Elimination that rhymes with motivation for Magic
Last year, they failed at the door of the “final four”. A year earlier, they didn’t even reach the quarterfinals. This season the Floridians managed to get invited to Las Vegas, but they failed to overcome the New York obstacle.
The loss saw the Magic, already without Franz Wagner, lose one of their mainstays, Jalen Suggs. left to sign a big game. But instead of the frustration associated with this setback, Magic players prefer to focus on the positive.
« It was huge. We need these moments, these games with stakes and where we have to face difficulties. This will help us better cope with the next challenges. », Desmond Bane is already planningthe Magic’s top summer recruit, who finished with 18 points.
Eliminated two years in a row in the first round of the playoffs, the Magic know that such an experience in the NBA Cup, even if it ends like this, can have favorable consequences for the future. The 2023 Pacers lost the Cup Finals before reaching the Conference Finals a few months later. A comparable scenario for the Thunder, also defeated in the finals, which did not prevent them from being champions last June.
Effects next spring?
« It’s obviously motivating. I’m sure everyone would like us to play better on a stage like this, against a good team that we could see later in the season. It just shows us what to work on and how to be better later in the spring », notes Paolo Banchero.
The team leader, who did not find the target from afar (0/7), believes that his team can do much better in many sectors. But she can already congratulate herself for reaching the final four in Las Vegas. “ We would have liked to have won the match, played a little better, but it’s definitely a good learning experience. »
The same story and his coach Jamal Mosley, convinced that the team from Florida needs this kind of experience. ” It’s a great opportunity for our players to come back to this match, learn and understand how we should play consistently. », concludes the coach of a Magic installed in 5th place in the East with 15 wins and 11 losses.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Franz Wagner | 24 | 33:23 | 49.0 | 36.0 | 82.3 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 22.7 |
| Paolo Banchero | 16 | 31:34 | 44.8 | 26.6 | 78.0 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 20.5 |
| Desmond Bane | 26 | 33:23 | 44.6 | 35.3 | 93.8 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 19.0 |
| Jalen Suggs | 21 | 25:37 | 47.1 | 32.8 | 86.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 15.4 |
| Anthony Black | 26 | 28:32 | 44.1 | 29.8 | 68.1 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 13.0 |
| Wendell Carter Jr | 25 | 29:55 | 52.7 | 42.9 | 77.6 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 11.8 |
| Tristan Da Silva | 26 | 23:09 | 43.9 | 36.5 | 81.5 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
| Goga Bitadze | 25 | 16:43 | 73.2 | 28.6 | 78.9 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 6.1 |
| Jett Howard | 17 | 10:28 | 44.7 | 38.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 5.4 |
| Jase Richardson | 15 | 6:44 am | 52.6 | 47.1 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Noah Penda | 13 | 8:46 a.m | 48.6 | 60.0 | 63.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Jonathan Isaac | 23 | 10:16 | 45.5 | 23.1 | 50.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Tyus Jones | 26 | 13:55 | 34.3 | 27.9 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Orlando Robinson | 3 | 7:20 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Jamal Cain | 5 | 6:12 | 37.5 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
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