5/1/26 7:00PM RD1 GM6 Pistons 2-3 @ Magic 3-2

[Adullin]

Wow I was making peace with the year being over. 

[DTroppens]

The Magic went about 45 mins in real time between buckets in the second half.

 

How is that even possible? With Detroit defense it is.

[DTroppens]

25 minutes ago, Adullin said:

Wow I was making peace with the year being over. 

I was thinking that Sunday was going to suck because the Pistons were going to be out.

[Betrayer]

First Half: 0 Blocks, 0 Steals

Second Half: 5 Steals, 8 Blocks

Cade had 1 block and 4 steals.
Ausar had 4 blocks and 1 steal.
Reed had 3 blocks.

That's the game right there.

I also want to give some kudos to Tobias in this series so far. No, he can't hit a three, but he's doing everything else he can trying to be the second scorer on this team because nobody else can/will. Without him this is already over.

[Deleterious]

To be fair, Harris can't hit 2's either.

[Deleterious]

3 assists for Cade tonight.  That is a comment on how bad the Pistons offense is.

I saw something a few days ago, and I imagine the numbers have changed a bit since then.  But Cade was 1st in the playoffs for potential assists at just over 17 per game.  But only 7th in assists at 7 per game.

[papalawrence]

What a bizarre 1st round. 3 game 7s. Orlando had 19 points in a half? Just nuts. Still alive

[Deleterious]

Game tips at 3:30PM on Sunday.  Cavs-Raptors at 7:30PM.

Looks like game one of round 2 will start on Tuesday.  

[casimir]

I failed in my viewing this last night.  I didn't tune in until the start of the 4th quarter in real time and accidently chose "live" rather than "from the beginning".  So, I only got part of the emotion of the game.  That 4ht quarter was bonkers by itself.  But for fans that watched the entirety of it, didn't give up at 20 down and stuck with the game, I cannot imagine the rush of watching that comeback live.  That's why you stick through with your team.  That probably happens once every..... well, heck, it never happens.  Until it does.

So, what I saw was that they struggled for a bit getting over that 4-6 point deficit for a bit.  I just kind of wonder to myself, had the original difference been only, oh I don't know, say 10 points, does Orlando still have the energy level to finish the game off with a win?  Losing a 20 point lead is so much more demoralizing than 10.  Surely that fed into their failure to score in the 4th.  It had to have.

[NYLion]

Not gonna lie, I completely gave up at 60-38 then I did other things then decided to check the score again in the 4th saw 74-72 Pistons and was shocked beyond belief and watched the rest as the Pistons kept expanding the lead and was left with my jaw dropped at how this happened. What an epic comeback at least partially spurred on by historically bad shooting by Orlando. 

I still don't understand JB's rotations, the moment Reed came in the energy shifted and still no Holland at all which is baffling to me while his pet Levert gets minutes and does **** all with them. I don't know what they're doing to do with Duren but he's just not bringing nearly enough to justify all the minutes JB gives him.

Anyway, they need to win Game 7 or else none of this matters and it's a failure of a season so they might as well just go out there and win Game 7.

Edited 16 hours ago by NYLion

[NYLion]

16 hours ago, buddha said:

reed has been just as good as duren.  remember that when were paying duren $50 million a year.

No fn way they give him that contract. That's an auto Langdon firing if he gives out that contract. I wouldn't give Duren a cent over $30m/yr something like 4 years $120m max. If somebody else wants to send a max offer sheet his way you work a sign and trade immediately.

[NYLion]

15 hours ago, buddha said:

reed 11 minutes: 6 pts 6 bds

duren 32 minutes: 8 pts 9 bds

 

Exactly, JB should be fired for this decision alone not to mention not playing Holland one minute when nobody else on the bench isn't doing anything of note. Absolute trash coaching this series even if they win it.

Edited 16 hours ago by NYLion

[holygoat]

Awful Coaching on YouTube featured this game in a video titled "The ORLANDO MAGIC coaching staff were born losers who will never win anything vs PISTONS | GAME 6" which I'm not gonna link directly, because the language is hilariously nsfw, but do check it out if you want a laugh. 

 

[oblong]

I watched the 1st in total.   When the second started my wife got home and we had to give my son his testosterone shot which can be an ordeal.  It took the whole second quarter to get thru that when I walked out and saw the score going into halftime. “That’s it” I thought.  Sat down kind of exhausted from the shot, opened a beer, and resumed texting with an old friend who lives in Denver that was watching and reached out before the game. I had intentions of putting the Tigers on but since this was on prime the remote to do tha was just enough out of reach that I didn’t want to move. Then as the lead for Orlando dwindled I stayed interested   My friend said she was bailing but she apparently didn’t as she frantically texted me to put it back on. 
 

it wasn’t even just the win… it was a freaking blowout. I’m trying to position this historically.  I guess that depends on tomorrow too. 
 

so chalk one up for Prime. If it were on something else I may have cut over earlier. 

[Sports_Freak]

20 hours ago, buddha said:

cade, tobias, duncan, and defense win this game.

and the fact that orlando SUCKS!  23 straight misses!

To be fair, a little of those were one and dones because the Pistons finally decided to rebound. And our defense forced them into some bad shots. But yeah, Orlando missed every shot. 😆😆

[Betrayer]