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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Atlanta Hawks
What: 2023-2024 Regular Season Game 58
When: Sunday, February 25 at 7pm ET
Where: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -1.5 (opened ATL -2.5)
Over/Under: 227.5 (opened 229.5)




ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 88-133



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS


G: Jalen Suggs


G: Gary Harris


F: Franz Wagner


F: Paolo Banchero


C: Wendell Carter Jr.


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Cole Anthony


G: Anthony Black


F: Joe Ingles


F: Jonathan Isaac


C: Moritz Wagner


ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Caleb Houstan
F: Chuma Okeke
F: Admiral Schofield (two-way)
C: Goga Bitadze

Injuries: Markelle Fultz (knee), Jett Howard (G-League Assignment), Kevon Harris (two-way), Trevelin Queen (two-way) are OUT.

Atlanta Projected Starters
G: Dejounte Murray
G: Bogdan Bogdanovic
F: Saddiq Bey
F: Jalen Johnson
C: Clint Capela

Bench
G: Kobe Bufkin
G: Garrison Mathews
G: Wesley Matthews
F: De'Andre Hunter
F: Bruno Fernando

Injuries: Trae Young (finger), Onyeka Okongwu (toe) and Mouhamed Gueye (back) are OUT.

Shocked we are favored. Love it!

eyriq wrote:Shocked we are favored. Love it!

Line moved a lot when Young was ruled out. 3 point swing.

BTW... just wondering if everyone forgow Covid already? Why did the league allow Paolo to play while sick? Dude is hugging breathing spitting woth the team, next week its probably Paolo and whoever bums we pull from the street to play while everyone gets the flu

Do they still get a full 8 hours or whatever of sleep on back to backs?

eyriq wrote:Do they still get a full 8 hours or whatever of sleep on back to backs?

We're gonna send you in to their hotel to do reconnaissance, please report back eyriq

RookieStar wrote:BTW... just wondering if everyone forgow Covid already? Why did the league allow Paolo to play while sick? Dude is hugging breathing spitting woth the team, next week its probably Paolo and whoever bums we pull from the street to play while everyone gets the flu

He was sick earlier in the season and I suspect he got everyone else sick. I don’t know why he is playing sick. Seriously take it easy and let your body get well.

SOUL wrote:

eyriq wrote:Do they still get a full 8 hours or whatever of sleep on back to backs?

We're gonna send you in to their hotel to do reconnaissance, please report back eyriq

You can hang out in the jacuzzi in case someone wants to do a cold plunge as well...

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:

RookieStar wrote:BTW... just wondering if everyone forgow Covid already? Why did the league allow Paolo to play while sick? Dude is hugging breathing spitting woth the team, next week its probably Paolo and whoever bums we pull from the street to play while everyone gets the flu

He was sick earlier in the season and I suspect he got everyone else sick. I don’t know why he is playing sick. Seriously take it easy and let your body get well.

Because it's a common cold.

This would be a nice win on the road/road back to back. Trae and Okongwu being out helps, but the likes of Bogdanovic and ol' Capela are no slouches. I think it's going to be tough, assuming Paolo is still sick (maybe we should sit him for a game, tbh).

Message Boar wrote:This would be a nice win on the road/road back to back. Trae and Okongwu being out helps, but the likes of Bogdanovic and ol' Capela are no slouches. I think it's going to be tough, assuming Paolo is still sick (maybe we should sit him for a game, tbh).

Murray, Bogdanovic and Bey are traditional Magic fiends….I hope the game plan is to stay home on their 3pt shooters and not help, limit their 3pt attempts like they did against Cleveland.

p0peye wrote:

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:

RookieStar wrote:BTW... just wondering if everyone forgow Covid already? Why did the league allow Paolo to play while sick? Dude is hugging breathing spitting woth the team, next week its probably Paolo and whoever bums we pull from the street to play while everyone gets the flu

He was sick earlier in the season and I suspect he got everyone else sick. I don’t know why he is playing sick. Seriously take it easy and let your body get well.

Because it's a common cold.

Are we allowed to say it? Or are the powers that be insist on us saying its covid even when someonr just sneezes.

RookieStar wrote:

p0peye wrote:

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:He was sick earlier in the season and I suspect he got everyone else sick. I don’t know why he is playing sick. Seriously take it easy and let your body get well.

Because it's a common cold.

Are we allowed to say it? Or are the powers that be insist on us saying its covid even when someonr just sneezes.

So, it was covid, but now it is common cold along with other coronaviruses.

Murray scares me- especially with Trae out. Could be a great opportunity for AB & Suggs to just focus on neutralizing their best on-ball guard. Murray has a fierce mentality and I wonder if he has any feelings about failed (or nonexistent?) trade talks with ORL.

Haven't we played this team 17 times already this season?

Do odds take in considiration traditional strip club attending in Atlanta?

tooler wrote:Haven't we played this team 17 times already this season?

This is the 4th and final meeting of the season.

Magic beat them once in OT and lost to them twice on game winning baskets by Murray.

pepe1991 wrote:Do odds take in considiration traditional strip club attending in Atlanta?

If the Magic have the stamina to go to a strip club on a back to back I'll be very impressed. If the Magic have players that are old enough to go to strip clubs, I'll be very impressed.

This is without question a winnable game, I feel like the -1.5 spread is indicative of our struggles against the hawks. Trae and okongwu are out which is huge. If they do the things needed to win, like Better defensive awareness, control the glass, limited turnovers essential the little things that seems to always kills us verse the hawks.

This woukd be a great win. Would send us home for 7 games against lack luster competition and really set us up for a huge win strike. Let's see how it goes. Go magic

This seems like a loss to me. Back to back, quick turnaround, last night emotionally draining, and Hawks always play well vs us.