KBL foreign-born coach Mosley, his rough first 'spring basketball'
Orlando Magic coach Jamal Mosley's first playoff has begun. The first game was difficult.
Orlando, led by Mosley, lost 83-97 in the first round of the playoffs against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the 21st.
The game was lagging behind in all aspects. Overall, the team's offense was not stable with field goal success rate of 32.6 percent, three-point shooting success rate of 21.6 percent, and free throw success rate of 63.3 percent.
"I didn't score enough points. I liked the content, but I didn't get a shot. I missed a lot of free throws and didn't get a three-point shot," Paolo Bancero said, expressing regret over the content of the game.
Orlando made the playoffs for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
For Mosley, who continued his career abroad, including the Samsung Thunder in Seoul in 2005, the playoff is also the first "spring basketball" since Orlando's appointment.
I think I'll be inexperienced, but it's not necessarily like that.
Starting with the Denver Nuggets in 2006, he gained experience coaching at Cleveland and the Dallas Mavericks. Notably, while serving as Dallas coach, Luka Doncic faced off in the playoffs.
He expressed strong trust in his players. "Our players are much more mature than people think," he said, refuting criticism that the team lacked experience in the playoffs.
Where does that confidence come from? "That's how I feel when I think about the process that we've been through," he said about the background of his confidence.
"Our players have been together for a long time since last year. They know exactly what they need to do and how hard they need to work to show what they need to show. I knew I couldn't put things behind me in order to get the job done, so I jumped right into this season," he said, stressing that his team has been strengthened after spending more than a year together. 배트맨토토
Can Orlando's players prove that the coach's confidence is not wrong for the rest of the series? Orlando will play the second leg of the series at the same venue one day later on Sunday.