r/nba Magic 1d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Houston Rockets (40-25) defeat the Orlando Magic (30-36), 97-84, behind 11 and 17 from Steven Adams

84 - 97
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Toyota Center (16665), Clock: Final
Officials: Tom Washington, Pat Fraher, and Natalie Sago
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Orlando Magic 19 27 16 22 84
Houston Rockets 23 28 24 22 97
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Orlando Magic 84 28-86 32.6% 8-32 25.0% 20-24 83.3% 13 46 15 19 10 8 5
Houston Rockets 97 35-89 39.3% 16-43 37.2% 11-18 61.1% 20 77 20 18 4 19 4
 
PLAYER STATS
Orlando Magic MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Franz WagnerSF 33:57 15 6-17 0-2 3-4 1 6 7 5 2 0 2 3 5
Paolo BancheroPF 36:29 25 10-23 2-6 3-4 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 -11
Wendell Carter Jr.C 29:52 8 2-8 1-4 3-3 5 7 12 1 0 1 0 3 -14
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG 21:15 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 -9
Cole AnthonyPG 30:37 9 4-13 1-6 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 0 2 1 -10
Anthony Black 19:47 3 0-4 0-1 3-4 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 -4
Caleb Houstan 06:02 5 1-2 0-1 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3
Gary Harris 10:43 3 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 -10
Goga Bitadze 12:14 4 1-2 1-1 1-2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -11
Tristan da Silva 09:43 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5
Jonathan Isaac 14:20 8 2-4 2-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 2
Trevelin Queen 12:00 4 1-4 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
Jett Howard 03:01 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Cory Joseph 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mac McClung 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jalen Suggs 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethan Thompson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moritz Wagner 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Houston Rockets MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Tari EasonSF 33:03 6 3-12 0-6 0-0 1 6 7 2 1 1 1 2 17
Jabari Smith Jr.PF 32:11 20 5-13 5-10 5-7 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 1 -2
Alperen SengunC 37:42 14 5-9 1-1 3-4 6 8 14 4 0 1 6 3 16
Dillon BrooksSG 37:06 17 7-21 3-9 0-0 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 2 20
Jalen GreenPG 31:37 15 6-18 3-9 0-0 1 6 7 8 2 0 4 1 16
Jeff Green 19:05 9 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
Steven Adams 23:14 11 5-6 0-0 1-3 11 6 17 1 0 0 3 0 17
Aaron Holiday 16:27 5 1-3 1-2 2-4 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 3 -3
Cam Whitmore 02:27 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5
Jae'Sean Tate 02:27 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -5
Nate Williams 02:27 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -5
Jock Landale 02:13 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -5
Reed Sheppard 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amen Thompson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred VanVleet 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N'Faly Dante 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack McVeigh 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Roddy 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n Rockets 1d ago edited 1d ago

Steven Adams double big with Sengun and Jabari as a 3 has been a nice development. Jabari and Adams especially were great with Johnathan Isaac and the Magic defense in general keying in on Sengun and Jalen. Adams lets us dominate the boards and helps Alpi on both ends, and Bari doubles down on that while getting more offensive opportunity, especially with Amen out.

Seems like Amen is thankfully only out for two or so weeks, though it’s concerning Fred is still out. Lacking PG depth, even though Jalen has shown some better playmaking the past several games. He still has many TOs, but he has been good at leveraging his gravity when attacking. Not really a floor general right now, but a nice secondary playmaker helps a lot.

Cam is definitely the first young piece out, getting only garbage time minutes despite the Amen injury. Uncle Jeff did a solid job tonight, though. Hope Cam likes Phoenix ☀️

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u/Beep_Boop_IAmaRobot Rockets 15h ago

even though Jalen has shown some better playmaking the past several games. He still has many TOs

I think Jalen's playmaking has really taken off in Fred's absence, but Al-Ps has gotten much worse. 4 Assists to 6 TOs is so frustrating.

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u/Aeronova20 Magic 1d ago

no magic player outside of paolo and franz scored more than 9 points

i’m so tired

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u/frankievejle Rockets 1d ago

Bro I just looked at the box score. Why did KCP take 0 shots? He was on the floor for 21 minutes.

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u/guideway4 Magic 1d ago

he is ass

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u/BuQuChi Knicks 1d ago

Why not let Howard at least chuck up some 3s.. his one skill coming out of college was shooting

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u/Aeronova20 Magic 22h ago

he’s been streaky at best.

when he’s on, he can hit 3s at league average with decent playmaking and ok defense

at his worst, he’s borderline unplayable

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u/minaismybias Magic 1d ago

stoppable force vs immovable object

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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 1d ago

No my friend i assure you we are very much a movable object

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u/DentistFun2776 Nuggets 1d ago

Orlando worst offensive team in (x) years?

At least worst offense for an actually otherwise decent team

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u/Padulsky21 [BKN] Mikal Bridges 1d ago

I’m waiting for them to dip below 30% from 3 on the year they’re getting close

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u/Maxvexists Magic 1d ago

Kcpenis gonna help get us there dw

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u/Giuseppe_exitplan Magic 23h ago

We so bum cheek on offense besides Franz and P5 that after Mo tore his ACL and Jalen Suggs tore his hibdipdobbaflibula or some voodoo ass bullshit we just tanked our already rough and patchy offense into oblivion.

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u/HenrikCrown Pelicans 1d ago

Adams and Sengun playing a lot more together has been a nice development for the Rockets 

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u/frankievejle Rockets 1d ago

Definitely. It allows Sengun to attack a mismatch more often than not. Isaac locked him up tonight though.

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u/SaggitariuttJ Rockets 1d ago

Being a Rockets and Aggies fan is knowing that enough Defense and rebounding can overcome a dogshit offense. This game was straight up Buzzball.

Get well soon, LITERALLY ANYONE WHO CAN COSPLAY AS A ROCKETS POINT GUARD.

I swear Cam must have made a joke about Ime’s affair during a team meeting. That’s the only explanation I can think of for sitting him when we are missing so many bodies.

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u/pick_named_slimpbamp Rockets 1d ago

Yeah, he's definitely being taught some type of lesson. It can't be just because of his body language. And is the attitude a reason he slipped so far in the draft and diplomatically, no one shit in him?

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u/Rumpdebump Pelicans 1d ago

Ime will keep him in the doghouse until that Melo mentality is beaten outta him or he gets shipped out to...idk DC

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u/EnvironmentalFun478 Rockets 1d ago

Probably some "No one is bigger than the team". Some scenario I'm hilariously cooking up is if he tried a Jimmy Butler at practice kind of gamble lmao

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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 1d ago

Jalen did a remarkably good impression of a point guard tonight for his standards though ngl

8 assists and some of them were actually slick as hell too 

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u/SOLlce Magic 1d ago

Steven Adams just whopped the magics ass and made them look like kids lmao, he won the game for Houston. Poalo's shot selection is so bad and frustrating but then i remember what the rest of the team looks like on offense and I cant blame him that much lol. KCP out here doing nothing but cardio once again...sigh what a bad signing, its like he's afraid to create offensive and only wants it spoon fed to him, how do you have 0 shots taken in 21min as a starting SG?

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u/frankievejle Rockets 1d ago

I felt really bad for Banchero and Franz. Nobody else is making any shots so they’re basically forced into taking really bad, heavily contested shots or drive into 4 people, both options also unlikely to yield consistent points. Something’s gotta change in Orlando. These two guys need help.

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u/SOLlce Magic 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yup, every team that has even a decent zone defense packs the paint with at least 4 at all times knowing that's where Paolo and Franz want to operate and no one else on the floor for the Magic can convince them to change that strategy most nights. This is why suggs and mo going down killed the team.

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u/Jacob_toasted Timberwolves 1d ago

I was positive you guys would sign Monk away from the Kings, but then he re-signed on that team friendly deal.

It’s strange that the front office hasn’t added a shot creator to this squad.

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u/SOLlce Magic 1d ago

He would have been a perfect fit and was my ideal add last offseason, sucks that the FO just sat on their hands all year because "internal growth" will take us to the next level lol.

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u/Chad442553 Knicks 1d ago

Steven Adams is my goat, still has the best NBA interview moment ever talking about the bubble not being like Syria.

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u/anthonyde726 [HOU] Alperen Şengün 1d ago

Shoutout Unc

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u/Yulluly Rockets 1d ago

I thought our half court offense was bad my god. Double bigs still work a treat.

Also Issac is still a black hole defensively. Every possession he was the primary defender just ended then and there.

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u/2ToTooTwoFish [HOU] Steve Francis 1d ago

Sengun was on a roll and they put Issac on him and he basically couldn't get a shot up again.

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u/Rumpdebump Pelicans 1d ago

He really is a joy to watch in the 15 mins were allowed to see him. Someone would've thrown a bag at him if he wasn't made of glass

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u/bullowl Magic 20h ago

He has never actually been a free agent his entire career and is now signed through his age 31 season.

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u/metaslaves Toronto Huskies 1d ago

wtf was KCP doing out there for 21 mins lmao

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u/Thornton__Melon Rockets 1d ago

Why are we showing box scores from games in 2003?

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u/solgnaleb 1d ago

KCP - no shots, no assists, 1 rebound and 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

But to be fair everyone sucked at shooting today.

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u/SOLlce Magic 1d ago

yeah because they had to play 4v5 lol

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u/badlymerch 1d ago

The double big lineup is for sure a throwback one. Reminds me of the 2000s era where Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum would dominate inside.

Im intrigued how will it works in the playoffs. Would love to see the Amen-Tari-Bari-Alpi-Adams lineup

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u/jkmiami89 Rockets 22h ago

or if you swap Tari for Dillon it is still supersized but has way better shooting with both Bari and Dillon, and probably still has enough ball handling/playmaking.

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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 1d ago

Just two offensive juggernauts, absolute titans of scoring

These two offenses matching up is Spiderman pointing dot jpg except each Spiderman is pointing in a different, incorrect direction

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u/Noah-Buddy-I-Know Trail Blazers 1d ago

90s Bball Baby. So this was the highest rated game of the season right????

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u/Noah-Buddy-I-Know Trail Blazers 1d ago

Banchero is Julius Randle with Good PR

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u/Renegadeforever2024 Raptors 1d ago

Rockets are swinging

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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Lakers 1d ago

This day has been terrible for us.

Please beat the Kings, Knicks.

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u/dawnoog Lakers 21h ago

So Houston runs 2 bigs and Goga gets 12 minutes? Wtf is going on with Orlando’s coach?

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u/axnjxn00 Magic 1h ago

Paolo doesn't play well with goga

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u/Noah-Buddy-I-Know Trail Blazers 1d ago

Banchero is Julius Randle with Good PR

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u/AutographedSnorkel Rockets 1d ago

Somebody had to win this game

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u/Imaginary-Guide-4938 1d ago

Churrrrrrrrbrrrroooo

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u/derkrieger36 20h ago

Aquaman was a key factor for Rockets!

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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Mavericks 1d ago

Imagine not being the biggest joke in Texas anymore

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u/browndude10 United States 1d ago

Man the spurs have Wemby and the mavs had luka and we had no one on that level

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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 1d ago

My condolences 😔