STATEMENT: Orlando Magic OUTGRIT Detroit Pistons to advance in NBA Cup
A month ago, the Orlando Magic were at rock bottom after the Detroit Pistons pushed them around and ran circles around them to complete a frustrating 1-4 start.
The Magic did not back down in Friday’s 112-109 victory, pushing first and pushing back to take the win against the Pistons with their gritty and physical identity.
The Magic did not win this one with pretty offense or by outscoring the Pistons, they got back to they identity of grinding their way through games and leaning on their defense to get the job done. That is a formula they can follow as they climb the standings and prepare for the Playoffs.
00:00 Magic’s Redemption & NBA Cup Win
05:59 Magic Show Resilience, Secure Win
17:44 Winning Comes Down to Shots
27:24 Magic Offense Misses Paolo
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22 Comments
What has been the best win of the Magic's season so far?
This one. horrible 3pt game and still won with effort playoff atmosphere and ref calling also on the road and against best team in eastern conference
Can you please stop talking about Franz, obvious bias it’s pretty pathetic to be honest. #2 in distance covered, and asked to defense Cade….but you say he’s a pippen. Have you considered there are not many true two way superstars asked to guard the best forwards in the league. He looks gassed
I would love to see a situation where Franz has the defensive responsibility of Paolo while being the number one option.
If Banchero plays like he does normally you will see this slow and inefficent playstyle for the whole game, not just the last minutes. He takes away the strength of the 3 next best players
Franz is really a 2nd/3rd option at best stop saying he’s the best on the team cuz he’s not. The team is winning cuz they found their identity and when Paolo comes back the hall court offense will be even better
Yall gonna going cause Shaq type leaving Orlando if you keep talking Franz is better when not. Then im done with Magic if it happens im not going thru another 10 years of bad teams
Philip, are you on Paolo's payroll? The reason we won this game is because our worst decision maker with the basketball was off the court. I trust Franz, Bane, suggs and yes even Black to make better clutch time decisions. Were Paulo playing, selfish, ball handling turnovers would have ended this game well before the final buzzer sounded. Everyone can see this.
Magic forced 24 turnovers, 7 blocks and FIFTEEN steals. The defense won this game, when not much beyond Des Bane was working.
Why does no magic fan talk about that the offense is way more fluid and better with Paolo off the court?
He’s a great basketball player, but he needs to adjust his game and make smarter decisions for himself when he takes shots and for others and be more involved in a fluid offense 🏀🔥🙌
Where’s all those Piston clowns today??
MARCUSSS WHERE YOU AT
Hottest team in the east by far. No one wants to play us atm
It's crazy we supposed to be celebrating the magic growth and wins but every time we win the 1st thing the fake bandwagon fans wanna to do is talk crazy bout Banchero all this hypothetical stuff if this if that enjoy the ride it's 82 games in the season I can't wait for p5 to come back so he shut all up the fake fans up that wouldn't know a star if it slapped them in the face and stay off locked on magic if ya got a problem with Phillip doing his job it's plenty Magic hating platforms that you can go watch 😈
I thought we were cooked after Detroit tied it at 100-100 💪
None of this matters if this can't continue with Paolo
Phillip you're very informative and well spoken I love your passion you definitely have more views and subscribers…go on ESPN and shed light on the magic🔥
Bane is the exact type of x factor player we needed. Weltman cooked!!!
We’ve got a RIVALRY finally, this bad blood goes back to December 28th 2022 when the Pistons decided they wanted to brawl with Mo and benches cleared.
Another win for the ref's lol y'all still 🗑
I'd love to know what the ratings are for the cup games this year compared to regular non cup games because I'd challenge the notion that "a lot of people" love the nba cup. Taking the ratings from the last two nba cup championship games… Very few people care, regardless of how hard the media and the league try to push it
Can we please start putting some respect on Jonathan Isaac this guy has been amazing bringing energy and efficiency all year three-point shot isn't the best but other than that his game is bulletproof
In the east the only players that can probably stop Poalo is TATUM AND GIANNIS. After that you add Franz lurking around and defenses have a tough night. Without Poalo teams can focus solely on Franz. We have two stars that plays different which can be good depending on type of game needed during the game.