00:00So now you're going to start looking around and saying, if they lose this, and I don't know how they
00:04come back from this down after being up 3-1 and going on the road after the way they perform,
00:08if they get blown out, I think there's a chance that you're going to make a significant move.
00:14If you don't trade Wagner or Mancaro, then you're looking at the head coach and saying that maybe he is
00:20the one on the way out.
00:21Well, it's so interesting because Mosley, look, man, Jamal Mosley entered into this playoffs and it was like, yeah, we
00:34know he's getting fired once this series is over because Orlando was supposed to be dispatched pretty easily by Detroit
00:41in this series.
00:45And with the upset looking likelier and likelier, holding a 3-1 series lead, people were like, man, maybe Mosley's
00:53really figured this thing out.
00:54You know, this still is a young, exciting core, right?
00:58Paolo Bencaro's just 23.
01:00Franz Wagner's just 24.
01:02You know, these guys might have something here.
01:06Maybe this season will, you know, not reach the full heights that people wanted because if you remember, the Orlando
01:13Magic were supposed to compete to win the East, okay?
01:16And that's what made them up in the series so fascinating where preseason, they had a much higher expectations actually
01:22than Detroit.
01:25But this is, and I just bring this up because expectations change.
01:32LeBron and the Lakers went from, guys, I mean, if they win two games, it's an accomplishment, to if they
01:40lose this series to Houston, it's the biggest disgrace in LeBron's career because they were up 3-0.
01:46For Orlando, if you were to say, hey, they forced the game seven before the series, yes, that's a great
01:51accomplishment.
01:52They were up 3-1, they had a game six at home with a 22-point halftime lead, and it
02:01was gone quite quickly in the fourth quarter.
02:05They scored 19 second-half points, and there's a lot of finger-pointing that's about to happen again.
02:16And for Paolo, specifically, to have the best playoff game of your career, 45-9-7 on 55-55, you
02:26know, that's a real moment.
02:2917 points on 4-of-20 shooting in the next game, 0-of-9 from 3, that's a tough one.
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