Orlando Magic opened its first-round sequence with a 112-101 Recreation 1 victory over the Detroit Pistons, a consequence which will have been sudden externally however was totally believed in by the staff itself.
“I believe everyone is aware of we’ve a very gifted staff,” ahead Franz Wagner mentioned. “Clearly, we didn’t have the common season that we wished, however that’s the way it goes typically.
“I believe we confirmed (Sunday) that we belong right here and it must be constant, although. One recreation doesn’t win the sequence. That’s received to be our mindset going ahead.”
Head coach Jamahl Mosley pointed to his staff’s latest exercise as a contributing issue, noting that taking part in two play-in event video games whereas the Pistons rested could have helped construct momentum.
“They’ve been off. We discovered a bit little bit of rhythm taking part in so many video games, in order that at all times performs a component in it,” he mentioned. However I’m nonetheless simply comfortable that our guys got here out and defended the appropriate method.
“We have been intentional in how we executed our offense. I believe these are the issues that we talked about having the ability to do in opposition to an excellent staff like this.
“How they flip you over, how they defend, how they rebound the basketball – all these small issues throughout the recreation. I used to be comfortable that we completed that with this group.”
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