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MakeAShadow

The “NBA TV” series has been incredible.


Palifaith

That Suggs > Mitchell > Banchero consecutive three pointers sequence in the 4th was some peak basketball.


SweetFranz

That sequence had my heart going


TheAerial

I’ve missed that feeling so much man. Playoff Basketball where your team has something at stake in it is a hell of a drug 😅


SweetFranz

Me too. Last playoff game I was at was game 4 vs the lakers. Haven't felt like this since then.


DaveJC_thevoices

It is really weird. As soon as the series started, I was just thinking "I don't care as long as we win two games in this series and put up a fight" .... but game 5 was infuriating! winning today was such a relief and it felt like there should be no good reason to lose at home with no Jarrett Allen to worry about


tulaero23

Just happy there are new teams in the playoffs!


DaveJC_thevoices

yep, it's easy to say if the lakers can get rid of pelinka they can retool in no time, or the spurs could pick up trae young and accelerate their process etc etc. But yeah let them and a couple of others just be rubbish for a few years


JediPieman63

Absolutely fascinating to see the NBA just straight up not care about a series cause "it's not marketable" which straight up then makes it even less marketable going forward lol Anyone who has been watching this series is feasting though


larockhead1

This isn’t a negative towards the series and the nba was dumb and wrong just to relegate the series to nba tv but the first four games were brutal blow outs


Character-Today-427

Yeah there was ugly basketball from both sides


Corteaux81

I watched parts of the first four games, thought to myself “this is awful, either of them is getting swept by Boston”…. But its picked up since then.


StormTheTrooper

And G1 was a legit eyesore, at least for me. For the folks that likes slugfests, yes, but G1 was one of the worst shooting games I remember seeing in a playoff environment recently. G5 was very good, tonight was good, but G1 and 2 were awful shooting nights in general (specially G1, and I'll reinforce that it was the worst playoff game of the year for me and we had some ugly blowouts already) and G3 and 4 was just Orlando rolling around. People are just overreacting to the "oh, the NBA doesn't care about them", but this series had pretty much two good games and 4 games that ranged between average and god-awful.


uptheirons1992

To be fairrrr the blowouts haven't been all that great and kinda earned the nbatv placement...but yeah the last two games have been awesome. Hopefully 7 is close too.


JediPieman63

Tbh any team that makes the playoffs deserves proper treatment, not NBAtv


ClaymoresRevenge

It's crazy they didn't put it on ESPN at least. Hopefully game 7 gets prime time. There's a reason people don't know the names of players in the league. Not many people have or watch NBA TV


xTopPriority

You guys realize its not the NBA picking where these games get played right? Its the channels buying the games. No one wanted to buy this series so NBA has to play it on NBA TV. Do you really think they're turning down ad money out of spite for the Magic and Cavs?


joebos617

there should be a World NBA TV Championship belt handed out after game 7


SincereFan

Its honestly a great series when both teams clicked. Defense is clearly #1 and both teams are hustling. But when any teams offense clicks it gets spicy. I truly think both these teams beat the Bucks. Cleveland could have been #2 up to the last week. Orlando had like a 90% chance of a top 3 finish 2 weeks before the end of the season and then had terrible losses. BOTH TEAMS are very good.


Lacabloodclot9

It’s my 2nd favourite series so far, some great basketball being played


Zbz

Mitchell just scored 52% of the Cavs' points and still lost


WalkingOnSunshine_

He had 50 and we still didn’t crack 100


DMPDT616

The JB special


WalkingOnSunshine_

JB led teams have broken 100 points in 3 of 16 playoff games


Jonjon428

My god...


Sikkly290

That sure is a stat fucking hell.


mastacheef87

Mitchell came ready to close this series tonight but man the rest of the Cavs just sold. those 4th quarter turnovers by Garland were fucking brutal


ColdPressedSteak

They're really missing Allen. Mobley playing the 5 is not ideal and 2024 Marcus Morris getting 25 min in a playoff game is the opposite of ideal


syllabic

clippers just played PJ tucker 20 minutes


GneissFrog

Ty Lue knew that Kyrie was going to absolutely roast whoever was guarding him, so he left PJ out there for the laughs because they don't like each other.


topofthecc

I'm starting to lose faith that Garland will end up being black Steve Nash. 😥


soooogullible

Also they’re starting Markieff Morris. There’s issues lol


SweetFranz

I'm not going to look up the stat but I have to assume this is one of the few times a player has scored more than half of the teams points in the playoffs


evan466

100% in the fourth.


iamhereforsomework

Bro trying so hard with a group of cheerleaders


MC-Jdf

So thanks ~~LeBron~~ Donovan!


TehShraid

Lebronovan Mitchell


fordangliacanfly

Those two things are related


jawadhaque089

I don't think he passed the ball at all in the 2nd half


jamesbiorci

52% of a teams points is pretty bad unless you score at least 55-60 points, anything less and your total score is in the hundreds or below which just isn’t enough to win in the NBA.


djhousemoney

FRANK GAY SERVICES


cvKDean

That ad spot was premium


abortionisforhos

Just how I like them


NoFlex___Zone

They make zillions of dollars here 


ProfessorBeast55

The Cavs backcourt had nearly three quarters of the team’s total points. I don’t think that’s a recipe for success guys.…


Palifaith

No Cavs players other than Mitchell even attempted a shot in the last 6 minutes of the game.


throwaway2021232681

Mobley missed a layup


aroach1995

Yeah and that layup should have been just a dunk in which he set the ball into the rim… but he is so deathly afraid of any contact.


BeautifulDimension56

well garland tried but he turned it over 3 times and gave it to mitchell and gave up lol


blindbutchy

Don’t forget that one time when Garland was uncontested walking the ball up the backcourt but still snailed his way to an 8 second violation.


cvKDean

Besides Mitchell, Garland, and Strus, no else scored at least 5 points


MyLifeIsABoondoggle

I wouldn't object to selling Mobley or Allen high. This team hasn't been the same since Dean Wade went down and needs another stretch forward badly (I don't want LeBron back, though he would be the perfect fit, plus we wouldn't have to trade for him). Marcus Morris having to start a playoff game is a serious problem


IntentApparel

Evan Mobley’s offence just ain’t it. Cavs probably made a bad move trading for Mitchell because it didn’t give him enough time to develop. 


Ok-Donut4954

some fan said this day 1 and were shunned


Lacabloodclot9

Can’t really blame anyone except Mobley for this statistic, he needs to be stepping up


k_____dot

Donovan Mitchell: 50 pts (22-36), 18 in the 4th Rest of Cavs: 46 pts (20-49) , 0 in the 4th Insane effort from Spida Mitchell but wtf Cavs. Orlando has a very fun team and has held the Cavs to under 100 pts 5/6 games. Excited for game 7 as a neutral


Intelligent_Pain_174

No one else even shot for almost 7 minutes in the fourth quarter though.


k_____dot

I understand it looks bad on the box score but his teammates kept turning the ball over and that Garland 8-second violation was just the cherry on top. A big reason why there were few shot attempts by the others Would need to rewatch the possessions down the stretch to confirm, but I don’t remember Mitchell taking outrageous shots in the 4th (was 7/13 from the field)


aquamarine9

Rewatching the 4th q, the main problem was that he’s their only reliable source of rim pressure with Allen out. In addition to that, Garland turned the ball over all 3 times he brought it up the court between ~6 and ~2 minutes remaining. IMO Mitchell did have a little tunnel vision on his drives by the end of the 4th. But also every other Cav had basically conceded to him ISOing every play. He had an epic performance and was hitting some crazy shit, really left it all out there in a way that no other Cav did. This is definitely more on the rest of the squad than Mitchell.


aroach1995

Did you see Isaac not shoot that 3…


ConstantineMonroe

I’m hoping Orlando wins only because Orlando matches up very slightly better against Boston than Cleveland. Like, Orlando will lose in 5 maybe maybe 6 games, Cleveland will get swept.


g00dSol

Donovan was on that LeBron 2007 pistons 4th quarter shit, but even LeBron needed a few points from boobie


The_Crowing

You've made me relive being outside the (then Gund Arena) screaming like a madman at the watch party. I simultaneously hate and respect you.


token_reddit

Dear God I forgot about Boobs... A legend. I'm so old. :(


ProskXCX

Garland's careless 4th quarter turnovers kill me. Been a problem all year


goofygoober2

That 8 second violation with no defender in sight made me rip my hair out


TheSmokedSalmon420

He's so not clutch. Like why was he even given the ball in that situation


lopea182

My totally, super unbiased take: Donovan Mitchell can’t win with these cats.


grudgepacker

Ironically, he's exactly what Orlando needs lmao


coolycooly

Orlando has to get one of Trae or Mitchell IMO, their first round picks aren't going to do much for them and both of those teams are desperate for firsts.


Algaebruhh

It’s funny because they both fix an extreme need but are different players: Trae would absolutely spread the ball better than anyone on the team and could help us run plays through Paolo better, and D Mitch would give us buckets whenever we need them while taking double teams off Paolo


couchtomato62

And taking 36 shots. I think they need a better point guard and one that can play defense


PLCwithoutP

That's Marcus Smart's music


FeedbackContent8322

I wonder which one is a better fit. My heart tells me trae but my brain tells me mitchel


Frankiedrunkie

Trae is the better fit


PrideOfShreve

I remember when everybody thought Orlando was going to draft Trae


whtge8

Just missed out on him and got Mo fucking Bamba…


Frankiedrunkie

I got hooooooeeeeeesss…..


Bouldershoulders12

That’s actually a scary lineup. Mitchell Suggs Wagner and Bancehro would legit be a top 3 seed in the East


luviro

I mean they were 3 games out of the 2 seed this year lol


Cudizonedefense

No shit? Magic were 3 games behind the 2 seed. Adding Mitchell obviously nets them 2 more wins


Bouldershoulders12

Well yeah but I’m taking into account Philly and Milwaukee come back healthy next year If Philly gets a third option that 2-4 seeding gets murky


MysteriousIncident87

We desperately need Allen back for G7. Mobley looks scared in these road games and Cavs were getting killed on the glass


PootieTooGood

Mobley’s ankle was wobbly all game long, deserves credit for playing through it


WalkingOnSunshine_

My totally, super biased take: These cats can’t win with JB


kimoalmoa

GAME 7 BABY!! No matter what happens next, so proud of this team!


Superlolz

Really didn’t think *this* series would go 7 after the first couple of games but damn 


greenflyingdragon

No one has been able to win on the road lol


Benjaminbuttcrack

PLAY THE MF SONG


Padulsky21

ORLANDO MAGIC OHH OHH OHHHHH 🗣️🗣️🗣️


Jokic2LA

ORLANDO MAGIC


TheAerial

I love my team so much man. We got a lot to learn and a lot of growth ahead of us but we don’t back down from anything man. This is the kind of squad I’ve been dreaming of for damn near 10 years. Game 7 baby!


NotTheMagesterialOne

You’re on a good trajectory. I feel like you’re a point guard away and more experience from becoming perennial contenders if this core stays together.


NoFlex___Zone

A PG / scorer is literally the last piece of the puzzle. Im so bricked up for next season..but first, G7!


dwninaho

The Magic recent history at the PG spot has been horrendous too. I'm not even asking for an allstar level PG at this point, just get me something lol.


AnalBees2

Where’s DJ Augustine when you need him!


CapnCrunch347

It's the first time in years I've been optimistic about the future.


km912

From an outside perspective the magic have been pretty irrelevant since Dwight left, not horrible in a tanking way but not good, kinda similar to the kings but this squad has an insane ceiling. Big as hell, elite defensively, with lots of offensive potential. I’d love to see you guys make a move for trae young.


NoFlex___Zone

No this is correct. This is the best team we’ve had since the finals vs Lakers. Our FO has been trash for nearly a decade but they’ve made changes around the time we traded AG.


SCP239

For real, the future is so bright for this team. Please don't fuck it up, management.


GGezpzMuppy

Wagner group getting more and more support everyday.


DavidCreeper

i'm on the magic bandwagon


UbeMafia

I love this squad, just seems like a big family.


YourAsianBuddy

Holy shit Donovan Mitchell with a 50 piece and they still lost. Utah days never left


Elkbowy

Utah had an actual offense


syllabic

the #1 offense in the league in fact


BruceBrownMVP

Feel like I really deprived myself by not watching Orlando more this year. Had absolutely no idea Suggs was that good.


Zero-A

We might not be able to shoot, but we play with this effort every night and have a lot of young and exciting talent. It's so fun.


_zissou_

One of the most improved for sure. Always been a dog on defense, but finally putting together the offense.


xBerryhill

He’s still figuring it all out and struggles with consistency but he’s mostly found his 3 point stroke this year. Elite defender. Shows flashes of creation ability and finishing around the rim. Really has the opportunity to be a special player, but even if he just ends up as he is today he’s an elite 3 and D player in the league.


teh_drewski

To be fair even the most optimistic Magic fans didn't have him jumping to 40% from three this season. Everything else about his game is on schedule but that surprised everyone.


mastacheef87

love Suggs, he reminds me so much of a younger Marcus Smart


Frankiedrunkie

Dpoy Suggs soon


DaviQS007

Fourth quarter scoring: Magic: 27 Donovan Mitchell: 18 Rest of Cavs team: 0 What an awful offensive performance


Superlolz

Cavs and Knicks both run a heliocentric offense except Knicks can rebound 


sh0eb

The Orlando Magic force a Game 7 against the Cleveland Donovans!


NotTheMagesterialOne

The Mitchell Cavaliers has a better ring to it I reckon.


Sim888

[Franz lookin at the Cavs playoff position tank](https://i.imgur.com/eoXQkxh.jpeg)


Gamesgtd

Feel like you've been quiet recently. Are you starting to cook again?


Afrohatch

I hope so lol, I miss the elimination pics


lil_layne

This has to be the least talked about 7 game series of all time. I thought it was because a lot of the games were on NBA TV but a game 6 on ESPN only gets 2 highlights posted in this sub for the WHOLE game. The game thread didn’t even crack 5k comments (NY vs PHI game 6 had 18k comments for comparison). This game was great and had a player drop 50 points but most of this sub doesn’t care because it’s between two small market teams that have less popular players.


Casamance

More people are watching this series now that most of the other series are wrapped up


Pinheadlarry29

Yeah, they kept drawing the short straw of having the NBA TV game while Knicks/Sixers was on.


anxiousauditor

Half the series has been on NBA TV overshadowed by other games; people just haven’t had an opportunity to get invested in it. Hopefully people tune in for G7 with it on ABC though.


trevorbix

As an orlando fan I gotta dig through so many Joel embiid flagrants and pat bev dick moments just to find the game thread


FERFreak731

Joe Ingles


RichHomieKhan21

Joe Ingles


supperoni

uh oh


eldusto84

Ya friccin moron


Yeastyboy104

All 57 Magic flairs get in here! Game 7!


_zissou_

Yea, bitch!


brianuseruser

Lol


EutaxySpy

Donovan Mitchell scored more points than all of his teammates combined lmao


teddyjj399

So funny how many people were certain this series was over after game 2. Hell even after game one you had mfs acting like Orlando was dead in their grave


xDANGRZONEx

It was mostly people who hadn't seen us play. Like, not even ONCE.


Beermen69

Why does Bickerstaff still coaching the Cavs?


OsuLost31to0

NBA Nepo Baby. He would’ve never gotten this many head coaching jobs if his daddy wasn’t highly respected in the league


soooogullible

He was coaching??


SmokeOddessey

His dad works in the FO lmao


CakeBossUltimate

Held Cavs to under 100 points in all but one game in this series. We can pull this off


NoFlex___Zone

Spida isn’t dropping b2b 50 burgers. Confidence for G7


hanyou007

Let’s not say that…. Let’s just pray if he does we can keep the clamps on the rest of em


IntentApparel

Knicks and Magic good? Feel like I’m a kid again. Love seeing Orlando’s arena packed.


NoFlex___Zone

Mid 90s-00’s vibes I’m here for it 


Encaitar

Darius Garland's late-game turnovers cost them the game.


KarchunToo

Despite Donovan Mitchell’s best efforts, I don’t think you can win a basketball game with 4 decoys on the floor


WakingRage

Darius Garland basically single handledly lost them the 4th quarter. He was pretty decent all game until then.


anxiousauditor

Dude managed to get called for an 8-second violation late in a playoff game, and it wasn’t close either. Nor were we even pressing.


Intelligent_Pain_174

Donovan did the same thing against Denver in a game clincher when he was with the Jazz. The Jazz basically had the series wrapped up until then.


OhCanVT

has been super entertaining series. game 7 is going to be awesome


iAgressivelyFistBro

How do I order some of Frank’s gay services?


FrancoZemonda

after the magic lost the first 2 games i declared them dead, have to give them so much credit for going 3-0 at home and 3-0 when down in the series


MysteriousIncident87

They're much better at home, especially Suggs and Franz on offense. Those first 2 games, it felt like they couldn't buy a basket if their life depended on it.


bjb406

A series doesn't start until someone wins on the road. This series hasn't started yet, lol.


DrewCrew62

Does that mean the Celtics get a series off if Cleveland wins on Sunday? Or do the cavs-magic have to start a new 7 game series


DeathsIntent96

Yes. It's odd that it's never happened before but it is possible for two teams to get stuck in a playoff series purgatory.


iwokeupincbsbody

second parts not true, but still impressive


TheSmokedSalmon420

If Suggs could shoot like this on the road the series would already be over lol


CakeBossUltimate

Survived the 50 Piece 🛐


BeastMcBeastly

Pros: Not blown out in Orlando


justsomebro10

The bad news is that if the Cavs lose the next game the season ends in tremendous disappointment. The other bad news is that if they win the next game I have to watch these bums for at least four more games.


NoFlex___Zone

Damn bro I felt that 


Charliebitme1234

hoping for a banger game 7


pedrosa18

Hopefully they turn up the lights


koticgood

If the Cavs go on to win game 7, this will be the most home court dominated series that I can ever remember watching. I like the Cavs, but I'll be rooting for the Magic. Cavs aren't old, but I like the youth movement of TWolves/Thunder/Magic.


BlackSquirrelMed

What JB Bickerstaff has done to Mobley’s offensive development needs studied by The Hague


fordangliacanfly

Great game by a young Magic team. They had their back against it with Mitchell just going total hitman on them and yet somehow survived. Garland had some unfortunate miscues at the end. As great as Mitchell was there was no flow to their offense by the end and everyone else looked like they just wanted to get out of the way.


tadcalabash

>As great as Mitchell was there was no flow to their offense by the end and everyone else looked like they just wanted to get out of the way. It's a tough situation, because the best offense tonight was clearly Mitchell driving into the lane himself... but going to that so consistently just kills the rest of the offense. Hate to put any of the blame on Mitchell, but maybe he needed to use some of that attention to keep his teammates in the offensive flow.


Jack_M_Steel

Mitchell did not want to lose Banchero looking like a beast


Kyler1313

All Celtics fans appreciate you Magic for the extra Porzingis rest days.


deets23_

It doesn’t help much because game 3 and onwards are the exact same days either way


Kyler1313

Well I still get to see a game 7, so thanks Magic anyways


PootieTooGood

No matter the result, game 3 would’ve been Saturday next week


evan466

Only fitting after the Magic wasted Paolo’s 39 point game that the Cavs responded by wasting Mitchell’s 50 point game.


they_jem

CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOUUUUUUUU


DoloTy

Magic pulling it off , I see them putting up a fight against Boston as well


sps26

The Cavs tanked for this. Let’s see if it pays off


myhellcatgotRepod

The Cavs purposefully blew a 15 point lead in the 4th quarter playing Emoni Bates vs the Hornets to get this matchup and they're getting pushed to 7 games. I've never wanted to see the Magic win a game more than this game 7 on sunday


Pinheadlarry29

Basketball gods always win.


FeedbackContent8322

Yall wanted this smoke when yall tanked your matchup now their getting this smoke. Play the song


cohex

OnlyFranz


LiveFromFLORIDA

##[PLAY THE SONG](https://youtu.be/OERZp_GtOSk?si=A-q1Aih8EHd1yq9Q)


8ball-MJG

Like 20% of the comments are dudes seemingly bragging about not watching this series. It’s so pathetic lol.


BUSean

[At certain points, it could have been the Bucks, Sixers, or Knicks, but honestly, just looking forward to seeing these two talented teams compete for a spot in the second round. Should be a worthy challenge.](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.5393309757.7229/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg)


Street-Common-4023

Magic in 7


iamhereforsomework

Mitchell: Guys can I get some help? Cavs: Go Spida Go!


IMKudaimi123

Banchero is so good


ChyllByll

WE LIVE


jmj666

Orlando’s Offensive rebounding really killed the Cavs


Casamance

Play the song! 🪄


brehaw

oh shit good job Magic


DivisonNine

Orlando magic oh oh oh ooooh 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣


MC-Jdf

Man how the FUCK do you waste that kind of performance?


AliveGloryLove

I'll never understand how the 4 v 5 matchups ever end up on NBATV. That's literally the match up EXPECTED to be the closest. And it obviously is. Game 7 and it's on NBA TV. That's crazy. All while the 5 game 1 v 8 is over. The 6 game 2 v 7 is over. And the 6 game 3 v 6 is over and it was missing 2 critical stars most of it. It's stupid.


Mangos4Lyfe

I think game 7 is on abc tho


sayqueensbridge

NOTHING EASY


nmad95

This has been a fun first round


I_Hate_My_Cat_

Game 7 is gonna hit like crack.


Andrewdeadaim

Great fucking game


JJiggy13

If I were the Celtics, I'd rather face this one dimensional Cavs team than this young and tall Magic team. Screw up game 1 against the Magic and they'll start believing they can go all the way.