|4|0|1|2|-2
|C. Anthony|23:54|5|2-9|1-5|0-0|0|3|3|6|0|0|1|3|-1
|C. Houstan|15:37|3|1-3|1-2|0-0|2|0|2|0|0|0|0|3|-4
|A. Schofield|7:51|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-3
|B. Bol|16:44|9|4-7|1-2|0-0|0|8|8|3|1|1|0|2|0
|G. Bitadze|6:12|4|2-2|0-0|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|3
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|POR|39-83|16-47|28-32|27|22|9|17|5|9|37|56|
|ORL|42-84|11-31|24-31|29|25|11|11|2|6|32|41|
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I was still a hopeless fan thinking play in was possible, but this one just murdered me.
The nba sucks dude
Glad I wasted 15 minutes watching the last 1 minute of that game
20FTA will definitely help
This team will never get into the single digits in games under .500. Literally trading wins and losses for forever. Great first half by Paolo, bad second half shooting 2-11.
It’s smart basketball, but damn them fouling us to end the game! Good showing without Wendell and Gary.
The NBA is just a giant free throw competition
Dumb ending. But if you’re like me and knew the play in was a pipe dream, then this was a good loss. Competitive. Paolo, Franz and Fultz played well. Indy beat Chicago so they’re both tied with 36 losses and now we have a little cushion with 38. Top 5 odds > 11 seed.
Remember what kyle Lowry did to AG? Dame did it to Suggs. FDL fuck Damian lillard.
Smart strategy but the weakest shit.
Either way, tough L. Play-ins getting farther and farther out of reach.
We gotta beat one of Phoenix, Mil, and Utah. This won’t be a fun week
They need to make those intentional fouls a violation. Its cowardly, ruins the flow of the game, and is a non basketball play. Its legit boring. Why allow teams to decide to int foul just to keep a 3pt lead always 3pts. Its impossible to break out of it. Something needs to change
Refs can suck my dick.
But still, missed free throws and a number of really wasted possessions is what cost this game.
Also, can’t help but feel like the FO was very happy to lose this game.
The last 30 seconds made me wanna blow my brains out. Free throw extravaganza was a painful and slow way to die
Lotto here we go
Why didn’t we try throwing it off the front of the rim during the final free throws? Get the rebound and try to toss another up? We didn’t seem to have a strategy other than hope Damian Lillard would miss a free-throw
1/6 Mo Wagner on wide open threes, 1/5 Cole Anthony on wide open threes
The NBA is turning into a competition to draw as many fouls as possible
That seriously sucks. Time to just play without the stress of making the playin, and doing the best you can each game. One at a time. Next season is the real beginning.
I still don’t understand the logic of barley playing a rookie in Houstan and then inserting him in the final seconds and not expecting something like this to happen.
I hate to say it but coaching made a difference. Chauncey Billups had saved his challenge and used it to successfully overturn the charge did Jalen Suggs took. Mosley had used the challenge unsuccessfully in the first quarter so he couldn’t use it to challenge an obvious out of bounds on Portland late in the fourth quarter. Portland didn’t score on that ensuing possession, but it would’ve saved the time.
Dame had 41 points on 10 FGM
I’m laughing cause fans get mad when Mose doesn’t use his challenge early or doesn’t play Houstan and he did both and people are pissed. Good.
Also lost in the “absolutely no nuance but being angry” discourse on Magic reddit is that Lillard has gone to the line 16 times before Houstan fouled him late. It was a silly foul but if we had a “Lillard stopper” on the team, he wouldn’t have 16 free throws already. We’ve seen absolutely bad fouls from everybody on the team, and Houstan I would actually consider a solid defender for being so young.
At least the Bulls lost again tonight. Their pick is looking juicy lol
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Decent game overall, refs again are complete ass but it is honestly expected at this point. If WCJ is out Goga definitely needs to see more play time. Caleb made a rookie mistake, good chance even if there was no contact the whistle would of flown either way based on the way the refs were calling shit for Dame.
We really just needed one guy on the bench to step up and we’d have been fine.
Good news. Now we beat the Bucks to keep that 1w 1l steak!
I disliked the call but I hated that challenge. It just wasn’t a good challenge and Mose deserves criticism for it although I don’t believe coaching is what lost us the game.
That was a horrible foul in the end but that was a lot to ask of Houston to guard Dame when he was cooking all game. If only JI wasn’t made of glass smh
Adding Rebounding and three point shooting will get this team over the hump.
bol bol bad?
How many games have we lost like this this year?
I’m slowly getting tired of the nba
These close losses sting 😖
Just call it pulling a Mosley. We’ve pulled quite a few of these.
Any news on WCJ?
Not a big fan of Paolo’s shot selection at times. I guess they gave him the green light to iso and shoot long 2s? I’m not super concerned since he’s still a rookie, but too frequently holds the ball too long in my opinion.
Moe Wagner can’t be your center, I swear for every bucket he gets he gives up twice as much. Blazers driving to the rim with no fear getting easy layups. Moe is better at the PF in my opinion
Was a lot of fun at the game! Close game. Magic need more experience. This is going to happen when your 2 best players are a rookie and a 2nd year player.