Orlando Magic’s season ends in disappointing Game 7
The Orlando Magic had everything rolling in the first half of their Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then the bottom dropped out and the Magic found themselves heading home instead of on to the second round. Despite how proud everyone is for this season, Game 7 undoubtedly left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. That does not take away from what this team accomplished and what still lies ahead.
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28 Comments
Massive season. Thanks for your work Phil – really enjoy your analysis and looking forward to your offseason updates. High expectations for the team now and team makeup is going to be very interesting.
There was nothing disappointing about this season imo
The glaring weaknesses in this team is as follows:
1. SG- with Suggs as the PG this position is non-existent on offense. In a league where scoring is as all-time highs, you cannot have a backcourt position be a liability on offense.
2. Center- Wendell Carter does not show on pick-and-roll and is not a shot blocker. You have to have one or the other. On top of that you cannot feed him in the post. Get a player similar to a Jared Allen/Robert Williams III for defense and lobs.
3. Shooting- at ALL cost get at least to shooters to surround Banchero and Wagner.
That was a great season! Go Magic!!
What an amazing season from an amazing squad. Were going to be monsterous next year.
Missed opportunity by orlando.
The path to the nba finals was widely open if they defeated cleveland.bcz they could easily beat the weakest team in the playoffs in the next round, then they have the knicks number.
So sad they chocked.
We need a number 2 guy to go with Paolo
THIS IS UNNACCEPTABLE .. PERIOD.. MOSELY COACHES LIKE U GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES EVERYDAY. HIS SUBSTITUTIONS WERE HORRIBLE AND HE DId NOTHING TO STOP THE RUNS THE CAVS WERE MAKING… IM NO LONGER ACCEPTING MEDIOCRITY AS AN EXCUSE FOR RHE MAGIC. THEY HAD A TEAM GOOD WNUFF TO GET TO THE ECF. BEING YOUNG IS AN ASSET NOT AN EXCUSE. THIS IS ALMOST A FIREABLE OFFENSE FOR MOSE. YALL KEEP ACCEPTING PARTICIPATION TROPHIES IF U WANT.. IM NOT BUYING IT.
Do yall think franz can be our 2nd guy?? Just grab a good pg and we are good? Get a defensive shot blocker?? Let me know Magic faithful
I know it's not gone happen, but I really wish Franz would skip the Olympics.
Great year sucks Mosley had to sell it by going full blown Tebow Time in the 3rd with Markelle.
Especially since Boston is beatable without Porzingis and we won the regular season series against the Pacers and Knicks.
Reminds me exactly of the 12 point 3rd quarter collapse in Dallas when he thought Anthony Black would slow down Luka.
Can’t wait to watch another bottom 20 offense next year when Mose runs his Markelle 2.0 experiment trying to turn Anthony Black into a starting NBA guard.
Oh wait maybe he’ll be held accountable for his bankrupt offensive philosophy and be forced to start a free agent guard who plays worse defense than Cole and makes more than twice as much. We’ll see how many grenades he can knock down cuz Paolo and Franz cant pass. Your superstar had an inverted assist to turnover ratio this series.
Then maybe we can all admit that the reason they wouldn’t play Cole isn’t because of defense and it’s because the org wanted to save money on Franz who scores much better with Cole because he finally has space for his wide angle drives.
Fingers crossed they trade my guy to a coach that isn’t allergic to offense and I don’t have to read a bunch of comments from illiterate Floridians who don’t even like basketball.
Other than OKC and Minnesota the Magic are definitely the best young team in the NBA. They are sooo big and rugged. Their defense is nasty and they have a budding superstar in Bachero. And good role players in Suggs and Wagner and the other big guy his name just slipped out of my mind. They have 4 guys almost 7 foot. And Suggs is no joke. They are a matchup nightmare. I’m a diehard Cavs fan. The Cavs are a very good team. If Orlando can get some more shooting they can easily challenge for the east crown. They would give Boston a run for their money this year. Boston is soft and small. Orlando would physically beat the shit out of them.
Losing stung after finally getting a good start. Looking forward to next year.
Heartbroken but not disappointed. The future is bright and this will be an exciting summer of free agency and hopefully the young stars take another leap in the offseason.
Please get rid of WCJ . I beg Please get rid of him
They need a scoring PG that can drive and shoot. They also need a Center that can defend and play pick and roll WCJ is non of that
Run it back! Conference finals next year!
Franz really was bad bad it hurt in a bad way but get ready for the off season 🥶
We need a couple more pieces, thats it. Cleveland was our toughest MU as they had a legit rim protector, versatility, and a MegaStar in Donovan Mitchell. Really disappointed as I also saw a legit Finals run if we got past the Cavs, but this is all a pipe dream now.
The Magic offense in the second half looked like Cleveland's offense in game 6. Paulo iso/Mitchell Iso
Thanks phil! See ya next season!
Orlando definitely lost it… they were up what 19 pts in the first half hitting shots playing great defense! How tf can you say that? They 10000000% blew it! They choked
Phill I would give you an A once again this season. I would have to give the players an A also. They all played the game we knew they had. The two F’s go to the owners and especially the GM. They have had ample opportunities to fix our roster but haven’t. The one thing we need more than shooting is a new GM.
Tough loss but a great season. I trust our FO to mske the right decisions in the off season. Whether it's landing a star free agent or trusting we have our 3 stars in the making and putting role players around them.
Really its about how much we Pay Franz, currently franz is like a 2.5 instead of a clear 2nd option. If that shot would drop at a higher clip he be a bonafide 3 level scorer
just like in business, you want to see room for growth and we see a bright future ahead. Go Magic!
Trade carter immediately. Lazy defense. Ridiculous..
Rockets fan here listen you guys got nothing to be ashamed of you guys had a great season and you guys went seven games in the first round against the Cavs and almost probably forced Donovan Mitchell out of Cleveland.
Paolo is the truth he only going to get better and Franz is a solid number two his problem his needs to be a better 3 point shooter.
You guys have the length and size but you guys are missing some shooters and a point guard.
Malik Monk is out there Buddy Hield you could trade for Jordan Clarkson but who knows what Utah is doing. Maybe Klay Thompson is an option. But either way you guys need shooters.
As for PG I would probably call the Hawks to see what they would want for either Trae Young or Dejonate Murray. Murray would probably be a little bit of a better of a fit since he a good defender and he probably wouldn’t cost as much to get then Trae Young.
Other option is probably trade for Tyus Jones he only 27 so he fits the timeline and he would definitely help calm down and stabilize the offense and take the pressure off of Paolo.
If you guys address those issues you guys are soon going to be contenders.
Great season guys hopefully my team can make the playoffs next year as well 👍🏾