2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 3: (4) Cleveland Cavaliers at (5) Orlando Magic - Cavs up 2-0

[RookieStar]

Im here, i can't post during games due streaming pop windows being to annoying to close

This is one of largest playoff victorires (points margins) in NBA history

Where do you watch the full game replays? Or do you VHS it? ( only OG gets this )

For this game in particular i went to sleep, woke up, watched it on live stream, and went back to sleep. That's why i don't post much or anything during games in general

If game is on tv, i can watch replay. Most playoff games are, at least not in first round of playoffs. Second, third and finals will have it all.

Full game replays , especially for games that just ended - in HD, - Fishker. Enjoy

Fishker huh... thanks!

[GelbeWand09]

So… I wasn’t watching the game with an analytic eye… did Suggs guard Mitchell for most of the game like I think he did? I know his primary assignment was Garland the first 2 games.

Yeah he was switched to him for most of this game compared to Garland the first two. The result was 1-6 from 3 and 6-16

Yeah, I thought so. Not sure why Mosley didn’t put the league’s best guard defender on Mitchell from the start of the series but I like the adjustment.

I guess he was afraid that Suggs would get into foul trouble early guarding Mitchell. Harris plays more disciplined.

[MIPQ]

just finished the game, all I can say is

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAGIC

[drsd]

Shots drop or they don't. But one thing the Magic needed to do was rebound better. That is on coach, and bo did he deliver. On every position I was amazed by how much height all the Magicians had on the rebounding attempts. Orlando jumped higher ever play. And the resultant success in rebounding DOMINANCE was probably the key stat for me.

[drsd]

Box score thoughts:

The Magic CRUSHED FG% differential in this beautiful win.

Two non-shooting stats were cleaned up: rebounding differential, and TO differential.
Orlando dominated both offensive rebounding differential (+9) and offensive rebounding differential (+10).
Rebounding differential was a shocking +19. TO differential was minus-6. That's 25 friggen extra possessions and how playoff games are won!

So: even though the Magic was +12.1% in FG percentage, the Magic ended up with 10 extra FG attempts.

Orlando's defense on the three ball was again excellent (23.5% for Cavs this game), to the point that the Magic's own 35.1% looks like a gem. Orlando made 5 more three balls than the Cavs did here.

[drsd]

just finished the game, all I can say is

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAGIC

[byeganyo]

Box score thoughts:

The Magic CRUSHED FG% differential in this beautiful win.

Two non-shooting stats were cleaned up: rebounding differential, and TO differential.
Orlando dominated both offensive rebounding differential (+9) and offensive rebounding differential (+10).
Rebounding differential was a shocking +19. TO differential was minus-6. That's 25 friggen extra possessions and how playoff games are won!

So: even though the Magic was +12.1% in FG percentage, the Magic ended up with 10 extra FG attempts.

Orlando's defense on the three ball was again excellent (23.5% for Cavs this game), to the point that the Magic's own 35.1% looks like a gem. Orlando made 5 more three balls than the Cavs did here.

I think the only stat we can sulk at this game is that despite 40 pts differential we had the same number of assists as Cleveland.

[jezzerinho]

Wow. Just wow.

Paolo last night was unplayable. In the third, he went on a tear that crushed Cleveland souls in its wake. With Paolo its all mental - if he can get it going early he's amazing at keeping us up on the scoreboard.

I found it fascinating how we picked on Mobley so much. Our bigs drove into his body, our guards picked on him on the perimeter. We obviously saw something there that we liked and it sure worked. We stayed out of Allen's way so his influence was fairly marginal i thought.

Garland wasn't just murdered, Suggs dug up his corpse and killed him again, then nabbed his ghost and strangled him too. It was even more embarrassing than our guards' performance in.the away games.

We really rubbed their noses in it, so therell be a big Cleveland reaction. Sat will be a war, I predict. Much closer game, very heated, crowd ready to explode.

Fun times.

[drsd]

Here's another stat: Cleveland led the first 103 minutes of this series.

[drsd]

Cavs still haven't posted 100+ in this series. Defense has not been an issue for us.

Orlando now has the only 100+ game of the series.

And actually:

Cav - 97+96+83=276
Orl - 83+86+121=290

Orlando has now scored more points overall!

There is little doubt that game-4 is critical to both teams.

[drsd]

Suggs had a sneaky good statline: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block. God damn.

And on only 11 shots!

2.18 points per FGA. Holy frack.

[drsd]

I am just so happy that I have to "Play the Song"

Watch on YouTube

[Skybox]

Wow. Just wow.

Paolo last night was unplayable. In the third, he went on a tear that crushed Cleveland souls in its wake. With Paolo its all mental - if he can get it going early he's amazing at keeping us up on the scoreboard.

I found it fascinating how we picked on Mobley so much. Our bigs drove into his body, our guards picked on him on the perimeter. We obviously saw something there that we liked and it sure worked. We stayed out of Allen's way so his influence was fairly marginal i thought.

Garland wasn't just murdered, Suggs dug up his corpse and killed him again, then nabbed his ghost and strangled him too.

Fun times.

“Picked On” really is the right description. Paolo had an icy predatory demeanor when they started to blow it open. He was demanding isos, waving guys off…just bullying out there and couldn’t miss…it was truly dominant…I really hope it’s a career turning point, he’s always had a serious presence, but he was downright scary last night. I honestly like that he’s not the happy goofy type that some of the “family” on the bench projects… some of those guys will soon be gone or relegated to cheering section as the team moves forward.

Paolo is evolved mentally (and, obviously, physically) way beyond his age.

[Black and Blue]

Had to miss the game yesterday due to some extremely unfortunate family news. Happy we won. Definitely needed some positivity and reading this thread helped greatly. Thank you guys.

[eyriq]

Had to miss the game yesterday due to some extremely unfortunate family news. Happy we won. Definitely needed some positivity and reading this thread helped greatly. Thank you guys.

Thoughts are with you during these trials.

[GameOver25]

I'm still ecstatic from yesterday. I wish we played again tonight to carry that momentum.

[The-Stallion70]

I'll take that NBA TV play by play guy any time, much prefer him over whoever ESPN will give us

[eyriq]

Crazy the JI at center experiment failed

Read on Twitter

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I think there is a lot of context to it. Probably should have changed after the first game to be honest. Our 2nd unit suffered from him not being it.

I think it could be tested again vs a different opponent.

I think it is straight forward. He feasts against bench players and is mid against starters.

[zaymon]

Allen was too big for Isaac. Coming from the bench feels just right for him at least for now.
We have something with Suggs/Wagner/Banchero. Now we have to find a point guard and a center. Two most important questions. Can we trade defense for offense at the pg spot, and can we trade shooting for rim protection at center.

This was a great game to watch, glad Black and Howard got on the floor

[Bergmaniac]

Fantastic win. Moving Isaac to the bench was the right move, he is awesome, but he's more used to playing off the bench. Paolo had a shotmaking clinic, it was breathtaking at times. And 0 turnovers from him and from Franz was huge. Everyone in the starting lineup on D and Franz and Suggs really stepped up on offense. The bench was way better than in Cleveland too.

Now hopefully we won't forget how to shoot in the next 2 days.