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Post Game Thread: The Orlando Magic defeat The Detroit Pistons 112-109



#Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons

Little Caesars Arena- Detroit, MI

[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585442/magic-pistons)

[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/OrlandoMagic/comments/1az9jg3/game_thread_orlando_magic_3125_at_detroit_pistons/krztcg6/)

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|

||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|ORL |32|33|25|22|112|
|DET |30|25|30|24|109|

###Player Stats

**Orlando Magic**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|P. Banchero|29:06|15|5-17|0-2|5-9|0|5|5|3|0|2|0|1|2
|F. Wagner|31:40|14|6-13|0-2|2-3|0|5|5|3|0|0|5|2|0
|W. Carter Jr.|22:28|11|3-5|2-3|3-4|3|7|10|2|1|0|1|2|-7
|G. Harris|25:22|12|4-6|4-5|0-1|0|3|3|0|1|0|0|3|-2
|J. Suggs|26:05|14|6-7|2-3|0-0|1|1|2|5|2|2|3|2|-3
|G. Bitadze|8:08|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|2|0|2|2|0|3|0|1|3
|A. Black|22:29|5|2-6|1-3|0-0|0|2|2|0|1|1|0|2|8
|J. Isaac|19:59|12|5-7|2-2|0-0|1|5|6|0|2|1|0|0|-3
|J. Ingles|16:20|0|0-3|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|2|0|0|1|0|3
|C. Anthony|20:58|13|5-11|1-2|2-2|0|3|3|7|1|0|0|2|7
|M. Wagner|17:23|14|6-9|0-0|2-2|6|1|7|1|1|0|0|0|7

**Detroit Pistons**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|S. Fontecchio|31:13|17|7-13|3-5|0-0|1|2|3|5|1|0|0|2|1
|A. Thompson|20:43|8|4-4|0-0|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|3|5|6
|J. Duren|32:50|16|6-7|0-0|4-6|2|9|11|3|1|4|1|5|-4
|J. Ivey|34:01|8|3-14|2-6|0-0|0|0|0|7|0|1|2|2|1
|C. Cunningham|31:15|26|11-20|4-7|0-0|1|6|7|4|1|0|3|4|-1
|Q. Grimes|26:29|5|2-8|1-5|0-0|0|2|2|4|2|1|1|1|-9
|J. Wiseman|15:10|5|1-2|0-0|3-4|2|2|4|2|0|1|0|1|1
|E. Fournier|18:35|13|5-7|2-3|1-1|0|3|3|1|1|0|0|0|-2
|M. Flynn|16:45|8|3-6|1-2|1-2|0|1|1|3|1|0|1|0|-2
|T. Brown Jr.|12:57|3|1-4|1-3|0-0|1|2|3|0|0|0|1|1|-6
###Team Stats

|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|ORL|43-87|12-24|14-21|25|15|9|10|9|13|33|55|
|DET|43-85|14-31|9-13|29|21|7|12|7|7|29|42|

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27 Comments

  1. Logical-Bend-2341

    Don’t think I have seen a Magic player with that much passion and anger at himself in all my years watching this team. These guys want to win. But P5..that man REALLY wants to win. Their heart outweighs their talent and that’s all a fan can ask for.

  2. SonicNarcotic

    Paolo has that Superstar gene in him.. Always wants that last shot no matter how bad he’s playing.. What a Magical player..!!

  4. f7u12R

    Can someone please post the Paolo postgame interview I was watching the pistons broadcast so I couldnt see it

  5. bhrisbrownjr

    Does anybody have the post game interview???

  6. orlandomade

    I’ll admit I thought Paolo should have sat out more because the dude looked gassed. But I was obviously wrong cuz he delivered. What’s really promising is he and Franz both played poorly and we still won

  7. Independent-Impress7

    Does anyone have the postgame interview? Stream didn’t show it. 
    This is like the 3rd time this season one of the guys cried during/after a game. 
    Clutch af by Paolo

  8. Ennax

    You saw Paolo post game reaction right now? That is why the calls against the coaches decision to close out with the starters were nonsense.

    You don´t sit your stars in the clutch unless they are physically unable to play, espeically if they are as young as ours. That would be the perfect way to shoot their confidence. These are the situations that mould them and they have won the Magic plenty of games already. You want them to have that killer instinct and confidence for the all deciding situations, even if it loses you the occansional game. It has far more benefits in the long run.

  9. przec13r

    Goga vel Poor man’s Wemby (😎🤫) with 5×2 in 8minutes ! …can we play the sing now?

  10. mightymouthcrv

    Some of you all sat on here all game long trashing Paolo…Saying to bench him and he shouldn’t have been an All-Star…lol. Dude is playing through a virus and tired legs from All-Star weekend. Y’all apparently don’t watch NBA games. Stars struggle sometimes. It’s an 82 game season. I’m glad dude showed y’all he’s HIM. And the emotions afterwards…He wants it badly. Paolo and Franz are OUR stars. We rock with them through the good and the bad.

  11. Relevant_Increase394

    I’ll preface this by saying Paolo is a great player, but why is he so awful at rebounding?

    Edit: awful was exaggerating but sub par at least

  13. PitifulEnd9749

    Pistons fans deserve every L this season, their post game thread comments related to Paolo are fuckin embarrassing.

    The longer they’re irrelevant the better, the game is better when Detroit is in the lottery.

  14. frostysbox

    I will admit, I was defending Paolo in the game thread but shit talked Mosley and said he was a bad coach for letting Paolo play while he was sick.

    I still think that maybe this game Paolo should have rested to be better for tomorrow, but the feelings Paolo felt in the post game interview gave me pause.

  15. whtge8

    Give Paolo tomorrow off. Dude could use an extra day.

  17. MVPPB5

    We have a 7 game home stretch to end the month of March.

    Thank you scheduling gods

  19. Fit-Structure-9395

    Got the dub ,paolo game winner ,my iPhone is back to working can’t complain happy Saturday Magic Family 🅾️⭐️Ⓜ️

  21. WrigglyBacon

    I don’t understand how it’s fine for Paolo to play sick. If it was just a little bug OK, but he looks like crap and said he feels terrible. For his own recovery and health of everyone else on the floor….and from this FO that plays it safe…. I mean I’m glad he’s toughing it out and we’re actually going for wins, but does anyone remember that covid thing? Lol, we learned nothing 🤣

  22. AdProfessional3326

    How can you not love Paolo man. Def a rough game from him, but still that shot and the emotion is what you want from your star player. 

    That final possession was straight up “somebody call an ambulance….but not for me!!”

    Love this dude.

  23. SpideyUdaman

    I didn’t get to see the game, but I have seen the reason for the hype: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJGq0UUgFqg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJGq0UUgFqg)

    I don’t know where to find the f bombs tho; I wouldn’t stop Paolo from dropping them after that moment.

    Insane game winner!

  24. SincereFan

    Paolo is so mad, need somebody to chat with him. Game was physical andn tough. Both sides took blows and refs were pretty fair in my eyes. They let Detroit do some aggressive moves to attack the rim and they let Orlando play very hard on defense. This game would have been unwatchable if they actually called fouls every time it happened. I dont know the overall numbers but I do think they were a good ref group.

    Ok game, many players looked off but other guys stepped up. AB once again is a positive force, Joe is once again shows that he was the right pickup and is one of the best bench players in league. Startes mostly all off, Wendell had many good plays but he was once again targeted. Wendell is not a center and Goga is the clear better fit. Cavs fans were talking about ut after we beat them but for them Garland and Mobley came back and the system that was working needed to change to accomodate the returners.

    I mentioned it on the game thread but I think Cole can be our starter(I still personally prefer AB over all these guys outside of a guaranteed star). I honestly see a huge jump developing in Cole. The guy gets to his spots with ease, finshes tough shots on the reg and if he tries he can dish out great passes and create gravity. Cole is a D Mitchell type. I know many of us have said it before and got alot of hate but Cole’s athleticism, creation/iso ability, use of size, and craftiness all are similar to D Mitch. Now DMitch is clearly the better and is a top 12 player in this league. But I do believe COle is not a bad option to move up if we decide to go for an elite center instead.

    Cole has shown some legit poise these stretches of games and I believe he has another gear waiting to be explored. D MItch absolutely is the better and we should go for him or Trae or DMurray or Anf but Cole has in my eyes finally shown he can be a reliable starter as long as he reigns in that selfishness. He does have defensive concerns but I think they are overblown and he will fit in snuggly especially if the team picks up a defensive minded big or move Goga back to his rightful spot. If this team does nothing next season a Cole/AB Suggs Franz PAolo Goga starting lineup is still top6 potential especially if they can use a bench of Cole/AB, Joe/Jett, Moe, Dell, Ji. However I do believe we should use our available cap money for an established name like Claxton, Mo or one of the guards above.

    If Cole takes the leap I can see developing he is one of the biggest steals in the league and will draw some AS votes with this team competing if he starts. Everything is there for the guy, just need consistency and more film study on using his team and fitting within the system and not trying to be the system(which probably is the gameplan).

    I have no idea what this team is doing as we have way too many players that are good that want minutes. Because of that issue we have benched guys who clearly are better than their replacements like AB and Goga. Its time to solidify this lineup. I think this team will use all their cap to keep the players on this team up for contract and trade those players for somebody or let them walk in true Magic fashion so they can find their own teams and control their owm fate.

    I do not believe that KElle will be here next season, nor do I think Gary will be here. Joe while great is not worth 17 mill. He will need to re-sign cheaper. I am expecting Moe amd Goga to be kept and Kelle, Gary and maybe Wendell will be packaged.

    Team could actually be

    Suggs Franz Paolo Dell Claxton by next season with a bench of Cole, Joe/JEtt, Moe, JI, Goga. This team could win a chip imo. Claxton is a big upgrade over Dell at C, brings good defense similar to Goga but is a better offensive threat and is a greag lob threat for all our playmakers. Hope this team makes these hard decisions we can start building for the future and stop experimenting every night

  25. Advanced_Candle9272

    I didn’t catch the postgame. How many times did Paolo say fuck?

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