#Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic
Kia Center- Orlando, FL
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585556/pacers-magic)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/OrlandoMagic/comments/1bbkxxf/game_thread_indiana_pacers_3529_at_orlando_magic/ku9ukia/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|IND |18|29|39|25|111|
|ORL |24|26|21|26|97|
###Player Stats
**Indiana Pacers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|A. Nesmith|37:10|16|4-8|4-6|4-4|0|5|5|1|1|2|1|3|25
|P. Siakam|32:44|20|6-14|1-3|7-9|1|6|7|3|0|0|0|2|6
|M. Turner|31:10|12|4-11|1-3|3-5|1|7|8|0|0|6|3|4|14
|A. Nembhard|25:27|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|2|0|0|1|3|0
|T. Haliburton|35:48|20|6-15|1-6|7-7|0|7|7|8|0|0|4|2|15
|O. Toppin|25:25|17|7-9|1-2|2-2|1|7|8|0|1|1|1|1|8
|T. McConnell|27:03|17|8-12|0-0|1-2|0|6|6|6|2|1|2|1|10
|J. Walker|3:01|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-5
|I. Jackson|10:47|7|2-3|0-0|3-4|2|1|3|0|1|0|0|4|-1
|B. Sheppard|11:25|2|1-2|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2
**Orlando Magic**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|F. Wagner|29:29|13|5-14|0-3|3-5|0|4|4|2|2|0|1|3|-9
|P. Banchero|37:55|19|6-20|1-8|6-8|0|5|5|5|2|0|3|3|-19
|W. Carter Jr.|27:39|13|5-13|0-5|3-3|6|9|15|2|1|1|2|3|-14
|G. Harris|27:50|5|2-3|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|2|3|-22
|C. Houstan|22:05|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|1|0|0|0|3|-6
|J. Ingles|22:59|11|4-5|3-4|0-0|0|2|2|2|1|0|1|2|0
|A. Black|11:15|2|1-4|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|0|1|0|1|3|7
|C. Anthony|25:55|16|4-14|1-6|7-8|1|1|2|3|0|0|0|3|-8
|M. Wagner|15:53|9|3-6|0-2|3-5|2|4|6|2|0|0|1|2|-5
|J. Isaac|19:00|9|3-7|3-4|0-0|3|4|7|0|0|2|1|2|6
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|IND|38-78|8-23|27-33|20|21|5|12|10|5|41|53|
|ORL|33-88|9-36|22-29|18|27|7|12|3|13|33|55|
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Magic in lotto mode lol
Welp. We had the fourth seed for one day. Two poor performances without Suggs.
Terrible 3rd quarter sunk the Magic. What the hell did they do at halftime? Took a power nap and forget to wake up?
Just not good enough from everyone except Isaac
No adjustments from the last game is unacceptable. Two games we needed and don’t show up and got outplayed.
Bad loss. Bad performance all around. Hopefully we find our level again. We got to exploit this easy schedule and regain our real level for the postseason.
Ima say it again paolo and franz need to stop shot jacking some of those shots should go to Suggs he has earned the right to take them he plays his ass off on defense can easily avg 16-18 ppg.
The only guys fighting were WCJ and JI, who was great.
Despite that… No idea what’s going on. Yeah, we are lacking playmaking, sure, but where is this heart and hustle gone? Sometimes even the pacers defense looked better than ours.
Franz, Paolo’, Cole, Moe… Shadow of themselves…
:/
It was an excellent game for Paolo and Franz; they ensured the tank.
Oh, wait, wrong season. Sorry.
First round exit unless we get this act together
Frustrating loss.
Paolo was cooking tonight…cooking some hot shit🔥🔥
Anyone else concerned that Paolo and Franz haven’t had big games when they’re more important than usual? Obviously could change cone playoffs but idk it’s extremely concerning to me since they’re essentially 75% of our offense
I don’t know if something is going on right now but there was literally zero effort besides JI and Dell. This offense has been problematic all year but it’s really scary when you can’t score on one of the worst defenses in the league.
I still think Indiana is a good matchup. No Suggs, and we played like total dogshit, and it wasn’t a total wipeout like the Knicks game.
But the same issues still persist. Like I said, don’t expect anything until the off-season, and if we don’t get it by then, you have the right to panic.
I think it’s fair for fans to be frustrated watching this team. The Magic have the same problems now that were there last year. Poor guard play, lack of an interior presence, and no shooting.
The front office did fuck all last offseason. Paolo and Suggs saved a lot of jobs this season with their jump in development because that is the only difference between this team and last year.
I was forced to watch the Pacers feed and the co-annoucer was literally laughing at how bad our offence was. He was asking for the ball to be in Paolo’s hands.
He said: “Orlando don’t make shots, they take shots”
I couldn’t really disagree with anything he said. The ball stagnates with our two main guys and the entire offence just dies as the shot clock counts down. We started 2 three point specialists tonight but it was a total waste having them there as they never get any plays run for them.
Mosley, Paolo, and Franz need to take a look at themselves because this streetball offence they run just makes everything worse. Even the defence suffers, as we’re getting annihilated in transition from bricks and turnovers deep in the paint.
I do think we can up our pace a bit. It’ll be at the expense of some defense but the other teams are starting to clamp up Franz/Paolo actions.
Home for spring break so I went to the game with my dad tonight. I told him before it started that TJ Mcconell hasn’t done much all season but would for sure cook us tonight, because it happens every time we play Indiana. What I didn’t expect was Obi Toppin doing the same.
Do we get to play the Pistons or Wizards in the playoffs? Asking for a friend…
The offense is just tragic. Paolo can’t be running point if he is just going to settle for tough midrange/turnaround shots all night. Need more ball movement, less turnovers and better shooting which has been the same all year. Still impressed how the season has gone considering we are a bottom 6-7 offense in the league.
We’ll be watching Nikola Vucevic and Trae Young in the playoffs while we’ll be re-signing Markelle Fultz to a new long term deal.
What I learned from the last two games is how important Jalen Suggs is to our team
Im not letting this team trick me into thinking of a playoff win
The fans should start criticizing Weltman heavily so perhaps it will put some pressure on them to address the obvious issues.
Does anyone else ever watch the postgame conferences? I really like Mosely, but I don’t know if he’s said anything new at one of these things since October. He definitely got the memo about being a boring, buttoned up organization when it comes to dealing with the media.
Our attitude/body language vs the Pacers tonight:
Tonight was horrible, let’s end this 2-game skid on Wednesday vs the Nets.
Watching this team makes me want to pull my hair out. Stupid unforced turnovers, missed freethrows, Mosley not calling a timeout when the opposing team makes a run. Its just so frustrating to watch. See yall next game tho
Y’all need to chill on the overreactions.
Magic just lost 2 games against playoff teams they have the series lead on.
… And it’s not like the team is playing like butt. 13-5 in last 18 games.
Still, this team needs a bounceback badly. Ugly basketball last 3 games
They stopped playing their offense when they felt the calls weren’t going their way, and got sucked into playing the Pacers’ style at times
Lots of silly mistakes, mishandled passes in the paint, etc. Pacers didn’t even capitalize all that well. They did, though, just enough.
Transition and fast break points were the difference. Silly mistakes lost this game
More so than shooting, when Suggs is out, we have nobody that can reliably break down a defense with their dribble. Suggs isn’t even elite at this but it’s passable.
Black isn’t strong enough yet, Fultz/Cole can do it but Fultz is broken and Cole is not a real PG so it’s either good or horrible, Caleb & Gary can’t, Ingles can only do P&Rs,
It’s a huge problem for any sort of offensive scheming.
This loss sucks more than the Knicks game.
Franz’s three point shot is concerning. It’s been a thing since the beginning of this season. Last 10 games he is now shooting 15% from three. Would be nice if he could occasionally shoot from mid range. Overall, he needs to be more consistent.
Paolo took some dumb shots. 8 three point attempts is not his usual game.
Cole’s defense was so bad. For as much points as he scores he gives it right up on the other end.
This team better come out strong this week. The standings are super close we can’t afford to play sloppy basketball.
TJ McConnell was in Paolo’s ass
Love paolo but one thing I really dislike is he can be slow to get back on defense when he’s complaining to the refs.
I would have loved to see this team come out and play with more effort and consistency against teams that matter. Past two games had bigger impacts on the playoff standings so it’s disappointing to see bad losses to both teams. We don’t get to play the hornets, wizards or pistons in the playoffs.
Knicks only has 63 with 4 min left lol
Knicks fans talked so much shit the other night…now they’re gonna score less than us
That q3 surge by indiana. Our offense was kinda consistent actually, only demoralized on the third courtesy of Indiana. Suggs has been the talk of the town and his absence is really taking effect. Could’ve used Kelle’s leadership on the bench too. Every player on our team matter in taking load off others back, and working towards arriving to a victory, whether it’s an off night or not(as long as not everyones having an off night).
Man I love Franz but looking at his last 10 games, aside from a good game against an awful Wizards team, he’s not been very impressive. Not sure what it is but I was hoping for a big leap year this year. Hasn’t really panned out that way.
Knicks are 9-40 from 3 and have 73 points with 15 seconds left, Philly up 5
Knicks score 73, coincidentally the last year which they were good, lol lol
Shoutout to the Knicks for scoring 73.
Can’t wait for the day I don’t have to see Cole Anthony in a magic uniform again….