A breakdown of the Magic's historically bad night against Boston
by Mike from Illinois on Jan 24, 2012 2:05 AM EST
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PrintEd. note: I'm letting Mike's analysis here serve as a Magic/Celtics game recap. - ED
In a performance that absolutely no one saw coming, the struggling Celtics, who were 0-6 against winning teams and were missing starters Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen along with key reserves Mickael Pietrus and Keyon Dooling, embarrassed the Magic 87-56. Many negative Magic franchise records were set in this game. Here are just some of them:
The 56 points scored by the Magic broke the franchise record for the fewest points scored in a game of 57, set in December 1996 against Cleveland.
The 16 of 65 FG shooting (24.8%) by the Magic broke the franchise record of lowest FG percentage in a game of 25%, set in November of 2003 against New York.
The 16 field goals made by the Magic shattered the franchise record of fewest FGs in a game of 21, set on five previous occasions.
The Magic became just the third NBA team in the last 27 seasons to score 60 or fewer points in a game along with FG shooting of 25% or less.
No Magic player shot better than 40% from the field. Ryan Anderson had the worst game of his career with 0 points on 0 for 8 FG shooting.
Lastly, the Celtics were perfect in 19 free throw attempts. This was the ninth time in franchise history that a Magic opposing team was perfect from the FT line, and the second-most makes without a miss.
Here's how the Magic shot and scored each quarter: First Quarter: 6 of 18 FG (33.3%), 0 for 3 on threes, 8 for 8 on free throws for 20 points (Warning: it goes downhill from here). Second Quarter: 5 of 20 FG (25%), 2 of 5 on threes, 4 of 6 on free throws for 16 points. Third Quarter: 2 of 11 FGs (18.2%), 2 of 7 on threes, 4 of 10 on free throws for 10 points. Fourth Quarter: 3 of 16 FGs (18.8%), 0 for 1 on threes, 4 of 6 on free throws for 10 points.
First Half: 11 of 38 FG shooting (28.9%), 2 for 8 on threes, 12 of 14 on free throws for 36 points. Second half: 5 of 27 FGs (18.5%), 2 of 8 on threes, 8 of 16 on free throws for 20 points.
How bad of a game was this for the Magic? In the second half, the Magic had more than three times as many turnovers (17) than made field goals (5).
I hope it's a long, long time before the Magic have a game coming close to how bad they were in this game.
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I think that this was the worst game I have ever seen the Magic play.
I remember the previous Magic lowest point total game against Cleveland too. I never thought I’d see the day…
Also, it is almost funny that the Magic shot 25% in three-pointers and were better from three than from two.
ugh…
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by aTasteLikeBurning on Jan 24, 2012 4:13 AM EST reply actions
championship stuff from the team last night
can’t wait for all the trade guff that will undoubtedly follow it.
It was an ugly game.
Boston mostly struggled, but it’s somewhat excused by the fact they were missing so many players, and masked by Orlando’s even poorer performance.
Dwight scored 18, but O’Neal and Garnett did a good job pestering him, and his 5/6 FT start was an anomaly, and he drastically regressed to the mean. I don’t have the stats to back this up, but Jameer Nelson was utterly owned by Avery Bradley.
Wow that was ugly
And the Brandon Bass trade looks horrible after this game. Well, everything looks horrible after this game. I think this is one of those games you just put behind you and move on.
Bass has been more efficient this year offensively.
But he’s still bad defensively, and overall the team has played better this year without him than last year with him. The trade can’t be judged off one game.
"We just want to chill" - Chris Bosh.
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by slickw143 on Jan 24, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Can't say i agree with you
The glen trade is looking worse and worse each game. and my problem is we could have gotten something better then glen(who’s been suckin since last year). or kept bass.
Glen plays great defense and we also got Wafer. If there's one thing we need on this team, it's another low defender other than Dwight and a player that can produce off the dribble
We effectively got both of those players out of Bass, who just put up ill-advised shots while in a Magic uniform
"If Dwight spent more time practicing and less time b!tching, then maybe he’d be playing a little better." -My Mom
by BigMac12111 on Jan 24, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
plus a $4.25M trade exception
…Bass’ impact is visible on stat sheet; which is fine for Boston but not the Magic.
What the Magic needed was hustle player, someone who brought:
- defensive intensity
- off the bench energy
- rebounding and second chance opportunities
- someone to set solid screens
- a player that knows how and does take charges
- someone who will dive on the floor and get the loose ball
- a PF/C that can back up Dwight without the team going off a cliff defensive
in other words the Magic needed a player that does what what no other player on this team has done in a while (at least with any consistency) – he does all the dirty work and that energy is infectious. Bass does nothing outside of consistent top of the key jumpers and ok rebounding as long as he’s matched vs a lesser player. None of what Davis does shows up on a box score the way that Bass’ scoring will – but it does show up in the Win column.
by MagicLA on Jan 24, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh Bullsh*t
we traded for glen because dwight wanted him.(for some odd reason) bass is overall the better player (to me anyway) and coming off the fact that he was getting worse last season and even worse this season is making that look just bad.
bass is the better player overall
but Glen fits our team needs better…but i agree, maybe we could have gotten a better deal, but gettin Glen and Wafer as our safety guard aint bad
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by supermantotherescue on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bass is better in a system where he can free wheel.
Or in a lineup where he’s not surrounded by 4 other better offensive options. Davis is a much better defensive player, and he doesn’t let a lack of shots or touches affect his game. He also understands the concepts of defensive rotations, which Bass couldn’t grasp. Also, I have not seen Davis try to post up right next to Dwight while he was posting someone up already, which I saw Bass do a handful of times.
Look at the team records, don’t try to pin this all on one game. Also, Davis’ FG% is poor this year, but if you’ve been watching the games, you can see that in the 2nd unit, he’s ended up with the ball in his hands with the shot clock winding down a ton. He’s had to force a lot of shots this year, and that’s not his game.
Oh yeah, and we got Wafer, who’s streaky but has helped us win a couple games already. And it’s allowed Ryan to start and average 18 pts/gm (Bass isn’t capable of that on a half-way decent team). But hey, if you want to argue that the 7-9 team got the better of the 12-5 team in a trade, then be my guest.
"We just want to chill" - Chris Bosh.
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by slickw143 on Jan 25, 2012 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
and the 2-15 Wizards beat the 14-3 Thunder
one game means nothing, when it happens consistently then there’s a problem.
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by malenko on Jan 25, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You're right.
I’m sure every Boston fan would much prefer having a 7-9 record but win an argument about who’s better between two role players than be 12-5. You got me there.
Also, obligatory “lol 1 game means extremely little”.
"We just want to chill" - Chris Bosh.
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by slickw143 on Jan 25, 2012 11:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How many championship rings does Bass have?
Davis has one and he was a crucial component of the TEAM chemistry and performance…
…if you are drafting for a fantasy league, by all means take Bass – but if your are building a real world team you take the player that makes your whole team better.
by MagicLA on Jan 25, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
wow, seriously?
At 22, Davis was very much a part of that championship TEAM. He wasn’t the star and he has never been a stat stuffer. The only number that shows up is that Boston won 66 games in the regular season and won the NBA championship. He played in 69 reg season games and 17 playoff games averaging 14 mpg – behind hall of famer Kevin Garnett.
You might not think Davis was a key part of that team and the following years in which they were at the top of the NBA pack, but the legendary NBA franchise of Boston thinks you are totally wrong:
by MagicLA on Jan 25, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I got my information from a big boston fan. My uncle
From what he told me in the playoffs 2008 glen averaged 8 minutes a game with 4 pts per game and played one game in the finals against the the lakers. so yeah non-factor. try in bring him up all you want but the fact still remains that we traded a good player for almost nothing.
So because Rivers played KG till his bones bled in the Finals..
Invalidates his contributions leading up to that point in the season? Does it invalidate the 15.8 pts and 5.6 boards he contributed starting in KG’s place on a team who still played tough despite having a depleted front line? Or the meaningful minutes he played the next year as Boston went back to the Finals?
I guess so, since what your uncle says goes.
"We just want to chill" - Chris Bosh.
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by slickw143 on Jan 26, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
glen was very effective in both runs that resulted in a Finals appearance. even the year that KG was hurt in 09, Glen filled in starting effectively. as much as i complained about BBD, I did recognize what he did well and I appreciated it a lot. as for last year, idk. his black hole status is not missed one bit and I am thankful for Bass’s height, athleticism and his jumper. the C’s definitely needed more of that.
SAVE THE PLANET. GO GREEN!
by CaliforniaGreen on Jan 26, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Bass is 2 inches shorter than Davis, but love his height anyway.
I'm torn. Is JJ Redick the White Mamba or the White Ray Allen?
Are you just trying to see how many wrong things you can say before you get called out?
Because there’s a lot of calling out being done. You can probably stop now.
I like to watch.
by MoveThoseChains on Jan 25, 2012 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
Just about everything
but don’t worry its the internet
What exactly am i wrong about
the fact that we wouldn’t have gotten glen if dwight never mention wanting him. that we could have packaged bass with somebody else to get a #2 guy for this team to help dwight and turk. the fact i never liked this trade in the 1st place. just because i don’t agree with you guys doesn’t mean i’m wrong
Who could we have packaged with Bass to get a #2 guy? And who would this #2 guy be?
We probably wouldn’t have gotten Glen, but we did need someone with his skill-set for this team (energy, defender, low-post presence) and we would’ve gotten someone like that one way or the other. On top of that, we got Wafer who looks like he could really produce if we could trade one of the guards in front of him. Are either players All-Stars? No. Was Bass? No. It’s not like we traded JJ for OJ Mayo where we lost a guy with a lot of promise who was a great contributor for a guy who hasn’t proven that he can play at the level. If anything, we could make the case that the Celtics did that by trading Davis for Bass. All in all, we traded a guy who shoots mostly jumpshots for another guy who shoots mostly jumpshots. The huge difference though is that Davis can play defense and actually takes the ball to the basket like a big man should. And on top of all that, we also got a SG who can create off the dribble. I’m not saying that this trade was the best ever or anything of the sort, but the Magic definitely got better by doing it and that’s all that really matters.
"If Dwight spent more time practicing and less time b!tching, then maybe he’d be playing a little better." -My Mom
by BigMac12111 on Jan 26, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Media is going to eat us alive after this game!
I’ve seen high school kids play better than anyone not named Dwight Howard that was dressed in a Magic uniform last night.
Why is it D-12 is asking for more quality help or trade him?? hmmmmmm
Dwight was terrible last night, too
Don’t let him off the hook for this miserable game. We went to him consistently in the 3rd quarter (the times when we were able to get the ball past half court), and he failed to deliver multiple times. He should have feasted on Garnett, O’Neal, and Stiemsma. But he couldn’t even score against Bass last night.
His D in the second half was terrible too
Gave up completely. Don’t want to read too much into one game, but this was not positive for Magic, long term.
They have a rematch in a few games.
We’ll see if they come out angry…
by The BBQ Chicken Madness on Jan 24, 2012 10:01 AM EST reply actions
*stares*
I…I am completely speechless. I have never been more grateful for missing a game than I am now. Jesus…
WHAT THE HELL?!?!
I'm a girl.
NO GIANT SQUID = GIANT UPSET.. :)
Nothing personal. It's just revenge.
by Mr_Major on Jan 24, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
We will stop rec'ing it when it stops being true.
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by aTasteLikeBurning on Jan 24, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
it's not my fault they lost!
I'm a girl.
by TheGiantSquid on Jan 24, 2012 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
*sigh*
Should’ve used more PnR….
"If Dwight spent more time practicing and less time b!tching, then maybe he’d be playing a little better." -My Mom
The first half was awful but there is no excuse for the second half getting even worse, especially after two days of rest and some practice time.
This game is done and over with … it really matter how they respond tonight against a quality team.
You read all these stats, and if you saw the game you can only come to the following conclusion:
and not a single [expletive] was given that day.
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by North of the South on Jan 24, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions
Nobody showed up for that game.
We looked like scrubs out there. This team is so inconsistent. Even Dwight, Ryan, and JJ had bad games and they’re our most consistent players. Just a bad game. Let’s move on to the next one. I better not see this performance again from anyone.
Live, Laugh, Love
I said before the season that it will be weird at times.
That was beyond bizarre. I didn’t think I’d see something as bad as Billy Cundiff’s kick for a long time, but the entire Magic roster sure proved me wrong. I’m not even mad though, I thought they were still trying in the second half. As Stan said, they were still playing D, they were just horribly inept on O. Stan is at fault too for us not adjusting to the pressure they were putting on us.
Either way, I really don’t put much stock in this game, besides the fact that Jameer doesn’t have the stamina to handle consistent full court pressure. Most PG’s don’t have the stamina to consistently apply it. Tonight’s a new game, and we’ve beaten better teams than both Boston and Indiana already this year.
"We just want to chill" - Chris Bosh.
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