#Orlando Magic at Chicago Bulls
United Center- Chicago, IL
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401584121)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/OrlandoMagic/comments/17xt1wi/game_thread_orlando_magic_65_at_chicago_bulls_48/k9pd9kg/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|ORL |23|25|29|26|103|
|CHI |16|17|32|32|97|
###Player Stats
**Orlando Magic**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|F. Wagner|35:22|21|9-18|2-8|1-2|0|4|4|2|2|0|2|2|-6
|P. Banchero|31:42|13|6-14|0-1|1-4|3|5|8|4|0|1|7|3|0
|G. Bitadze|21:19|2|0-1|0-0|2-4|0|4|4|0|1|2|1|4|2
|G. Harris|28:41|15|5-10|3-7|2-2|2|4|6|2|1|2|0|3|5
|A. Black|11:24|2|1-2|0-0|0-1|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|-4
|J. Ingles|25:32|8|3-8|2-7|0-0|0|1|1|5|1|0|1|1|16
|C. Anthony|36:44|11|3-12|1-5|4-4|2|6|8|7|1|0|2|4|7
|J. Isaac|19:31|18|6-8|2-4|4-4|3|6|9|1|1|1|1|2|10
|M. Wagner|23:28|10|4-5|0-1|2-2|0|4|4|3|0|1|0|3|0
|C. Houstan|6:15|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|0
**Chicago Bulls**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. DeRozan|36:02|23|10-20|1-1|2-4|0|4|4|3|1|0|3|1|-6
|A. Caruso|23:06|18|5-6|4-5|4-4|0|1|1|0|2|2|1|4|7
|N. Vucevic|30:10|10|4-16|0-3|2-2|3|7|10|6|0|0|1|4|-4
|Z. LaVine|40:46|34|12-20|4-11|6-7|0|6|6|3|2|0|3|4|2
|C. White|29:45|4|2-6|0-3|0-1|0|1|1|4|0|0|2|2|9
|A. Drummond|17:50|5|1-2|0-1|3-4|2|4|6|0|3|1|2|1|-2
|A. Dosunmu|13:36|0|0-3|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|1|-12
|T. Craig|25:55|3|1-3|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|3|-15
|J. Carter|9:48|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|0
|P. Williams|13:01|0|0-3|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|1|1|0|3|1|-9
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|ORL|38-79|11-34|16-23|24|22|7|17|7|10|36|52|
|CHI|35-79|10-29|17-22|19|21|10|16|3|5|29|45|
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Solid ass win on the road with 3 starters out. People always looking for scapegoats but I’m proud of the team. Wasn’t even expecting being up by 15+ on the road with 3 starters out so that takes the sting out of collapses more, especially when LaVine is on fire.
Paolo was ass and we still got it done.
Proud of this team for kind of pulling out wins in these clutch situations but damn stop putting yourselves in these situations. Also cmon paolo only 13 ? Thought we’d be seeing 20+ nightly in year 2
Fuck that was close. But happy with a win!!!!
Dude Mose gotta find a way to coach better in these second half’s I know it’s a young team and it’s not entirely on him but when it comes to consistently struggle in the second half that’s a coaching issue these boys need to get out of Chicago I don’t ever want to see the bulls again good win boys
I love Paolo, but holy shit he sucked ass in both these games against complete stiffs. Alex Caruso is a total bum who gives up nearly 5 inches to you dude, be better. Dude literally had 7 points the final 3 quarters.
It’s time to start Isaac
Beating any team twice in a row on their home court is a great achievement so kudos for that. But these 2nd half collapses are really becoming a problem. Once they can figure that out they are gonna become such a dominant team. Shout out to JI, what an a insane performance!!!
Gary in the starting lineup is huge
So what’s causing these second half slumps
Mosely got lucky that the other coach was a complete imbecile himself giving vuc that last look instead of Lavine
Glad Gary is back! The spacing seemed way better. He needs to stay a starter
Franz got the dog in em
Great win.
They have been in every single game this year and the whole team is super young. Our two main guys are 22 and 21, and the 21 year old turned 21 just a few days ago
Everyone needs to be patient, the world is not falling even if these second halves have been tough. We were missing 3 starters tonight and still won on the road against a veteran team that had one of their players go absolutely supernova in Lavine
Say what you want about Mosley, but he has coached them up fantastically on defense, defensive scheme, and effort. Magic are a top 5 defensive squad this year
Thanks Billy Donovan for taking out Drummond, he was kicking our ass. The second half collapses are now a red alert issue. JI and Gary saved us. Paolo and Franz each had a turn of playing with 3 shooters and a big, and they both looked great with all that space, and not so much when they played together. Chicago might be the worst team in the league so I’m not going to react too strongly on a lot of the positives we saw in the first half.
Isaac came through with this.
If this team is serious about winning this season Gary should be a starter
at least the boys held on. great game from JI, absolute monster out their tonight. there is a lot that can be said but we are down 3 players who are starters and a win is a win so lets see if this 2nd half collapse continues.
We have 3 all-stars
One of the best wins on the season without 3 starters while playing on the road vs a healthy Bulls team. JI and Harris really stepped up tonight.
Never in doubt
Either these games are way too stressful or I’m taking them too seriously lol
We were missing THREE starters!
What other team has young superstars like Paolo & Franz to take turns knocking down cold blooded game winners like this. Also, JI, Jesus Christ
God if we could get Isaac back healthy and playing full-time, we’d be the best defense in the league and a lock-in for the playoffs.
A win is a win but we aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts
….Calculated
Still can’t believe how many people wanted to get rid of JI man 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Good win. Thank you Franz and JI.
But.. We don’t just lose leads, we full blown implode. Mosely has to figure this out. Teams will continue to pick us apart. Truthfully, idk how they will do in a playoff game environment. The bench seems like the only reliable players to me right now.
A win is a win but man come on these 2nd half collapse are getting frustrating now
Yay, they out doodoo’d us
Jonathan Isaac saved me
I love me some BDE(no sus). I was only looking at the score first half and Bulls couldn’t seem to score for what seemed like a quarter’s length. Elite defense I’d assume. I never lost hope with Isaac, but to think, we were gonna give up on him. He did tremendous job on the D side and being everywhere, and nailed those fts.
Thank goodness the Bulls buckled whenever they had some momentum going. Vuc a Magic at heart. Seriously though, thank goodness Vuc missed that.
We got two orcas in Franz and Paolo, and you already know. the nickname of those sea beasts. I was wondering who would do it tonight. That was some great euro by Franz.
As long as our 2nd half isn’t much worse than our 1st half is much better, we may be able to get by with a win each game.
Also, solid teamwork.
Lastly, gotta tone down on these high-stress-for-audiences games but it is what it is. The nature of this kind of playing.
Pacers gonna be a tuff win for you guys but you got this. Love watching you guys play
All I can say is, the Bulls got fleeced.
Thanks, Chicago!
A lot are pointing towards Mosely for the second half collapses. I somewhat agree but I think we have to cut him a large amount of slack that he is dealing with a rotation without an actual PG in it.
We need someone who can take control of these situations, Fultz was that guy. If he can’t stay healthy, the roster needs work.
I wish they weren’t blowing leads but damnit if I’m not so encouraged by the way this team continues to battle. It’d be so easy to roll over and die. But back to back nights our young guys have picked themselves up and finished the job.
IsaacMVP
Juuuudaaaaaahhhhhhh🔥
⭐️COMPLETELY HEALED!⭐️
Don’t like the last 2 minute strategy at all. It just seemed to be give Franz or Paolo the ball and let them dribble into 3 people.
Franz is taking a lot of poor 3 point shots this season but I wonder if he feels like he has to just to keep the defense honest.
The first half shows how much having 2-3 good three point shooters would help Paolo. He’s really good at passing out of the double team when he has someone to kick it to.
Did the team just went 9/9 FT in the 4th quarter???
WOW
This is a good team. They’re gonna beat some good teams. They’re gonna win a lot of games.
Damn, did Chicago’s bench only have 8 points?
Despite the ugliness, this is the fastest the team has reached their seventh win since the 17-18 season
I picked up JI in fantasy and this was his first game on my team, the boy delivered 🔥
Worse than the 2nd half collapse was the first 3 qtr FT%.
Good that JI went to the line to seal the win.
Crazy good defense for long stretches and nice clutch moments by JI,Gary and Franz.
Great entertaining!
And it just gets better! (3 starters down… take a look at last year)
How bout JI man, a lot of yall doubted he would ever see the court again, well guess what, HE’S BACK
The next season or 2 are just going to be about fine tuning the roster. We need to keep building to get the most out of Paolo and Franz. Defence is fantastic, just need to sort out 3 point shooting. Black will need to work on his shooting, but he might be the future PG. will have to see how Jett Howard develops, hopefully he will reward the faith that the FO put in him.