AS HALFTIME APPROACHED in Wednesday's Game 5 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Moritz Wagner was fed up with the boos. The boos ramped up again with 8:11 left in the quarter as Wagner exchanged words with Thompson after another foul that sent him to the line. The crowd at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse loudly approved when Wagner again clanked his first shot. It's been a tenuous relationship between Wagner and the Cavs home crowd since the beginning of the series.
Whether he’s flexing his muscles after finishing through contact in the paint or waving his arms asking for more noise from the crowd, it’s no secret Moe Wagner is the ultimate hype man for the Magic. While it might be younger brother Franz Wagner who puts together high-scoring performances such as the 34 points he posted in Game 4 to help Orlando tie its first-round series 2-2 with the Cavs, ...
A call came from a big Magic fan, and longtime friend and best man at my wedding: “Why is Gary Harris still playing? He gets me nothing.” While true — Harris went scoreless in 33 minutes in Game 1 vs. Cleveland — the problems with this offense can’t be explained with plus-minus. This isn’t Keyshawn Johnson on FS1’s Undisputed or the NBA Countdown crew during halftime of an ESPN game, as the ...
No | Player | P |
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50 | PG | |
5 | SF | |
35 | C | |
0 | PG | |
34 | C | |
20 | PG | |
8 | SG | |
14 | SG | |
2 | SF | |
13 | SF | |
7 | SF | |
1 | PF | |
3 | PF | |
12 | SG | |
25 | PF | |
4 | SG | |
22 | SF | |
21 | C |