Magic (1-3) at Celtics (3-1) Round 1 Game 5 4/29/25

[Silas]

OK, 0 3s, too many turnovers, and outrebounded on offensive rebounds 10-1. 

[Who]

10 offensive rebounds to 1 = +9 possessions
9 turnovers to 4 turnovers = +5 possessions

A possession is worth around 1 point. So 14 possessions is giving your opponent a +14 point advantage.

[Vermont Green]

10 to 1 offensive rebounds. Worse than I ever could have imagined.

[ozgod]

I hope that Joe gets it into their heads that Orlando will fight to the death because this is literally a win or go home game for them. If they think the magic will roll over, it?s not gonna happen. They have to play better than the magic to win this one.

[ozgod]

10 offensive rebounds to 1 = +9 possessions
9 turnovers to 4 turnovers = +5 possessions

A possession is worth around 1 point. So 14 possessions is giving your opponent a +14 point advantage.

It also speaks to how much more the magic are desperate and hustling for everything. They know this could be their last game. Celtics are playing like they know they can lose this game.

[jpotter33]

Detroit up two with six minutes to go. Really need them to take this one to give us a few extra days of rest, particularly if we somehow drop this one.

[blink]

I think we shouldn't be afraid to push the pace a bit.   Why do we want to slow it down so we can get assaulted by the Magic in the 1/2 court?   Next time JB / DW gets the ball in transition attack the rim.

[jpotter33]

Orlando limiting us to 6 three point ATTEMPTS in the half is beyond impressive. Almost impossible to do. Really throwing us off. But you do have to wonder if this is going to tire them out late in the game. To run opponents off the three point line to that extreme is super taxing. Hard to keep that up all game.

EDIT: Tatum hasn't even attempted a three. When was the last time that happened?

[Phantom255x]

Would be nice if we just had a monster 3rd where we hit a ton of 3s and blew them away

But in reality we'll probably just give up a 10-0 run to start the quarter

[blink]

the NBA TV crew seems almost as bad as ESPN....
why is it so hard to get decent announcers / commentators?   

[radiohead]

I really wish Joe tries Q for a few minutes. If we need boards and rim protection then it?s worth the gamble for a few mins I think. Kornet just doesn?t want to shoot the ball.

[bello_man09]

the offense has been bad, forcing passes to Luke . Luke is wide open and just trys to pass Tatum when he's right by the basket. KP needs to get it going if this magic team gets hot from 3 we are in trouble. Gosh this is ugly basketball.

[jambr380]

Disappointing game by everybody but Tatum. And even Tatum has had a couple of lazy rebound attempts that ended up in the Magic getting the board.

White can?t be this useless all game and KP can hopefully get a few minutes without being called for a foul. Game is super-winnable, we just have to want it

[celticinorlando]

Stop turning it over and rebound. That the deal.

Kornet doesn't play the rest of the game. He is not helping.

[Vermont Green]

Would be nice if we just had a monster 3rd where we hit a ton of 3s and blew them away

But in reality we'll probably just give up a 10-0 run to start the quarter

We don?t need threes. Just take it to the hoop. Take what they are giving you. All we need to do is stop turning the ball over and stop giving them second chances due to offensive rebounds.

It should not be that hard.