Magical search for answers for Cavs Beatdown: ‘You were a better team.’

Orlando, Florida – with a rescheduling against the Cleveland Cavaliers in a few hours, spent a few hours away, Orlando Magic Magic Jamahl Mosley spent his players reminding of what they can achieve.

He opened her game-day shootaround by showing video clips from one of her greatest victories: Game 6 victory last spring against the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. As Mosley told his boys, the film material illustrated the energy, focus and the intensity they needed to be successful, especially against an opponent at the highest level.

What turned out to be a painful, undeniable reality revealed what turned out on Tuesday evening: At the moment, this magical team is not comparable to the above -average squad, which has almost eliminated the last off -season. Cleveland has caught up one of its humiliating losses for years, a 122-82 droppings.

“You are better than we do,” said Magic striker Paolo Banchero. “You clicked on all cylinders. They talked, they communicated, they were sharp. You were a better team, so I wouldn’t even say that we are at this level. Last year was another year. “

Losing a game to the cavaliers is not a sin. With 48-10, the CAVs have the best plate of the NBA.

But to be completely dominated because the magic was Tuesday? That was a complete embarrassment.

“There is no rhyme or reason,” said Mosley. “We kicked our butt.”

Mosley bothered to give the Cavalier recognition, but he also recited the shortcomings of his team. Magic players do not conclude 3-point shooters as effectively as they normally do. They allowed the Cavs to collect too many offensive rebound. They allowed the Cavs to make a total of 56 percent of their shots and 19 out of 32 attempts (59 percent) from the 3-point area.

What should be most troubling for Orlando is his criminal offense in particular his 3-point shooting. The team made only five of his 28 3-point attempts on Tuesday; After this terrible achievement, magic made a league to a league this season. The last NBA team, which shoots so badly from beyond the arch, was the Charlotte Bobcats 2011-12, which only made 29.5 percent of their 3 Series and ended with a 7: 59 record in a Lockout season with the worst profit share in NBA history.

The difference between Orlando’s long -term firepower and the shooting ability of its opponents resembles the difference between tennis with a wooden bat from the 1970s and a modern, state -of -the -art racket. The inability of magic brings you in most nightly disadvantage.

Her top 3 point shooter this season is Center Moe Wagner, who had made 36 percent of his 3 Series before he had an ACL tear on December 21 at the end of the season. Thirteen teams overall have higher 3-point percentages than the best 3-point shooter of the Magic.

The Jamahl Mosleys team took second place on the defensive in NBA, but the 28th in the offensive assessment. (Russell Lansford / Imagn Pictures)

But why are so many players from Orlando, especially the acquisition of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a career, a 36.9 percent 3-point shooter before this season, which shoots an anemic 30.7 percent this season? Magic Coaches and Officials confused this question because the team generated many open and wide -open looks.

One of the problems is that the front office tended to prioritize the size of the position and defense against the shooting skills in the draft. Another of the two most important offensive players of the Magic, Banchero and Franz Wagner have missed extensive time this season with weird muscle cracks that prevented them from maintaining their conditioning and working on their shooting. Banchero, who had the serious injury, is still not close to his early form of the season.

Then there is another theory that was hypothesis when Banchero and Franz Wagner were injured. The magic had to play with such extreme efforts in the defense in order to be competitive that it required a cumulative tribute for the legs of the players, which in turn injured her shootout.

What is certain is that Magic Player is now internalizing her shooting bodies and pressing them.

“I think that was a problem in the season – self -confidence and maybe rethink some things,” said Franz Wagner. “But that’s the nature of the game, and that’s part of it, and everything you can really do is to work on your game, work hard and to trust it in the game and to live with the results. (Tuesday), I think we put down our heads. “

Orlando injured the absences of the sixth man Moe Wagner and the starting point Jalen Sugg. Without them, it is as if the magic is missing part of its essence. The team counts on both players for their energy and grit, but also on Wagner for his rating and Suggs for his perimeter defense, which often led through transitional assessment options. Suggs missed 13 consecutive games with the officials of team officials who describe a quadriceps splendor.

“These are two large parts of our team,” said Point Guard Cole Anthony, who put on his left knee on Tuesday evening. “We have to find our step. We have to get hot.

“I think there are a lot of hesitation when we all play. I think there are times when the crime does not flow as smoothly as we sometimes want. At the defensive end we don’t guard as well as we could probably. I think we just have to (have to) back to the drawing board. We just have to group new. “

The good news for Orlando is a 29:31 record despite its 3-point shooting and his injury to the injury throughout the season and is only four games in the eastern conference. The bad news is with only 22 remaining games, a gap in four games in the overall ranking is a large gap.

Mosley said his team was being restored for training on Wednesday and “going to work”.

“You come in the gym, you go to, you play, you practice, you will come one after the other,” said Mosley. “You communicate, talks and then you will find your way back because it will not be fixed in these moments.”

After the game on Tuesday, a reporter Banchero asked what he hopes that the team from training will win on Wednesday.

“We will see what happens in training,” replied Banchero. “I don’t know what practice will really do. We were beaten by 40, so I am sure that we will watch each other (video of the game on Tuesday). But it is nothing that we can handle into practice will change what has just happened. If we wanted to do something about it, we should have locked ourselves for this game. “

(Franz Wagner Pop Photos: Russell Lansford / Imagn Images)