2023-24 Playoff Series #1 | Game #5 | Magic @ Cavs | April 30, 2024

[2 For The Brew]

So I got the good half right. Sue me!

The only half that matters.

 

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[Tlyons]

That's the fuckin DG I know.

 

[cabs]

Please end it in orlando, i wanna see that smug dbag Franz go home sad

 

[LutherRackley]

As soon as Morris came in I noticed him being physical with the Magic. He should have been playing all along instead of Niang.

 

[bushwick_bill]

Please end it in orlando, i wanna see that smug dbag Franz go home sad

The boys would get some extra play time at Disney World if they do, big incentive for them...

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[MattyIce8]

If Gary Harris can’t play the next game, I feel like that’s a decent loss for the Magic. Cole Anthony and Markelle Fultz are BBQ Chicken on defense

 

[bushwick_bill]

 

[Phil Mixtape]

We'll get stomped friday in orlando again and close in 7 back in Clevo. We're lucky to have home court, no dogs to win a game on the road, the fans yelling mean things at them affects em too much . . .

 

[2 For The Brew]

Please end it in orlando, i wanna see that smug dbag Franz go home sad

Lots of direct flights from Orlando to Germany.

 

[Real Deal]

Where's the subtitles option dude??

 

[bushwick_bill]

5) Jarrett Allen being out was a pretty big surprise. Missed the game with a bruised rib. Guys play through sh*t all the time in the playoffs. Especially when the series is tied so you gotta think that he’s really going through it. Been their most consistent player this postseason.“I honestly can’t give you that answer. We’ll have to see how he is. I don’t know if it’s the whole series or if he’s game to game.“- J.B. Bickerstaff on Allen’s status going forward6) Without Jarrett Allen, Cavs went small. They started Okoro in his place with Mobley moving to center. The move instantly paid off. Darius Garland with more spacing was a totally different player. Who woulda thought? Scored 17 of his 23 points in the first quarter and Donovan Mitchell was loving it. Was waving towels and going crazy after every Garland bucket.Other big change was removing Georges Niang from the rotation. He was averaging just 3.5 ppg in these playoffs. Marcus Morris Sr. was who replaced him and I don’t think anything’s changing moving forward. Mook (12 points, 4-9 FG) was +8 in his 26 minutes. They probably lose this game without him as crazy as that sounds. They also lose this game without that ridiculous Evan Mobley block with six seconds left. Think I’ve watched the play about 20 times already. More so to figure out what Franz was thinking.“Shoot. Shoot. Shoot. I don’t care. Shoot the ball and go out swinging.” - Donovan Mitchell on Darius Garland being aggressive“In the summertime, I work my ass off for times like this… I put a lot of time into my body and my mental for situations like this.” - Marcus Morris on his number getting called7) Franz Wagner (14 points, 1-6 3PT, -10) wasn’t up for an encore following that career game on Saturday. Already brought up how this duo is cool with deferring but not like this. What makes it worse for me is that Paolo Banchero (39 points, 8 rebounds, 70.0 TS%) was wide open on the wing when Franz decided to go at Mobley for the game-tying layup. Paolo was on one all night. He was 4-7 from 3, coulda won the game had Franz passed to him and we’re going at Mobley? Sorry, just realized I essentially wrote the same thing twice but whatever, it was that bad. Gary Harris left this one with a right hamstring strain.“The same thing you saw when we were trying to get in to the playoffs. Guys understand exactly the magnitude of the games. How we have to fight. How we have to make sure we take care of home.” - Jamahl Mosley on how he believes his team will respond to facing eliminationCavs beat the Magic 104-103. Game 6 is on Friday.