Orlando Magic faltered in Game 6, losing as Cade Cunningham’s 24 second-half points outshone their efforts. Kevin and James discuss the stunning collapse.
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But we, I think, have to begin with the Orlando Magic and their Game 6 performance against the Detroit Pistons.
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A performance We’ll get to the Hawks, by the way, that whole thing.
I don’t know which was worse.
I don’t know which was worse.
And I mean that.
And one of these teams lost by a billion.
The Orlando Magic were outscored comfortably, comfortably by Cade Cunningham on his own in the second half.
Cade Cunningham scored 24 second-half points.
The Orlando Magic scored 19.
19.
What’s crazier is they scored 60 in the first half.
They had it going on, and then they didn’t.
And they missed again.
I believe they shot four for 37 in the second half.
I mean, they went, I, I think, a half hour, if not more, in between baskets, like, like a real of real time.
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Like if You know how they do, the, the stand up i- in OKC before the first basket?
Like, if somebody was trying to stand in between shots in Orlando, hopefully they were wearing a, you know, a pair of insoles.
The Orlando Magic had the number one seed coach dead to rights.
I mean, minus 2,500 on the money line at halftime to close this series out.
Orlando now, their back’s up against the wall.
Do you blame Mosley, Paolo?
Do you credit Orlando, Bickerstaff?
What is your takeaway from that second half in Orlando?