Orlando Pinstriped Post - Magic at Celtics: Rebuilding teams meet again MondayAn Orlando Magic blog with news, rumors, analysis, and commentaryhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/21281/orlando-fave.jpg2013-11-11T23:57:31-05:00http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/rss/stream/48547192013-11-11T23:57:31-05:002013-11-11T23:57:31-05:00Watch: Magic move the ball, create an open three
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<p>On one Magic possession from Monday's loss, the second-year forward benefitted from unselfish passing.</p> <p>There aren't many positives the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> can take away from Monday's 120-105 loss to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a>, a performance in which they yielded 60 percent shooting from the field, but one play from the first quarter at least stands out.</p>
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<p>Leading by a point, <span>Arron Afflalo</span> takes a missed shot up the right side of the floor, back to the middle, and then to the right again using a series of screens from <span>Nik Vučević</span>. After stopping at the right elbow, he finds <span>Maurice Harkless</span> on the left wing, and the second-year forward immediately drives to the middle around another Vučević screen. Recognizing an opening, Harkless picks up his dribble at the foul line hits the rolling Vučević inside, but Boston meets him with a double-team. Vučević finds <span>Jameer Nelson</span> on the weak side, and the veteran point guard astutely swings the ball back to Afflalo near the top of the arc. Afflalo dishes to a wide-open Harkless on the left wing for the first of his two triples on the night.</p>
<p>The unselfish passing kept Boston's defense scrambling and created an open look for the St. John's product, who finished the night shooting 8-of-15 (53.3 percent) from the outside in 2013/14, a marked improvement over his 27.4 percent mark as a rookie.</p>
<p>Had Harkless missed this shot, <span>Jason Maxiell</span>--the only Magic player not to touch the ball on this trip--had great position for an offensive rebound and a putback.</p>
<p>The Magic had 27 assists on their 39 baskets on Monday, so selfishness wasn't a concern. Turnovers were the real culprit, as Boston converted the Magic's 19 into 22 points.</p>
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https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/videos/2013/11/11/5094304/orlando-magic-video-highlight-2013-maurice-harkless-three-passing-celticsEvan Dunlap2013-11-11T21:52:08-05:002013-11-11T21:52:08-05:00Bradley catches fire as Celtics top Magic, 120-105
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<p>Orlando fell to Boston for the second time in less than a week.</p> <p><span>Avery Bradley</span> led the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a> to a 120-105 win against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> on Monday, sending Orlando to its third straight defeat. Bradley erupted in the third quarter, scoring 10 of his 24 points on 4-of-4 shooting as Boston extended its lead to as much as 15 points.</p>
<p><span>Arron Afflalo</span> scored 18 points to lead six Magic players in double figures, while <span>Victor Oladipo</span> scored 10 of his 17 in the fourth quarter, shooting 4-of-10 from the field, with the outcome no longer in question. <span>Nik Vučević</span> had a quietly effective performance, with 15 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, and three steals. His defensive activity was a plus in a game filled with minuses from his team at that end. Perhaps no indictment of Orlando's defense is stronger than the fact that Boston shot 25-of-33 (75.6 percent) in the painted area on Monday, with second-year big man <span>Jared Sullinger</span> going 7-of-8 for most of the damage.</p>
<p>The Celtics' win against Orlando on Friday was a hard-fought, low-scoring game they had to grind out with defense and transition buckets; in contrast, they lit up the Magic's poor defense Monday with 60 percent shooting overall, using decisive passing and just plain good shot-making to cruise to victory.</p>
<p>The Magic's 19 turnovers--four from Afflalo, who is usually surer-handed--led to 22 Celtics points. </p>
<p>Between their own sloppy offense and porous defense, the Magic can't take many positives from this game. The bottom-line lesson here--that the team can ill-afford to commit live-ball turnovers--isn't a new one. A particular bugaboo is Magic players simply throwing passes wide of their targets; it's not an issue of making poor reads, but just not hitting the intended recipient squarely in the hands.</p>
<p>There's no shame losing to a team that plays as cohesively as Boston does, especially not on the road. But Orlando should have been more up to the challenge tonight than it was.</p>
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<p>Orlando's two-game roadtrip wraps Monday in Boston.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> finish a two-game roadtrip Monday when they visit the TD Garden to take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a>.</p>
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<table class="sbnu-legacy-content-table" cellspacing="5" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5"><tbody> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3">2013/2014 NBA Season</th></tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/incurock31/3QC/Logos%20non-gifs/ORL__zps606f5ea5.jpg" width="120" height="80" alt="Orlando Magic main logo"></center></td> <th align="center" width="20">@</th> <td width="240"><center><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/incurock31/3QC/Logos%20non-gifs/BOS__zps7058ac00.jpg" width="120" height="80" alt="Boson Celtics main logo"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240"><center>3-4 (0-3 road)<br>Lost 2</center></td> <th align="center" width="20"></th> <td width="240"><center>3-4 (1-1 home)<br>Won 3</center></td> </tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>November 11th, 2013</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>TD Garden</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>7:30 PM</strong></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><strong>Fox Sports Florida / 580 AM</strong></td></tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>Possible Starters</strong></th></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Jameer Nelson</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PG</th> <td width="240"><span>Jordan Crawford</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Arron Afflalo</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SG</th> <td width="240"><span>Avery Bradley</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Maurice Harkless</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">SF</th> <td width="240"><span>Jeff Green</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Jason Maxiell</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">PF</th> <td width="240"><span>Brandon Bass</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240"><span>Nik Vučević</span></td> <th align="center" width="20">C</th> <td width="240"><span>Kelly Olynyk</span></td> </tr> <tr><th align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="3"><strong>2012/13 Advanced Stats</strong></th></tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">92.2 (T-14th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">Pace</th> <td width="240">91.7 (16th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">101.6 (27th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">ORtg</th> <td width="240">103.1 (24th)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="240">109.1 (25th)</td> <th align="center" width="20">DRtg</th> <td width="240">103.3 (7th)</td> </tr> <tr><th height="20" colspan="3" bgcolor="silver"></th></tr> </tbody></table>
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<p>Three days after the Celtics ended the Magic's three-game winning streak, the teams meet again in Boston.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/">Orlando Magic</a> end their two-game roadtrip Monday with a visit to TD Garden to take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Boston Celtics</a>, just three days after their last meeting.</p>
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<p><strong>Orlando's last time out</strong>: The Magic dropped their second consecutive game Saturday, 104-94, in a visit to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> on the second night of a back-to-back. <span>Arron Afflalo</span> kept up his hot start to the season, scoring an efficient 23 for the Magic, but his teammates did not pick up the slack. <span>Jeff Teague</span> led Atlanta with 19 points and 13 assists, while <span>Mike Scott</span> added 17 off the bench in one of the finest performances of his young career.</p>
<p><strong>Boston's last time out</strong>: The Celtics picked up their third straight win Saturday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.hothothoops.com/">Miami Heat</a>, getting the one-point victory as <span>Jeff Green</span> drilled a three-pointer over <span>LeBron James</span> in the right corner with no time on the clock. The trey was Green's fifth of the night and gave him 24 points. Six Heat players scored in double-figures, but Boston's edge in 10-5 edge in three-point baskets, and 39-31 edge on the boards were enough to compensate.</p>
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<p><strong>The last meeting</strong>: The Celtics forced the Magic to commit 20 turnovers on Friday when the teams met in Orlando, leading to 25 Boston points in a 91-89 loss. <span>Brandon Bass</span> had 16 points and seven boards, while <span>Avery Bradley</span> had 14 points, eight rebounds, and three steals himself in the upset win. Afflalo scored 23 points.</p>
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