Ouch. Heartbreaking loss for the Magic, who took one of the best teams in the league down to the wire. Almost isn’t good enough, not this time, and now, thanks to Steph Curry, Victor Oladipo’s great performance this game has been entirely invalidated.
27 points might seem good on paper. But basketball games aren’t played on paper, they’re played on the hardwood. Oladipo might as well have scored zippo for all the good his points did his team. He’s just another mindless stat-stuffer on a losing club, content with individual recognition while fans yearn desperately for a team with heart. It makes me sick.
Same with Tobias Harris. I could score 20 a game too if I made winning the actual game my last priority. If these knuckleheads had any respect for themselves at all, they’d not even bother to score points in games where they were likely to lose.