The Real Reason the Magic Pulled This Off...

The real reason the Magic pulled off this huge upset over the defending champion, Knicks, it wasn't just Anthony Black bringing that spark off the bench or fourth quarter Franz putting the team on his back. Honestly, let me stop the cap. Yes, yes, it was. It was fourth quarter Franz, man. We're going to get into what happened, what we saw from last night's games, the good and the ugly. Today on this episode of Magic Digest, what's good with it? It's your big unc, Eric, back in the building. Finally get to hear the song, Orlando Magic. Orlando. We finally got to hear the song, man, as the Magic pull off the win in Madison Square Garden. We're going to get into everything that came out in that game. 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If you are interested, please use the code DIGESTNBA and the link down below when you add your first 25 to get 55 added instantly when you sign up with Kalshi. Woo-wee. So we got us a victory, man. And I'm not going to waste your time off the bat. We might as well go ahead and say what really sparked the comeback. It was the return of Anthony Black. if we look we've been waiting for the time see what he could do in this game where the magic get the 111 102 victory for their first victory of the season and the Sean Sweeney era we see that Mr. Black came back and he really was the catalyst to get this team going before he got in the game it looked like this was about to be a route real early the Knicks weren't playing amazingly but the Magic just were continuing their terrible shooting the offense was just looking as bad as it did in those first two games and he immediately comes in hits a three he makes a big play and it It was just like, oh, we immediately see the value that this guy brings to a team, you know. I know with the contract situations, there's been a lot of, you know, hyperbole or people like trying to talk down, you know, to prove their point. But one thing you cannot distinguish or you can't dispute, this kid can play. And at 6'7", his height, his age, I feel like he's only going to get better. And if last night was, you know, any indication of that, we're going to see what's really going to happen, man. And you got to think about him coming in overall having 18 points and five assists after not playing at all. He said this was his first real five-on-five action and that it's hard to emulate game mode when you're not playing games. So he was a little, you know, rusty, a little, he said, tired. so we'll have to watch for that over the next upcoming games five made threes on seven attempts like him and Tristan and we'll get to Tristan but it was like finally felt like the Magic were hitting some of these shots now we'll talk about the three-point attempts maybe that needs to come down but it's great that we finally started to hit some of those and of course with Paolo being down we're going to need as many ball handlers as we can get this team already tend to have um an amazing assortment of ball handlers so to get back Black is definitely good man i'm excited to see where he what he can do i just want to see him back full healthy because he can be that dynamic player that can really be the complement for a guy like fourth quarter Franz, I mean what he put on display last night was a masterpiece in fourth quarter just domination just taking over you know if we look at a guy who ends the game with only 23 points team he had his uh he had his high in rebounds 13 rebounds one assist away from his first triple double so it definitely was good to see him go out there did he still struggling from the three-point line zero three from three but he hit his free throws and when we look at what what he was doing it was just like oh oh okay because you go from the whole first three quarters not scoring anything but two points then with about it was about halfway a little bit more than halfway through that fourth quarter something hit a switch and it was like hey let's go i'd love to see it love to see it we definitely want to see him you know keep that up like he's going to have to be the guy that the Magic lean on he's going to have to be the guy that the Magic are able to lean on more than before a lot of people and i said this i keep saying this there is going to be a very loud part of the fan base especially after last night i even heard it on the podcast i believe Kevin O'Connor is already saying are the Magic going to be better without Paolo are the Magic going to are they going to be a better team now because it's just Franz which is silly to me but when you have games like last night that's only going to make those claims louder so sound off below do you think that this is something worthwhile that you think that this is i know magic fans you guys are opinionated so let me know what you're going to do man and big shout out to you guys this is a comment you know again i told you i want to get you guys up in here man from at j ward 7549 Franz magic gotta pop or else the whole season the law is a loss i mean that's truth be told there was a couple of comments from previous videos where he said if it's got we gotta depend on Franz if we can't depend on Franz the rest is going to be a loss of a season i do want to give a shout out to a few other folks Desmond Bane it was great to see him attack it again the three point eventually did open up because early in the game, he was kind of struggling too. It looked like he just could not buy a bucket. It was just interesting, but we eventually saw him attack the basket, put the ball down, and get two easier shots. Once that ball starts to fall, he got to the free throw line as well. Six of eight, it felt like, okay, now I'm seeing it go in, and his rhythm returned. Also, another big shout out to Tristan Da Silva. He just seems ready. He was second on the team in plus minus with plus 20. And it seemed like him and Anthony Black kind of helped the team stay afloat before Franz took over in that fourth. So definitely big shots out to everybody who came through, played hard, and stepped it up. But we got to talk about it. I'm sure you've seen Jalen Suggs. suffered that right knee injury in the fourth quarter this is an update from Jason Beattie of the Orlando Sentinel he had this to say a few hours before I'm recording this this is more of an update he said news magic guard Jalen Suggs suffered a right knee mild bone bruise during Sunday's game at New York the team said there was no other structural damage in his knee and Suggs will be reevaluated in two weeks. That is a blessing right there, man. Big shout out to him. It definitely looked worse, um, in real time, especially when you guys, especially when someone has a no contact injury. In fact, I hurt my knee in similar ways as going up and you could feel it buckle under you while you're jumping. Um, there was a lot of speculation. If it was like a hyper extension things like that it doesn't seem to be seriously structural if he can rest a few weeks get back out there feel good we will keep you updated but the biggest thing is look at our injury report right now we already knew about Isaiah Nelson, Jonathan Isaac, Noah Pinda we already knew they were out then we add Paolo and now Jalen Suggs the the worst thing about it is it really makes our rotations that much more limited like we're looking at to me this will be my starting lineup i know that sean sweeney did rely on jace to start the last game and i i'm excited that he keeps giving jace opportunities because i want to see jace maximize his potential and i I don't think it's too early to give up on him, but I would say his leash needs to be short. But I come in with a starting five of Black, Bane, De Silva, Franz, Wendell. That means our guard play is really going to have to be Jace, Javon Carter, who hasn't really touched the floor. It's going to have to get some minutes, and we're going to be depending a lot on Bane, Banchero, and Vooch. I mean, it's just until guys get back, until we get some wing depth, it's going to be tough. is going to be tough and we look at our upcoming lineup i mean you see you see man we got those two games against the raptors in toronto back home against the celtics and the wizards i mean you would say good thing after that as we get a few games that you know you never want to take anything for granted in the nba but sons warriors kings jazz haven't had a great start to their season as well. So we might be able to stack up some wins in that area, but we got to go out there and play who we got to play. But this is where I ask from you, man, what is your biggest takeaway from yesterday's game? Is it Anthony Black's return? Was it fourth quarter Franz? Or is it that overall injuries are overshadowing what's going on right now? and overshadowed the win in general i'm gonna get up out of here man it is your big unc eric until next time on magic digest