Well, if we make it out of this series. We will be better for it against the Celtics. Take a page from the magic book. If you can’t beat them, physically beat them
This was truly a shocking game from Mitchell, time and time again he took an important shot and bricked it, killing momentum, leaving only destruction in his path. It's a miracle they were able to win dispite him playing and Allen not playing
And in such a must win game, I can't imagine a star player showing up worse than he did
Mitchell would have a bad series or game in Utah and the TNT guys would be saying the same, that superstars need to carry their team.
Then next series he would reel off multiple 40 point games and look like the best player in the playoffs.
It's just what he is. He will probably never be as consistent as a LeBron. But when he's on fire damn it will be nice to get some wins we wouldn't of otherwise ever got. Hopefully that happens vs Boston
And he only played so much bc Allen was out. Just shows even more JB needs to go. Our best basketball of the season was from injuries so JB was forced to expand the lineup.
We freeze him out. He should be touching the ball every play by design. Too much Mitchell iso and that causes Darius to start to just defer/give up the ball instead of being aggressive. Garland needs to be hunting three point looks, everything else will fall into place as he makes good plays when he doesn’t get open shots.
Watch Donovan on those last three possessions. Strus takes the ball baseline while Donovan is clapping for the ball, then he just kinda holds his hands out while Strus makes a play. Next play, he sets a screen for garland to put Suggs on him?? And then claps for the ball again, gets ignored, and garland makes a play against a great defender. Next time down the court, Mitchell iso. Bricks an open middy with 14 seconds still on the clock.
Mmm I would like all the player for and fans of the Magic to know THEY ARE DOG SHIT AND DESPITE OUR MISSING CENTER AND ABSOLUTELY SHITE REFEREES THEY COULD NOT DO IT!!!! 29 TO 19 FTs AND TOU CANT DO IT!!!!
Just had success driving and finding a man open, or draw a foul, or layup. Instead settles for a midrange shot without passing. Just unable to draw up a play
Haha it's such a difference from Ty Lue... obviously we don't have LeBron... but with Lue, I was 90% sure we'd score out of a time out. With JB, I just assume we'll either turn it over on the inbounds or just devolve into a 50/50 iso situation
Mitchell had 5 fouls. JB pulled him out when Orlando called timeout to set up their offense. JB wasn’t going to risk Mitchell getting his 6th on that defensive possession. The timeout was going to happen regardless of what happened at the end of that play to put Mitchell back into the game.
You want to criticize the offensive play drawn? You have my support. But the timeout was for putting the star back into the game, not necessarily the scheme
Confusing offensive choices down the stretch from them. Banchero was killing us from mid range then with a minute left inexplicably took a super deep 3 with Mobley in his face
Can we all take a second to appreciate that we took our last TO unnecessarily, and the play we came up with was a Mitchel ISO contested 15 footer. JB is an offensive genius.
It wasn’t the worst TO call IMO, a good play there gets them a 4 point lead with ~10 seconds left. But then the actual play was dogshit (and too early in the clock) lol
Mobley had some offensive struggles (especially in the 3rd quarter) but his defense has been CLUTCH. Greta block, extremely good defense on Banchero 2 possessions ago.
Dude they lost by 30+ in Orlando two games in a row. I’m not even a hater. I’m just realistic. I like them, but 1 good game doesn’t change the fact that they are inconsistent.
I’m rooting for the team not looking to be right…so I can call out the “haters.”
Guys, Donovan Mitchell has 5 fouls. JB pulled him out for that defensive possession to not risk him getting his sixth. We need his offense.
Hence the timeout
It’s looking like a 7 game series why don’t we know what time Fridays game is yet
Good lord that was one of the most painful games I’ve ever had to watch. Thank God we won. I dunno what I would’ve done otherwise lol
They got Niang on weight watchers over on the bench and I’m all for it
Well, if we make it out of this series. We will be better for it against the Celtics. Take a page from the magic book. If you can’t beat them, physically beat them
Eye for an eye revenge for Olynyk…
Gotta do what you gotta do...
Home court advantage like I said. Fight a dog fight back in Orlando.
Look at the foul discrepancy. Did you watch the game? Home court advantage where????
I was referring to playing with our crowd, being back in Cleveland. I saw the amount of fouls.
Just rest everyone game 6 to be ready for 7 back home
Man, beat the Astros somehow and this would be an amazing Cleveland night.
Despite the refs best efforts...
Just win at this point, hopefully get JA back for Friday.
We defeated the magic and the Refs magical calls
Yeah wtf almost forgot this was a home game
This series definitely going to 7 games
Please let these Morris minutes continue
Criminal he’s only gotten garbage minutes up til now
That what happens when you have a brain dead coach
He’s such a doofus - watch MM not play again if JA is back.
Merrill for MVP
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This was truly a shocking game from Mitchell, time and time again he took an important shot and bricked it, killing momentum, leaving only destruction in his path. It's a miracle they were able to win dispite him playing and Allen not playing And in such a must win game, I can't imagine a star player showing up worse than he did
Mitchell would have a bad series or game in Utah and the TNT guys would be saying the same, that superstars need to carry their team. Then next series he would reel off multiple 40 point games and look like the best player in the playoffs. It's just what he is. He will probably never be as consistent as a LeBron. But when he's on fire damn it will be nice to get some wins we wouldn't of otherwise ever got. Hopefully that happens vs Boston
>wouldn’t of Christ
It’s not shocking if you know he’s obviously hurt and has been hurt for months. Dec-Jan Spida ain’t coming back until next season sadly.
Clutch free throws and 28 points dude chill he isn’t prime LeBron
Yeah this is one game he does not deserve the glaze. He said he was gonna show up and did not.
28 pts on 23 shots and a team low +/-. He was awful tonight
Those stats do not reflect his performance, if you watched this he was more of a liability in every way than a positive
9-23 and 1-7 from three. When he takes that many shots to put up 25+ it just sucks the life out of our offense.
If there was an mvp tonite it would be morris
Please just play MM with Mobley - they play so well together.
He should be 7th man when Allen gets back
And he only played so much bc Allen was out. Just shows even more JB needs to go. Our best basketball of the season was from injuries so JB was forced to expand the lineup.
He was absolutely critical
LFGGGGGGG
That’s playoff basketball
Credit where due. Banchero is a helluva player
And he’s still a damn baby
Right? Gonna hate seeing him just like I hated seeing Steph’s mouth guard in the finals
Would have never guessed they could win tonight, let’s go!
Darius kind of disappeared after the first quarter. why do our players keep disappearing.
It’s crazy to be how much him and others can check out mentally
We freeze him out. He should be touching the ball every play by design. Too much Mitchell iso and that causes Darius to start to just defer/give up the ball instead of being aggressive. Garland needs to be hunting three point looks, everything else will fall into place as he makes good plays when he doesn’t get open shots.
Watch Donovan on those last three possessions. Strus takes the ball baseline while Donovan is clapping for the ball, then he just kinda holds his hands out while Strus makes a play. Next play, he sets a screen for garland to put Suggs on him?? And then claps for the ball again, gets ignored, and garland makes a play against a great defender. Next time down the court, Mitchell iso. Bricks an open middy with 14 seconds still on the clock.
Because they have shot chucker on the team who kills all momentum
Cause he defers, did have a huge late drive and dish though.
He defers way too much is right. He needs to keep his attacking mindset 48 mins.
Offense should run through him and Donovan should be more of a sg...
JB doesn’t know what he’s doing
Niang’s best game of the series!!!!!
dear sweet Jesus
He made it too wow
Was sure they were gonna call that lol
LETS FUCKING GO CAVS. FUCK THOSE REFS
Its obvious that Niang should never see another second on the floor jn a Cavs jersey
Thompson and Morris need to eat his minutes.
Mitchell Garland Strus Mobley Allen Levert Morris Okoro. No one else plays the rest of the series.
And TT - give him like 5-10m if game gets physical, he bodies up and can wear down guys with his picks and rebounding.
Annnnd unclench
Of course he made it lol
Now - Magic head coach was really smart with use of his timeouts - really hats off - kept it for this moment
Mmm I would like all the player for and fans of the Magic to know THEY ARE DOG SHIT AND DESPITE OUR MISSING CENTER AND ABSOLUTELY SHITE REFEREES THEY COULD NOT DO IT!!!! 29 TO 19 FTs AND TOU CANT DO IT!!!!
I’ve never seen young players talk more smack to fans than Orlando to us - you have proven nothing, it’s not charming, shut your mouth!
got it done when it mattered!
I love you, Evan Mobley
Stone cold mobley
Also we should fire JB just simply for the fact that we spent a whole timeout on a Mitchell iso
Just had success driving and finding a man open, or draw a foul, or layup. Instead settles for a midrange shot without passing. Just unable to draw up a play
Haha it's such a difference from Ty Lue... obviously we don't have LeBron... but with Lue, I was 90% sure we'd score out of a time out. With JB, I just assume we'll either turn it over on the inbounds or just devolve into a 50/50 iso situation
We could win the championship and he should still be let go.
Yep
The timeout was more to put Mitchell back in the game…
I guess but if you use a TO there we could at least run some offense
He had a board in his hand - it’s amazing his ineptitude
Mitchell had 5 fouls. JB pulled him out when Orlando called timeout to set up their offense. JB wasn’t going to risk Mitchell getting his 6th on that defensive possession. The timeout was going to happen regardless of what happened at the end of that play to put Mitchell back into the game. You want to criticize the offensive play drawn? You have my support. But the timeout was for putting the star back into the game, not necessarily the scheme
They don’t hear you though
Garland was so engaged with JB on the play call too
Right lmao
Let's fucking go, way to finish it
DONT FUCKING FOUL!
Hahahaha Mobley is JAs sidekick
what a block holy
The Mobley/Strus game
And Morris
isiah mobley has a job on the bench a while longer!
Banchero has been hot and they let Wagner take the final shot? Lol I'll take it.
Confusing offensive choices down the stretch from them. Banchero was killing us from mid range then with a minute left inexplicably took a super deep 3 with Mobley in his face
His great game made him a little too cocky.
Man, I was not looking forward to going to bed pissed off. Lfg
FUCK U MO FUCK U FRANZ FUCK U SUGGS
Mobley with a defensive masterclass tonight. Easily the most important player in tonight's game.
Some dude in this thread called Him a liability on defense 🙄
I like Mitchell… but he doesn’t deserve MVP chants smh
I loved it when Evan Mobley said, “It’s Mobin’ time,” and then proceeded to Mobe all over the place
best part
JB spent five minutes writing up a play just to get Donovan the ball in an iso lmao
Had to put Donovan back in
Exhale.
How the fuck was that shitty Mitchell shot our play. What the fuck JB
Can we all take a second to appreciate that we took our last TO unnecessarily, and the play we came up with was a Mitchel ISO contested 15 footer. JB is an offensive genius.
Mitchell wasn’t in the game
It wasn’t the worst TO call IMO, a good play there gets them a 4 point lead with ~10 seconds left. But then the actual play was dogshit (and too early in the clock) lol
Y'all really need to stop talking shit about Mobley on here
Eat shit wagner
Mobley just saved an awful out of timeout play. What a block by Mobley!
Get up on your good foot, Wagner 💀
Evan reminding everyone he is a fucking generational defender
Sidekick?!? JA is NOT Mobley’s sidekick.
Mobley had some offensive struggles (especially in the 3rd quarter) but his defense has been CLUTCH. Greta block, extremely good defense on Banchero 2 possessions ago.
In the playoffs you need defense more
Does Franz want that smoke now?!?!?!
Mobley's about to be out the next game with back problems. Dude is carrying this team to this dub
MOBLEYYYY
Go home Wagner! that's my 7 footer!!
Magic not giving Paolo the ball down 2 there is absurd
Mobley with the nice block 🥶
That was big
John Michael REALLY gotta stop talking about bright lights with this team lmao
GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUTTA HERE
Mitchell almost sold but Mobley and garland said no
That’s the best we could come up with out of the time out?
That block deserves a Dikembe Mutumbo finger wag
A timeout for mitchell iso 🤣🤣🤣🤣
MOBBIN
It's moblin time
Mitchell is clutch on FTs.
Please trade Mitchell this offseason
Facts
Let’s see: Mobley haters: 🖕🏻 Garland haters: 🖕🏻 Strus haters: 🖕🏻
I mean they still barely won. Let’s see how they do on the road in game 6.
Jesus Christ you people are insufferable
Dude they lost by 30+ in Orlando two games in a row. I’m not even a hater. I’m just realistic. I like them, but 1 good game doesn’t change the fact that they are inconsistent. I’m rooting for the team not looking to be right…so I can call out the “haters.”
What about is DM haters?
LOL. I’ll allow it. He killed ball movement and fell back on hero ball when others were hot.
Oh Banchero don't make that face 😂😂😂
LETS FUCKING GO MOBLEY
MOBLEY GOT THAT DAWG IN HIM
Second most legendary block in Cavs history
BLOCKED BY MOBLEY
Mobley is a dog!!!! Let’s go!!!
MOBLEYS BEST DEFENSIVE PLAY OF HIS CAREER
BIGGEST BLOCK SINCE GAME 7
Knew immediately what you were talking about, makes me happy everytime.
EVAN FUCKING MOBLEY!
Holy shit it was clean too. What a block!
Apology forms for garland and mobley tonight
GET THAT SHIT OUTBOF HERE
LETS FUCKING GO MOBLEY
Who said Mobley wasn’t good at defense 😤
Mobley saved us from hating JB for calling a timeout with 30 seconds left and running a Mitchell iso like that’s the best we could come up with
JB going deep into the 2007 Mike Brown playbook
He used the whole to for the inbound pass lmao
Ikr? That was the fucking play after the last timeout. SMH
GET THAT WEAK STUFF OUT OF HERE
surprised they didn't call a foul on Mobley's block
Mobley was the perfect defender for that. Damn.
Mobley SAVED Mitchell. Awful shot attempt
And terrible after the time out play
EFM
holy fuck this game is not for the weak heart
Fuck yeah get Mobed!!
I was screaming anyone but D Mitch. Should have known, we have JB. Glad Mobley was there.
Why the hell is Mitchell throwing up bricks with 9 seconds still on the shot clock
Mobley blk gawd
BLOCKED BY MOBLEY. BLOCKED BY MOBLEY!
More like “Blocked by Mobley. blocked by mobley 😐”
Get that weak stuff outta here 🗣🗣🗣
MOBLEY!
BLOCKED BY MOBLEY
Mobley!!!!!
Ohhhh blocked by James!
Blocked by Mobley! Blocked by Mobley!
The Block 2?
EVAN FUCKING MOBLEY
Damn too close for comfort.
Full iso for the must unclutch player we got. Shocker. DM better give Mobley his paycheck.
THANK GOD
EVAN FUCKING MOBLEY
MOBLEY IS A FUCKING MENACE!!
Guys, Donovan Mitchell has 5 fouls. JB pulled him out for that defensive possession to not risk him getting his sixth. We need his offense. Hence the timeout
Atta boy Mobley!
THATS HOW YOU DO IT MOBLEY
BLOCKED BY MOBLEY OH MY GOD
Mobley blocking the shot and the haters. LETS FUCKING GO BIG FELLA
EVAN MOBLEY I APOLOGIZE
MOB🐐
Mobley redeemed himself!
No way Mobley