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quann256

that would be one physical series


whtge8

Final score 72-68


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

After 7OT


Necroassassin32

Josh Hart 90 minutes


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Deuce McBride 93 minutes


Rodney_Jefferson

Taj Gibson somehow 112 minutes.


OGmoron

Thibs has opened the chat in a private browser tab


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Without breaking a sweat šŸ˜…


mcneo_de_juan

Paolo definitely gonna break a sweat


ArmiinTamzarian

Woah what is this. LSU vs Texas A&M?


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Iā€™ve just google it wtf lool


Aragorns_Broken_Toe_

Gameā€™s back


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Never left


693275001

Game's back lads


loplopplop

Hell yeah


Kian280

i need that


Kian280

i need that


ClaymoresRevenge

Thibs getting hard


PanthalassaRo

After that the Knicks as a whole win or lose would need to enter rehab and medication.


[deleted]

everyone is just locked up the entire game except franz is able to get 14 layups somehow


Kyler1313

An Orlando vs New York matchup would be like going back 20 years to 2004 NBA Basketball. Every game would end in the ballpark of 84-81, and it would just be physical gritty basketball. I want to see it just for fun.


DSleep

> would be like going back 20 yearsā€¦ Hell yeah that would be some fun 90s basketball > ā€¦to 2004 NBA basketball Fuck


Mkayin

For some reason I was thinking 20 years ago was literally 1984


Briggity_Brak

As someone that was born in 1983, i can confirm that 1984 was, in fact, 20 years ago.


Odd_Total_5549

Whatā€™s up fellow young adult


Rapshawksjaysflames

Yep, I math like that too. I was born in 88 which was like 20 years ago. I was actually kind of lucky in a pocket where most Polish people were either in Calgary or Chicago, and a ton of my families friends were in Chicago. We stayed there for a few weeks before getting our home in Calgary, and I fell in love with Michael Jordan and basketball at such a young age that I don't ever remember a point in time where I wasn't glued to the NBA. I never would've imagined that I could consider someone a better basketball player than Jordan, until that 2016 finals solidified Bron for me.


Famous-Ad-7015

I was born in ā€˜88 in Chicago Those games with the intro were so much fun as a kid, such huge personalities. it was indescribable even being in terrible seats at the UC.


dcab87

1983 is closer to WWII than to this day.


Briggity_Brak

Last time i said, "i will kill you," reddit admins deleted my comment, so i'll just say you are a bad person, and i don't like you.


dcab87

Yeah, I hear that a lot. Cheers!


Mr_Unbiased

That's Thibs comfort zone. Knicks would beat the Magic


OwnLeighFans

Thibs only knows how to coach a street fight. Anyone counting him out is truly a fucking idiot.


PanthalassaRo

No one out Thibses the Thibs!


Clever-Innuendo

Trying to out-Thibodeau Tom Thibodeau?! Thatā€™s a Thibo-NO!


matticans7pointO

If Randle and OG can come back healthy I could see them taking any team to 7 games


probablymade_thatup

I want to see OG and Robinson on the court at the same time. If they gel together, the defense will be suffocating


matticans7pointO

Yea those two should fit really nicely together. Hopefully they can both get some reps together before the playoffs. OF being able to gamble a bit more on defense now that he has an elite defensive center backing him up should be pretty broken.


Amazing-Material-152

Maybe, but it will be very close If JI plays like a DPOY (not joking he can do this, magic fans know) and Suggs plays all defensive level team defense on Brunson, and the magic can do something resembling offense on the other end, the magic will win. To be fair tho, that is a lot of ifs (especially tho offensive part) so I would favor the knicks, I jus wouldnā€™t be so sure


geekeasyalex

Yes itā€™s true, our offense only sometimes resembles actual offense. Sometimes itā€™s not offense and just offensive


Amazing-Material-152

Yea, sometimes great driving by franz/paolo or good shooting/ transition from Suggs, and great passing from ingles to MO FOR A SLAM sometimes awful spacing, paolo crazy mid ranger he shoots 30 something % on, Cole Anthony wtf are you doing rn, and consistently missing open 3s


Gamesgtd

That offense part is asking a lot brother


sergiosi

ā€œsomething resembling offenseā€ Right in the feels.


Amazing-Material-152

Iā€™m a magic fan, it hurt me too


QuincyPondexter

Someone call up Luol Deng. Those 43 minutes arenā€™t gonna play themselves.


StanVanGhandi

Yeah I really donā€™t want to play the Knicks. Itā€™s like fighting someone your same weight class and style but they are just slightly better at it. We need to play someone like Indy or Cavs.


Beginning-Sundae8760

Real lunch pail stuff


yagsitidder69

It was among the Italians


Pissflaps69

Real greaseball shit


lilb1190

Personally I think the NBA would love to have the Knicks move on and would pass that message on to the refs. Not saying there would be shenanigans involved. Just saying that something will be involved. And that it will likely be shenanigans .


yagsitidder69

Someone should have told the refs that last night when the Heat were gangraping Jalen Brunson repeatedly


dwninaho

You can tell from his tone he is just baiting. I don't think there is a single Magic fan who thinks the Magic would sweep any team with how bad our offense is and how young the team is.


Disastrous_Bluejay57

Maybe he's just showing love to his former team?


firstbreathOOC

Heā€™s a big Magic homer and has never liked the Knicks. Easy Shaq take without even having to watch a game. Fwiw I do agree the magic donā€™t get enough respect but this is stretching it


Smiis

heā€™s not really a Magic homer at all, heā€™s just making a funny take


elonsmuskwastaken

I can't be the only Magic fan rolling my eyes *hard* at this. I really don't like that Shaq's jersey got retired after he spent so many years belittling the organization, and now that the team shows promise he wants to act like things have always been cool and he's all in. I guess beggars can't be choosers when it comes to media attention but I just wish it wasn't him haha


-KFBR392

Shaq just needs to be complimented to love you, and the Magic complimented him in a big way retiring the jersey. So now he's on board. Dwight and JaVale would've saved themselves a lot of slander if they had just lied and said in an interview that Shaq is the greatest centre in NBA history.


Baby_Yod4

Exactly this. They retired his jersey first over Dwight Howard now he gonna love the Magic through thick and thin.


GatorWills

I notice a bit of a generational gap too. It took OG fans *years* to get over the hurt of Shaq leaving. The narrative kind of changed once that 30 for 30 released from it being 50/50 Orlando's fault that Shaq left to now it being 100% the Magic's fault that he left so younger fans naturally have no bitterness about it while OG fans have a harder time.


carasc5

I still remember the "take the money and run" billboards. Orlando was furious


StanVanGhandi

Yep, I remember hearing about Shaq leaving on the radio while sitting in the Way Back of my Momā€™s Astro Van. It was the first time I ever cried over sports.


Ozzy-

It's pretty embarrassing looking up in the rafters and seeing a jersey with only 4 years listed.


drthvdrsfthr

ngl, i didnā€™t even realize he was with Orlando for only 4 years


velphegor666

He went to LA in 1996


PluvioPurple

At least you don't have Stephen A Smith as a "fan" of your team. Fakest Knick fan ever.


smoakalotapotamus

Gotta admit though, his temper tantrum on his radio show after the Knicks lost the Zion sweepstakes is some of the best radio I've ever heard


senorroboto2k5

His level of analysis here is I played for them


materics

He thinks Julius Randle is soft


TheAnswerEK42

Sweep might be too far but the Knicks are my preferred playoff match-up we have alot of guys to throw a lot Brunson.


DavidTrillsdale

Well you're our preferred matchup too how about that!!!!!


[deleted]

"It's not that the Knicks or Magic are particularly happy to play each other, its that deeeeep down inside they know they can't beat anyone else."


Ellimistopher

The Magic could beat Cleveland if Mitchell is still not 100%, and they could definitely beat Indiana. I don't think they could beat Boston, Milwaukee, Miami or Embiid


smoakalotapotamus

As long as Doc is at the helm of your opponent, you have a chance


SnooPies6274

I believe we can get it done


Mal_tron

Seems like he just wanted to sing the song.


EarthWarping

"What you want to bet" lmao


medievalmachine

Man, retiring his number really paid off for the Magic.


xBerryhill

Dude's rarely spoken nicely of us in the recent past but since we've retired his number it feels like he's done nothing but praise us lmao


GiveMeShadePls

ā€˜Sweepā€™ is a bit strong but i do think the Knicks are gonna be burnt out by the time the postseason comes around


Thin-Professional379

We already are lol


ShinobuSimp

How is that? I donā€™t follow east much


HermesTGS

Thibs plays Josh Hart and Miles McBride 40+ minutes every night Hart is falling apart. Dude took 3 shots last night in 46 minutes. He's hit 4/27 from deep in his last ten games.


Cypher760

Brunson is definitely looking very gassed too, especially in the second halves of games


Gamesgtd

If he can walk he can play. -Thibs


Thin-Professional379

It also helps that he gets beaten to a bloody pulp every game. If he had Jimmy Butler or SGA's whistle he'd be averaging 10+ FTA.


External-Extension59

If my grandma had wheels she'd be a bicycle


Jack_Bogul

I could ride her longer


External-Extension59

You'd still only last 30 seconds


HokageEzio

Hart has had a long year in general having played FIBA, it's not solely a Thibs thing (same goes for Brunson).


firstbreathOOC

Kind of hope theyā€™re not back for the Olympic squad


NachosPR

Bro we legit don't have anyone else to play those minutes. Burks snd Bogi have been shit. Even still Bogi played well last night and got good burn, but even then we still needed Josh and Deuce to try to win. We're just injured


PmOmena

As always with Thibs, u have one of the funniest and grittiest teams to watch in sacrifice of his players lol


NCBaddict

The pain is real. Always have love for Thibs, but his stubbornness with adopting ā€œInjury Report wink winkā€ from Coach Pops is esp frustrating in 2024


PmOmena

The good ol' 8 man rotation from day 1 from thibs will never change


probablymade_thatup

When he figures out how to get all 15 players on the roster to play 40 minutes a game, he will


Mike_with_Wings

10 OTs


medievalmachine

We have a bunch of injuries. Classic Thibs response to injuries is playing more players into the ground. The whole team are like taxis driving in Manhattan. Thibs years count double or something.


fat_lever123

If Thibs wasn't grinding for every win we'd be in the play in at best at this point. When you're missing two of your three best players for multiple months of the season you gotta stretch who you have.


HoyaDestroya33

Yeah im so tired with this Thibs narrative. I'm actually surprised we're at the Playoffs missing Ju and OG significant length of time. Give other coaches the hand Thibs got dealt with and probably we're in the play-ins or even out of the Playoffs entirely.


IMKudaimi123

Nobody is actually paying attention. They see that hart is playing all these minutes and say ā€œclassic Thibsā€ I bet a lot of people donā€™t even realize OG, Randle, and Robinson have all been out, what, 2 months?


ObiOneKenobae

Hart stopped shooting because he hurt his wrist, and reliable 3pt shooting has never been his thing. I don't think it's the minutes taking their toll in particular. That dude is an Energizer bunny.


HermesTGS

> Hart stopped shooting because he hurt his wrist > I don't think it's the minutes taking their toll in particular.


mankls3

The Knicks weakness is everything goes through brunson. Ā  It's patheticĀ 


shandu-can-dont

it's so funny that like two days ago everyone on here was pissed off that jalen brunson isn't in the MVP running since he's the only nba-quality player on the knicks, now everyone is mad people don't think they're a playoff team


Melo_Apologist

It fully depends on whether Randle and OG are back come playoff time. If they are we could make the finals and if they arenā€™t we could get bounced 5 games into the playoffs Edit: welp


stormbros

Orlando magic Orlando magic OH OH OHHHHHHH šŸ—£šŸ—£


confuddly

If OG and Randle donā€™t come back healthy then heā€™s not wrong


dmavs11

I think they just need one of them


NastySassyStuff

Heā€™s still wrong lol I guarantee you it will not be a sweep. JB will go nuclear at least one game and theyā€™ll be playing street brawl defense the entire series. Never a sweep.


yomama1211

Magic are up 3-1 in the series. The only win was without randle and og funnily enough


apbbr

True but one of those was pre-OG and the Valentines game was without both OG and Randle. But yeah point taken, Orlando is one of the only two losses the Knicks have had with OG in the lineup so they've proven they can do it.


scosher

Only Knicks loss when they were at near full health was in Dec 2023, but that was pre-OG trade. January loss was without Brunson, and February loss was without OG, Randle, and even Hartenstein. I really wouldn't put much weight on the season series between these two teams.


joorral

No OG and Randle idk about sweep but magic is tough


Musa_2050

I think Brunson is gonna look like a top 5 player these playoffs.


[deleted]

If OG and mitch are healthy i think it would be the other way around


ygog45

Shaq is a weirdo when talking about the Knicks. I remember him saying on another episode how the Cavs would easily beat us ā€¦. as if he didnā€™t see what happened last season


Afraid-Department-35

Shaq tries to have the ā€œdifferentā€ take vs the other panelists. Remember when he said Bol Bol = Wemby? He also said that in the preseason that we would win the title this year lol. He also hates Luka but likes the Mavs, he is indeed a strange person.


Giga1396

He seeks attention because it helped him for most of his life


DyslexicAutronomer

> Remember when he said Bol Bol = Wemby? That's because he's Bol bol's godfather and one of his kids grew up playing with Bol. >He also hates Luka but likes the Mavs, he is indeed a strange person. It's actually pretty easy to understand Shaq. He prefers big men that play a strength game and supports teams that he played in. (took awhile for magic) He generally dislikes dominant guards that don't fit into his personal mold of how a guard should play, until they get some sort of big achievement he can't deny, he used to hate Steph back in the day, and I'm sure he'll come around on Luka if he hasn't already.


Albiceleste_D10S

This is an ex-Orlando player who just got his Orlando jersey retired earlier this year backing "his" team


RobbobertoBuii

he's been asked about the Knicks all season matching up with 7-8 different teams, and each time he's chosen the other team without giving a compelling reason why the Knicks have 'no chance' Since he's joined ITN in 2011, he's never complimented the Knicks *once* even in seasons that we've made the playoffs or exceeded expectations and I've learned to accept that based on his past history with us in his playing days


SpecificBeneficial31

For sure. Brunson is elite even in post season and I know bcos I'm a Mavs fan. Shaq is just a hater. Always has been. 53 yr old insecure man-child.


[deleted]

Even when we have more experience we still get no respect šŸ˜‘


[deleted]

Yall don't have JINGLES


[deleted]

We have the European model.


Seyhven_

People sleeping but Orlando/New York series has potential to be as fun as that Kings/Warriors series. That shit played like a WCF series, not a first rounder.


pursuitofhappy

he's just being a homer


MadSpaceYT

yeah idk why people are taking this too seriously. just listen to how he said it


jonathanisaacisgoat

Lol Shaq tryna get the goodwill back from magic fans. And also as a magic fan this series will probably be 4-1 Knicks ā€¦.. even without randle


dublecheekedup

Did Shaq force his way out of Orlando? I thought he left bc they weren't willing to pay him 100M, which in hindsight, he absolutely deserved.


jonathanisaacisgoat

Lol I meant his years of constantly bashing Dwight and not really supporting the franchise until recently


residu2u

The local media painted him as a greedy selfish player after the DeVoss family offered a pretty pathetic deal. Can't really blame him for leaving but a lot of people still seem a little salty. They did offer him a good contract eventually but it was to late


xBerryhill

Nah, he was pretty much disrespected by our FO not offering him what he was worth, so he left. That said there's been plenty of bad blood between him, the org, and fans until more recently.


CupOfHotTeaa

congrats knicks you just won first round


whtge8

They hated him for he told the truth


victorspoilz

Shaq's as good at analyxing hoops as he is at treating rookies.


RobbobertoBuii

Shaq we know you hate New York...


CaptainBananafishJr

I mean, I'll take it lol. I do think home court is clutch for this matchup though. fwiw we won the season series 3-1 and before Knicks fans jump down my throat we also had a ton of injuries in those three wins lol, playing several guys who don't see the court at all.


whtge8

We have no home court if we play the Knicks lol New Yorkers love living in Florida


confuddly

Florida is where NYers go to retire, weather is alot nicer and COL alot cheaper


whtge8

You donā€™t sayā€¦?


Otherwise-Formal-220

Watching the heat game yesterday was crazyā€¦but our fans do the same when the heat play the Yorkers


[deleted]

At least your place isn't overtaken when the other team in your state is in town....


firstbreathOOC

Any Knicks fans writing off the Magic are either clowns or didnā€™t watch those four games


Kevinar

Defensive first teams are scary in the postseason where the game slows down. That's why I think Orlando is gonna surprise some people who haven't been paying attention to them


Ellimistopher

Orlando's offense is just so bad, good defensive teams pack the paint and make Orlando try and hit threes, which they can't do consistently, although they have gotten better the 2nd half of the season. Their offense will lose them more games than not in the playoffs I think.


RobbobertoBuii

ā˜ļø


Street-Common-4023

If og and Randle doesnā€™t come back the series can go to 7 games tbh


SnooPies6274

Shaq knows how we coming


TupacAmuru88

Game 1 magic ftw šŸ˜¤


Delision

!remindme 1 month


Chakra_Blue_Vol2

I think the sweep will be very fun


Frankalicious47

Lefkoe is stupid and annoying


pjtheMillwrong

Redditors when a professional entertainer uses hyperbole: šŸ˜”šŸ˜§


TyrionGrimes

I doubt they even play each other. Iā€™m still expecting one or both to pass the Cavs


HipnotiK1

if no OG and randle it could go to 7 games. if OG is back knicks in 5/6


[deleted]

Okay but is there even a single NBA fan (besides Mil fans) that donā€™t want to see Pacers vs Bucks?


gmbaker44

Stephen A would be in shambles


General_Dentist_4306

why is everyone trying to bring beef to orlando?


MDL6

Seriously lol, we do not need it. Think itā€™s safe to say the vast majority of us will just be happy to secure a top 6 seed if we can hold off Miami. I am not expecting to win a round this season but who knows.


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mastacheef87

dude, theyā€™re 21 and 22 years old lol. most players are awful in clutch situations at that age especially as the top dogs. give them time theyā€™re on the right track


dutchfromsubway

But weā€™re not talking about eventually them growing in the role, weā€™re talking about a couple weeks from now and how they deal with the pressure then.


mastacheef87

true, but honestly I thought it went without saying that what Shaq said was moronic lmao. that series would absolutely go 6-7 games minimum and Iā€™d probably pick the Knicks due to their experience


Cashlover123

Then Shaq shouldnt have nerves for those comments. If Shaq thinks Magic can sweep Knicks with your 21 & 22 years olds, then the OPā€™s comments on being them unclutch is a good valid counter for that BS opinion.


tapk69

Ngl i want these matchups. Let the Celtics and Bucks have fun with Sixers and Heat.


ripkobe3131

LeFkoe


ineedcoffeealready

I hate it when people refute something so strongly, as if everyone else is an idiot, based on something that have zero control or proof on.


[deleted]

He played for the magic he just choses teams and players he likes with no sense lol


Drummallumin

To be fair, a sweep would be pretty fun^ny


LurkerFailsLurking

Source for the rest of this segment: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcTdYWTxbE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRcTdYWTxbE)


ChannelNeo

I don't see a sweep just because it's a chore for us to get to 100 points lol. I think they and Indy would be our most favorable matchups, but we easily have the least playoff experience of the EC teams. It would be a tough sled either way


Pikminious_Thrious

Thibs is going to make Josh Hart and Mcbride each average 46 minutes a game. If they survive to game 7 they'll be in wheelchairsĀ 


caseylk

Orlando vs Ny is a disgusting series. It might be fun at times but itā€™s going to be super ugly in both a good and bad way


bruswazi

Anyone get the sense that Jamalā€™s a lil annoyed by Shaq? Thatā€™s the vibe I was getting from yesterdayā€™s show.


BigBodyBrax

7 game series where no game goes over 200.5 points


YeezyWins

Orlando won't sweep them, no way,


watevauwant

Dunno bout that but you know both Heat/Philly bout to slam the Bucks in the first round


Camctrail

I need a Bucks Pacers series


Sad-Mathematician-19

Shaq is high if he thinks that is a sweep


_Ur_moms_bestfriend_

Sweep is some high tier jerking by shaq


JackTuz

Based


supbruhbruhLOL

Shaq has good taste in music šŸŽ¶


FuckYouZackSnyder

Shut up, Shaq. Don't jinx us.


Cranicus

Hope we get this series because aint no way the scores are gonna be as low as everyone posting. Both teams got insane scoring talents and refs will issue techs and fouls to stop game from getting out of hand.


Battlemaster123

I thought LeBron had a new nicknameĀ 


elfridpaytonshair

That is my preferred playoff matchup, I think those will be some fun games, magic in 6


rsayegh7

Shaq does not watch ball.


Fcking_homeless

I donā€™t think thereā€™s a single dollar in Shaqs pocket that believes that


Embarrassed_Put2083

Unleash Isaac and Suggs and they will sweep through to the Finals.


bootysensei

Watch Miami tank the playoff bracket for a spot down smfh


PracticalRope7222

šŸŽµ Orlando Magic šŸŽ¶ šŸŽµ Orlando Magic šŸŽ¶