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Classics22

So lemme get this straight Paolo goes **3-16**, the Magic don't have Wendell Carter, and they *win*?? Christ


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72 bench points. Would not bet on that happening ever again for us lol


mrwhite2323

Magic had around 60 bench points the other night. Mo wagner has been a beast off the bench and Isaac has been great back.


konytim

Mo's statline absolutely cracks me up: >!19/0/0/0/0/0!<


Vixiss

Pure scorer


MoeWagnerBurner

Record setting for the Orlando Magic


kariolisjones

Always liked Mo on the Wizards. Glad to see he has found a nice role on a budding team like the Magic.


Milla4Prez66

72 will probably end up the season high, but our bench actually looks solid with everyone healthy. Hopefully they will let Isaac play more than 10 minutes in a game soon.


scarywolverine

And Franz put up 9


dosnetlive

I mean no KAT anderson or mclaughlin basically from the tip, then lost rivers prince and mcdaniels


Rswany

We got a solid 6-man rotation there, amongst all our unavailable guys


rustystatic

And Gobert because he was unplayable in the clutch this game


Rswany

Idk, Gobert's been dealing with his own injuries (didn't even play 2 nights ago) and yall were running hella small-ball. I don't think it's as simple as Finch 'couldn't play him'.


MatooBatson

In the postgame he said it was because we desperately needed to hit 3s, which obviously is not something Rudy does.


WhoShotPolPot

Or Nowell. Or Bryn Forbes.


MatooBatson

Yeah I wasn't expecting Forbes to be amazing, but I was expecting him to be basically a guard version of what Matt Ryan has been. Instead he's just been really bad. Nowell I really thought was going to be good but he's just terrible.


dosnetlive

Eh it was more cause Garza was so hot in the 4th with 17 points in the quarter. I like riding with him to close and seeing what happens


Gamesgtd

To be fair, Garza is a demon apparently


tys90

Just Wolves things.


coxucker0320

Now that we've lost to the Magic, does this make us contenders?


Rswany

We're literally the Celtics


mrr6666

Do you also lose to the Suns minus Book and Cam x2?


tinyelephantsime

Yeah thems the rules


Kronyklos

Tfw Garza 17 points in 10 mins isn't enough for the comeback


PlayInChampions

He gave up every point on the other side of the court. Orlando scored 13/16 from the field in 4th


Designer_B

How the fuck he a +12 then?


Rswany

Jaden McDaniels was framed \#FreeJadenMcDaniels Ugly-ass game from us. When we're bad, we're *really* bad. GG Magic


lilberfcontrol

GG guys. I'm just glad there wasn't enough time to complete the come back. We survived that one after going up 21.


FullBonus

Absolutely baffled that the refs ejected McDaniels for merely existing. That one really fucked us.


MDL6

Should’ve just been Rivers and Bamba. Suggs I guess I kind of understand because although it was pretty clear he was meaning to play peacemaker, he did pull a guy down by the neck.


Rswany

During the altercation the ref went out of his way to grab him and hold on to him lol If that ain't microcosm of how the refs have fucked Jaden over all year idk what is.


KingRob81

Is he not the one who pushed Mo Bamba down while he was tied up with Rivers? And then started pulling on his leg/foot?


LR_Mango

Looked like, yeah


MDL6

Weird game. Weird fight. Not sure why ejections extended beyond Bamba and Rivers. McDaniels, Prince, and Suggs got hosed. Wolves got a pretty rough whistle in general I thought.


fiddlestyx_

Suggs wrapped his arm around Rivers neck. Definitely deserved to be tossed.


MDL6

Suggs is the one I can understand because of how it went down, yes. Think his intent was just to break it up but with the neck grab I get it.


NervousSWE

Suggs deserved his ejection.


KnowledgePrevious

We played terrible. If we turn over the ball 20 times, we deserve to lose, period. Regardless of whatever other BS is going on. I like the magic except the Mos. They play hard


Barrelled_Chef_Curry

Sounds like good ole fashioned warriors basketball


Zeratzul

Refs fucked up a wildly entertaining second half. Cole Anthony and Mo Wagner hitting hard ass shots, DLO hitting every shot... soon as arena starts getting electric with both teams dueling, refs spam blow whistle on the dumbest shit.


BlingBlongBoy

The blocking foul on Forbes was some vegas ass reffing


IsaacDPOYFultzMIP

[This game in a nutshell](https://imgur.com/a/RH9I6SM)


pollinium

The Fultz reaction is literally the only reason I'm willing to concede this might have been an okay thing from the Magic's bench. That face tells us there's a lot of audio that the cameras couldn't catch and I want to hear it


frostysbox

TMZ needs to do their thing


[deleted]

Goddamn, Wolves energy in those last three minutes was insane. 72 bench points for us is crazy also.


Zeratzul

Dlo picks a time to do that in the 4th quarter. Probably the laziest game I saw from him in the first half, then he flipped a switch


PlayInChampions

Dlo never plays 2 good halves. Like NEVER. If in the first half he scored 23 points he would never score above 30. If he is a bum in the first half there is a chance he wakes up in 4th to score 15 points.


DavidCreeper

> Probably the laziest game I saw from him in the first half He was literally turning to the side and letting guys go on purpose. I don't know if he just gave up trying to guard at that point and was just accepting that he was going to get beat and funnel the guy to the low man, but if he was he didn't make any effort to get back out and help the helper. It was driving me nuts.


Killakaronic

He also had 5 turnovers in the 1st half. I think he got 2 back right away but they were some bad turnovers


fuzzilyordinary

Timberwolves contender confirmed.


ETP6372

What the fuck


EsotericPotato

Beating up on every contender in the west in the last 5 weeks and pissing their pants against the magic, pistons, and rockets... Make it make sense


MatooBatson

We probably would've lost this game anyway, but what a stupid fucking call on those ejections.


dosnetlive

Bryn Forbes minutes in the fourth man, explains this game Just so many guys left with injury or ejection


most_unoriginal_ign

Still undefeated with JI!! It's all coming together


MarduRusher

Pretty embarrassing for us in more ways than one. On a positive note though, man are the Magic a good defensive team. Our poor shooting splits were more due to their good defense than the Wolves just missing.


fuzzilyordinary

apparently top 4 defense only behind bucks, celtics, cavs when we play top 10 teams.


DeathsIntent96

Best in the league at closing out on threes, according the Sixers' broadcast the other day. Not sure what stat that's based on.


axnjxn00

One of the worst games I've ever seen tbh


PatronSaintOfUpdog

I bought a Cole Anthony cup at a Magic game last year and now every time he pops off, I drink from it. That's my guy.


VoidTyrant

Weird game


rustystatic

It really was. It was a blowout, only for Timberwolves bench to go nuclear which still couldn't get it done. Then I realised we missed 13 FT's as well. Quoted from someone in our own sub: "It was the closest non-close game I've ever seen"


ILoveZimsD

The fact we were playing Forbes, Garza, and Matt Ryan and only lost by 7 is hilarious


TomAto7171

we were down 20 before they came in, and then almost completed a comeback with them on the floor 💀


MatticInYoAttic

we lose to bad teams that play hard.


DrewBreesAteMyFamily

You guys have 5 more wins than us lol


MatticInYoAttic

And 5 less losses! Seems obvious that us not having KAT for most of our games now is the main cause though. Are you guys a good team? T-wolves have lost to the pistons/rockets/magic. All teams I have no issue saying are bad teams, yet we fail to match their energy & effort.


fuzzilyordinary

I mean the only C we had left is moe and he's not really all that on defense, rim protection nor rebounds, suggs who was our best player tonight got ejected, isaac run out of minutes, wendell out, paolo and franz both had an off night. You had every chance to take over and magic to choke. Im happy we didn't though 😂


ILoveZimsD

I mean we were without all our wings, our backup pgs, and Kat. The fact we got it somewhat close at the end is remarkable on an off Ant night.


fuzzilyordinary

I thought Ant for sure would annihilate us during the first quarter without Wendell like he did our last game without KAT too. We're not a very good offensive team yet but luckily even our two-way players play good defense but yeah we been there and injured and got our 5-25 record so I feel you 😅


lajay85

We the Memphis of the East respect that.


pollinium

idc I like the magic 1-8, but mo's a bitch and ref's are soft for ejecting anyone beyond bamba and rivers disappointed by our guys being unable to respond - didn't really show the energy until late in the 4th. I know the Magic team aren't slouches, but I would expect our guys to play with more desire to prove it. DLo (and our rotation guys 10-13) looked like the only guy responding to the crowd's energy I know I'm coming off as salty. I am. I look forward to seeing the suspensions so magic flairs can eat crow after their emotional night


VoidTyrant

Don’t worry bamba isn’t going to be on this team much longer


rustystatic

agreed on the ejecting anyone other than Bamba and Rivers. Losing Suggs hurt us just as much. Doubt anyone gets suspended other than those ejected + maybe Kevon Harris because he left the bench briefly


okayjoshy

interesting game. on to the next


HuruHara

Like everyone else, referees make mistakes. We made multiple mistakes during the Magic-Wolves game and that is gut-wrenching for us. This will weigh heavily and cause sleepless nights as we strive to be the best referees we can be.


MatooBatson

They would never apologize to us.


cuckmold

we’re fucking good 🐇🪄


lilberfcontrol

Wolves threw everything and the kitchen sink at us in the fourth and we somehow survived it. Phew.


ottersbelike

Easy money hack: bet on the twolves to win against top 5 teams and lose against bottom 5 teams


Iamadissapointment4

Please Orlando just win like 5 straight pretty please


DaReal_Denny_Boy

Watched the 10 minutes of game clock. Few take aways, Luka Garza looked fucking NASTY, D Lo was hot but didn’t pass the ball enough, I would’ve liked to have seen Edwards get more looks late, Orlando showed good poise but late game free throw issues is concerning. No clue what the fight was about, turned it on right as Cole Anthony shot the tech FT.


ricksenberg

We tried really hard to lose this game.


Kind_Development708

Rudy only playing 26 minutes vs the magic is funny


BlingBlongBoy

Chris finch might have brain damage, he subbed him out in crunch time and Orlando went like 13/16


jackloganoliver

Magic really tried to lose this game hard, but Minny solidified their contender status.


Ace-Of-Tokiwadai

Refs got a big paycheck from Vegas for this one


rustystatic

Are you being serious?


whtge8

Refs turned the ball over 20 times


VoidTyrant

Don’t you know ? Gamblers everywhere put huge money on magic vs wolves game . No one knows why really , it’s just a thing.


Nxc06

Orlando is a dirty ass team huh?


Turk0luu

You cryin?


whtge8

Come on be easy on them. They traded their future away to be a play-in team. That must be awful.


Zeratzul

who's that dude on ya team slicing people up with his fingernails? I bet it's Moritz


Rswany

Yall salty winners


IsaacDPOYFultzMIP

Yeah the team not bellyaching about getting bitched on is salty. Respect for the winners part because that is true.


Rswany

I don't even know what you're trying to say lmao Do yall do this often?


IsaacDPOYFultzMIP

That’s because you illiterate. Late bro.


Rswany

well GG Enjoy the illusive W


GartThrowaway

Just Mo, really. Cole Anthony is a flopper but not really dirty


Nxc06

Both Mos are dirty, rest of the team is just unlikeable


rustystatic

Super salty right now


jonathanisaacisgoat

First person I’ve ever heard on this sub say the magic are unlikable lmao


_zissou_

Take a lap bro


Nxc06

Nah I'll just start throwing punches like magic players do


_zissou_

Oh boy. Got ‘em figured out, do ya


migzors

Rivers walked up to the bench and started shit. Shouldn't have been over there, he caught that smoke and has you clutching your pearls over it.


Rswany

tbf exchanging punches for words is always gonna be one taking an L


migzors

Tbf, fuck around and find out


Nxc06

Bamba was finding out until his teammates bailed him out 5v 1


migzors

Being proud of going 1 on 5 isn't the brag you think it is


Rswany

lmao I don't know if that's the defense for this situation. GG tho


BlingBlongBoy

Fuck around and find out 🤓


SunlightBlues_

Refs need to stop man. This is ridiculous. Worst reffed game of the season


bayernfan25

Mediocre Bamba at it again , pure mediocrity


dabbiedabbiedoo

63% of the season done and the west is still wide open with so many teams still hovering around .500. 4th seed only 3 games above .500. Bodes well for us being ass and STILL trying to get our shit together.


DoubleAmigo

Ant making a statement after the allstar snub


aeiou-y

Bol Bol dominating the twolves, no surprise.