Game Day: Magic (10-17) @ Suns (16-9), Sun 2/14/21

[bajanguy008]

Watching Booker go to work
It's fitting dude name is Bacon smh

[Split T]

Frank stepped up when we were short handed, but he hasn’t been the answer the last couple. Get Crowder back in the starting lineup.

[specialsauce]

Frank stepped up when we were short handed, but he hasn’t been the answer the last couple. Get Crowder back in the starting lineup.

I think having Frank in for a few minutes has us with a nice rotation the rest of the game. I like how we’ve looked.

[bajanguy008]

I felt like I should respect them and wait before posting but I don't think this matchup was worth rocking the jerseys

[Mori Chu]

Bridges is having a great 3rd quarter. He's got 16 points and 5 rebounds. He seems to be slowly realizing that he's Shawn Marion, cutting to the basket a lot more, getting putbacks and receiving passes for little layins. Really opens up his game and gives him a more consistent contribution when the 3 isn't falling.

[JeremyG]

Bridges is having a great 3rd quarter. He's got 16 points and 5 rebounds. He seems to be slowly realizing that he's Shawn Marion, cutting to the basket a lot more, getting putbacks and receiving passes for little layins. Really opens up his game and gives him a more consistent contribution when the 3 isn't falling.

Now if only he could rebound like Marion.

[Split T]

Haha, Dario pump faked no one and didn’t get the shot off before the buzzer

[Furlanfufi]

Very good win. Like it should.

[carey]

LFG!

[Wally_West]

[Superbone]

Haha, Dario pump faked no one and didn’t get the shot off before the buzzer

That was weird. It's like he can't shoot without shot faking whether there is somebody there or not.

[Superbone]

Remember Mo Bamba? I remember liking him in that draft. He's disappeared. I forgot he was on the Magic.

[Superbone]

Suns showing off to end the game by bringing in five fresh bodies when the Magic only had 8 total for the night.

Nice win. Didn't take them for granted and did their business. The Suns are 9-1 in their last 10. Next up, the Nets on Tuesday.

[Nodack]

“Taking care of business”

[ShelC]

[Indy]

I really hope that Smith announcement is just about the G-league bubble.

[In2ition]

Especially because this isn’t unusual...Ayton is a ghost on offense often.

Although Ayton needing to be involved in the offense is true, because his focus wains without it. He needs to understand that his gravity is a big part of the offense and it opens things up for everyone else. Eventually, the defense adjusts and he needs to be immediately ready to be involved from that point.

[carey]

I really hope that Smith announcement is just about the G-league bubble.

Same. I know I was basically the only fan of his pre-draft & no one really liked the pick due to Haliburton being available. I still have high hopes for the young guy. He has everything you want in a modern big-man. I worry that Covid pulled a number on him. KAT was saying how it was brutal on his body. I especially hope he's not thick between the ears. Monty has said some things about him picking up the terminology on the court that has me worried.

[Superbone]

I really hope that Smith announcement is just about the G-league bubble.

Same. I know I was basically the only fan of his pre-draft & no one really liked the pick due to Haliburton being available. I still have high hopes for the young guy. He has everything you want in a modern big-man. I worry that Covid pulled a number on him. KAT was saying how it was brutal on his body. I especially hope he's not thick between the ears. Monty has said some things about him picking up the terminology on the court that has me worried.

I thought everything I read was positive as far as work ethic and picking things up.

[Cap]

I really hope that Smith announcement is just about the G-league bubble.

Same. I know I was basically the only fan of his pre-draft & no one really liked the pick due to Haliburton being available. I still have high hopes for the young guy. He has everything you want in a modern big-man. I worry that Covid pulled a number on him. KAT was saying how it was brutal on his body. I especially hope he's not thick between the ears. Monty has said some things about him picking up the terminology on the court that has me worried.

I thought everything I read was positive as far as work ethic and picking things up.

Monty wasn’t describing him as slow on the uptake, just inexperienced and deprived of the usual preseason preparation. At least that’s how I understood it.