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00:00The bottom line here is that we don't want blowouts,
00:03and we got one between Boston and Orlando here,
00:07and it was a surprise one here because, again,
00:09Tatum was hurt for a little bit there.
00:11Derek White was the big surprise, 30 points,
00:14seven three-pointers, Gilbert, in this game,
00:17and so Orlando wins by 17.
00:21I'm going to guess that some games with Boston and Orlando will be close,
00:26but is it only going to be back in Orlando at this point?
00:28Because, I mean, that couldn't have gone any better for the Magic
00:31to sort of have to rely on Boston's third option to score,
00:36and they still couldn't keep it close.
00:38I think that's going to be what we see throughout the series.
00:41I mean, the Magic went into halftime with the lead.
00:43This is a very good defensive team.
00:46Jamal Mosley gets those guys buying in,
00:48and they execute their defensive game plan.
00:50Offensively, they just don't have enough firepower at all.
00:53Big games from Paolo Bencaro and Franz Wagner,
00:56but didn't get much else.
00:57Even those guys actually combined to outscore Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown.
01:01And if you told me that, any other team's top two players outscore
01:03Boston's top two players, they probably do have a good game,
01:07have a good chance to win.
01:08But like you mentioned, Derek White, Peyton Pritchard,
01:10Drew Holiday even stepped up in big moments for Boston yesterday.
01:13So I think if Orlando has a chance to win one game,
01:16I expected them to lose this series in five,
01:18is going to be back in Orlando because role players play better at home.
01:22But otherwise, I really don't think they have much of a chance in this series
01:24just because they don't have the firepower to keep up with Boston offensively.