Michael Wilbon

He wasn't up to that moment, and I'll give you credit for saying this game is going to hinge on whether he is or not up to a circumstance where everybody's looking at him for the first time in his career after Christmas.

And he wasn't.

He just wasn't up to it.

And Orlando, Tony, to be fair, I mean, Paulo Panqueiro and Franz Wagner, this was expected of them, okay?

I'm not saying it's expected of them to beat Detroit, but they were expected to be good this year.

That's right.

Coach Mosley is a hell of a coach.

He's coaching for his job.

Now he is.

But you know what, Tony?

Other people know when it's the players who fail to coach the other way around in that league.

Wagner missed 45 games with injuries.

And then when they're out there, these two guys are major talent.

They're people that you would say, I'll take him in free agency and get rid of who I got.

So they are big time.

These guys are 6'9", 6'10", wings.

who can do it all, who can defend.

There's no reason that they should be playing second fiddle to Cade Cunningham, even though he was an MVP candidate and the first player on my all-second team.

That spot should be contended for by Bankaro and Wagner.

And they failed all year.