WILLPOWER: Orlando Magic Soar as Paolo Banchero and defense DOMINATE and LEAD Playoff push
The Orlando Magic dismantled the Milwaukee Bucks as the team continues to make its Playoff push and climb up the standings. The Magic’s defensive edge has returned, holding the Bucks to 91 points and 36 points in the second half to runaway with a 130-91 victory.
Everything starts with the Magic’s star player in Paolo Banchero. He dominated from the beginning with 26 of his 33 points in the first half to set the tone on offense and really on both ends for the team. He has stepped his game up since the All-Star Break, providing the leadership and intangibles this team needs more and more.
He was not alone as the team willed itself to a dominant win on the second night of a back-to-back. Showing more and more that this team has another gear to reach and looking more like the Playoff team everyone expected to see from the Magic.
00:00 Paolo Banchero Leads Magic
07:39 Paolo Banchero’s Post-Break Surge
15:33 Magic’s Historic Road Wins
21:53 Magic Rediscovering Their Identity
27:30 Jalen Suggs Shines: Offense & Defense
32:55 Magic’s Win Streak Momentum
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5 Comments
Holding 2 consecutive teams under 100 is promising. Defense can carry us.
Can we have a discussion one episode about chemistry? And how injuries effect chemistry and how important this is too any team competition? I'm a ball player been since 2nd grade I'm 47
I lay attention to talent chemistry and how players carry themselves,
This team when a whole
And along with the attributes I spoke about above is by far the best team in the NBA
They play the right way carry themselves better than any team in the league don't foul bait or complain about unfair officiating
Also if you're a fan
Be a fckn fan . every year this is our team
Kind words do way more for moral than negative ones
Great players are CONSISTENT. The best teams usually have more than one consistently great player. With that said, Paolo’s ball handling and passing skills needs work! The high TO’s and low 3pt and FT percentages need to settle down and become consistently dependable!
Other than that he’s a STAR!
Better later than never, the Magic are finally here! Let's keep it up till the end. The Magic can be very disruptive against good teams, we've beat all the top-3 in the east already. Let's extend it to the top-4 beating cleveland. Also we had the example last year, the seed doesn't matter much anymore in the playoffs, so if all the things align propperly we can go far. Go Magic!
Well, like I said many times here, don't forget to blame the imminent failure in the playoffs on Paolo. I'm sure he's the problem…