Duel imbalance on paper between Brooklyn, who remained on six straight wins, and Orlando, still down and who had lost his last nine games. Against all expectations, it is the Magic who won a great victory and she owes it a lot to a certain Evan Fournier …
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With Kyrie Irving making a comeback alongside James Harden, and good team dynamics, how did you imagine this game would turn in favor of the Magic, fourteenth in the East, back-to-back, and more? closer than ever to a possible rebuild? Several ingredients for this: the inability of the Nets to calm the shooters of the Magic, literally on fire from the Yvelines, a James Harden who was well muzzled the whole match and a big night without at the address for Steve Nash and his family (10/37 of far). Apart from Kyrie Irving, who led the charge and finished with a well-stocked stat line (43/6/4 at 61%), there is not much to save from their performance. The defense was not up to par, which is unfortunately a recurring problem for this group. The run at the end of the match gave a little suspense to the money time despite the competition of bricks but overall, the Magic deserves its victory.
We are now going to focus on the men in blue for what could be one of the last highlights of the Fournier-Gordon-Vucevic trio. The first two, announced emphatically in the rumors for the deadline, were transcendent. Insolent of skill, they quickly put Brooklyn with their heads under water and it was they who held the hut when they came back up to speed. All points for the fourth quarter are scored by a member of the trio. 69 points accumulated for the Gordon-Fournier tandem (13/24 from the car park). This is the first time since December 2017 that Air Gordon has passed the 35 point mark. Bodes well for the Board of the Magic one week before the trade deadline. Will they still be together in ten days? That’s the question everyone is asking, but with this kind of performance, fans will only regret the avalanche of injuries that nipped this 2021 campaign in the bud. If beating the ogre Brooklyn was the last thing to do. weapon of the trio, it will at least have the merit of having attracted attention.
Orlando shows character to hit Brooklyn. End of bad series for the Magic who had not won for a while. The Nets had a night without but given the good dynamics of recent weeks, there is nothing to shoot the ambulance. Reaction expected in the next game against the Wizards.
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