POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic vs. Indiana Pacers, 3/10/24.

POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic vs. Indiana Pacers, 3/10/24.

Able to turn the tide and gain separation in the third quarter what did you see as the difference after halftime um we uh we got in the way of ourselves that game I mean I think that we just um we stopped kind of move we stopped not

Kind of we stopped moving that rock we started trying to get into a lot more isolation and there are times that that where that will work and there times where it won’t but I mean that’s two games straight where we shooting under 40% from the field it’s hard to win like

That and I mean not I think our defense is still s we’re still holding teams well under their average but like it’s still it’s some pivotal possessions there and then we just we got to put that ball in the basket at the end of the day that’s going to help us win some

Games too Pao mentioned in New York that against the Knicks you guys didn’t react live in game well and I feel like tonight you guys you know obviously they came back and we want laid EG we we laid an egg the second half I mean I thought we had a

Pretty solid first quarter even halfway through the second second quarter but then we just we started getting stagnant it started turning into I mean I’m guilty bit myself like just herob ball just you know and I I think it’s coming from a good place I don’t think anyone’s

Out there like yo like forget you like I’m going go get it’s it’s more of like a yo I can make something happen I’m trying to help the team and so I don’t think it’s a bad thing but you know we just got to we got to get that Flowback

On the offensive side just move that rock and you know obviously missing Jaylen and his shooting ability is is obviously hurts a little bit but you know we getting we getting some good looks and we just got to make shots how do you snap out of that like in game

Like how do you adjust quicker I guess it’s it’s you know adjusting in game is hard but it’s something we’re going to have to learn how to do but um I don’t know I mean I think we just it’s something that we just got to recognize

Sooner and you know try to remedy that try to get that ball moving I think even I mean when we got down kind of in that fourth quarter we started playing a little more desperate but the ball started moving a little bit more and that’s we were able to find some success

But you know we we we we we’re we’re a good team we have good player we got good dudes and we going to figure this out we gonna figure this out were were New York or New York and Indiana these last two games my fault no sorry were

New York or Indiana in these last two games doing anything differently to kind of disrupt disrupt that flow or you know were they packing the paint a little bit more what were they doing maybe to to disrupt some of that flow I mean with New York they just punched Us in the

Mouth that was really what it was they just they came out I know in that New York game I think our they set tone off rip I think um our first three shots of the game I think they blocked them or it might have been a little Ticky tack foul

Into a block but that set that set the tone in New York so that that was from right off right the off the off the tip Ball but you mean in this game I mean we had we started off pretty strong and then you know we started getting um

Started getting comfortable and they played with a sense of urgency and we didn’t trying to for my question here um just just looking back at these these last two games you know against teams that you might see in the playoff in the playoffs did did you sense that they

That these games felt a little felt different at all with with how close we are now to the postseason yeah I mean I think for us these last two games I mean especially that next game I mean I’m not taking no credit away from Indiana they’re both those are both teams we

Will see in the playoffs and um I I just know New York and that physicality that was that I mean I never been in the playoffs yet but from just watching that that was the level of physicality of a playoff basketball game and in this game

This was you know it’s a playoff game too it was a crazy atmosphere you know back and forth game and they ended up getting up and we weren’t able to get back in but you know it’s hard to you know once a team goes up 15 points you

Know a good team it’s hard to get back in that game so we just we got to do better a better job of just keeping it close or just and just not letting it get out of hand like that to take control after halftime what what did you

Kind of see in the third quarter that allowed them to to gain separation have to go back and look at it but I I think a lot of it was you know a couple turnovers here and there got them on The Fast Break runouts um you know shots

Being missed and then those are long shots to equal long rebounds and so they were able to get out on the break what did you make the physicality of tonight’s game that wasn’t the issue I think we I thought we did a good job of handling that the other side of it

Was more you know our ability to get back in transition after after the some of those shots went up kind of the second kind of on that on that note the second straight game where shots aren’t aren’t falling desense desense may be a little bit of frustration with with some

Of the shots or maybe the shots that they’re they’re not getting or or missing around the rim leading to maybe some lapses on defense H how would you rate maybe this team’s maturity and and keeping focus on the defensive end well I think we did miss some around

The rim and I think when you miss those around the rim you’ve got guys crashing and they were they threw about four over the top and that part of that is the leak out and so you got to make it make sure one finish uh two if you don’t

They’re tapping it out and that’s where those long run outs came into play but again we’ll have I want to go back and look at it see exactly where there’s areas for cleanup uh and what adjustments we need to make moving forward moveing to the offensive side of

The ball you guys obviously didn’t shoot the ball particularly well tonight what did you just make of the looks that you guys were getting and the volume of Threes that you guys were were taken I think there was there was a we talked about being able to make the

Quick decision um moving it quick guys found themselves with feet set threes in a lot of spaces uh so those are the type of looks you want to get um now mind you whether they drop or not you know they’re the looks that you’re wanting to

Get but again we’ll go back and look at it see exactly the type of shots we’re getting the looks we’re getting but again part of it is the defense when those shots don’t fall we’ve got to make the decision crashing the glass or sprinting back to make sure that they’re

Not with those leakout and run outs what went into the decision to start Caleb tonight last last game Jaylen didn’t play you went with AB tonight you went with Caleb in the starting lineup just carries about that choice I guess oh well a lot of that goes into who they

Have as their guard you know so Tyrese halberton his minutes the way in which he Subs in and out of the game we wanted to make sure we kept a body on him the whole time so when he Subs out right around that three minute Mark being able

To have Gary on him early helped and then when you sub back in you want to be able to make sure if he comes in early AB is able to sit down and guard that in that position as well so so being able to match a little bit of those minutes

But make sure that you know they can overlap with somebody that can also sit down and guard with length because AB does have that length that he provides I know that you know Jaylen Jaylen Marquel weren’t available tonight tonight uh and Pao and fron are on the ball a lot but

How how much does you know maybe missing a traditional point guard or someone who’s maybe more experienced kind of organizing team how much does does that affect the ability to kind of get into get into the offense and get quality shots well I think they did a good job

Of Mak sure calling plays and getting s side to side a little bit you know well again we have to go back and look at it I don’t know if it was the pressure that was it was an issue at all I think our ability to just continue you know make

Or Miss shots I think that’s a big portion and we got a great ton of great looks at The Rim um whether you know we were getting hit or not is is one thing but I think we got a bunch of great looks at that Rim coach back-to-back

Losses for the first time since the end of January what what message do you give this team after two tough losses and playoff type environments the same thing that I would say say had we won these games that we’ve got to continue to get back to the drawing board get back to

Figuring out exactly what we need to do to continue to put ourselves in position to be successful uh make sure we’re recovering the right way and then again it’s just hang our hat on the defensive end where can we continue continue to clean that up is there an expectation about marel

And jaylen’s injury status obviously different injuries but do you guys have an idea of marquel’s uh injury no what what we’re going to do is see how they continue to respond to the treatment that they’re going through each and every single day

The Orlando Magic fell to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday by a score of 111-97. Hear from Cole Anthony and coach Jamahl Mosley on the defeat. 🎙