Unbelievable stat I heard from Andrew Schlect on the Athletic NBA Show. Youth and inexperience personified.
Link here for first half stats, and here for second half stats.
I tried to tell my 4 y/o son not to put his small toys in his mouth because it’s a choking hazard. He didn’t understand until I yelled “ORLANDO MAGIC”. My son now knows not to eat his toys.
Suns 🤝 Magic
what they doin at halftime??
Fortnite
Makes me excited to watch every game then miserable by the end.
No doubt about it, I’m ready to be hurt again.
They should probably take away the halftime pasta buffet
Mama mia!
We’ve trailed once at half, and it was by 2 or 3. Every game with the exception of two so far follows the same script: get out to a nice lead at the half, then completely forget how to play basketball in the 2nd. Just a matter of whether or not they fully complete the collapse or hang on.
Spacing is just non-existent, especially with Gary having been out. Teams pack the paint on Paolo and Franz and allow anyone to shoot.
All that said, it’s honestly a pretty ideal start to the season — the team’s issues are glaring and will necessitate a fix sometime in the not-too-distant future, and yet they’re above .500.
I remember watching a Paolo interview with SLAM where he said Cole plays Pokemon during halftime. I swear everyone just scrolls through their phone while the coach talk during halftime and then they come out flat for the rest of the game. You can set your watch to it.
Game 1 Magic turned into first half Magic.
This absolutely has to come down to coaching more than anything, Mosely does nothing in terms of adjustments but more importantly his 4th quarter game plan is awful. They have a chance to call a timeout or run a few set plays but no matter what he either doesn’t or the play they run involves no one knowing what to do and 2 guys literally bumping into each other because they have no clue what’s going on and the play breaks down. He does not have them ready for the end of the game, we’re the anti Steelers of the NBA
Need to hit them with the Men in Black device during halftime so they think they’re playing the first half.
The anti-Lakers
We’re the anti-Lakers in a lot of ways.
Relatively young franchise vs. old franchise
Young roster vs. old roster
No championships vs. most championships
Small market vs. huge market
East coast vs. west coast
The year we had our best chance at a championship, we were beaten in the Finals… by the Lakers. And then our superstar center left to join… the Lakers… just like our previous superstar center did, who had led us the only other time we’ve been in the Finals. Also, Lebron said shitty things about us, as did Kyle Kuzma… when he was on the Lakers.
We have no love for the Lakers.