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January 25, 2015
6:00 PM ET
Amway Center - Orlando, FL


Indiana Pacers
15-30, 5th in Central Division, 12th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - George Hill | Donald Sloan | C.J. Watson
SG - Rodney Stuckey | Chris Copeland
SF - Solomon Hill
PF - David West | Luis Scola | Lavoy Allen | Damjan Rudez
C - Roy Hibbert | Ian Mahinmi | Shayne Whittington


Orlando Magic
15-31, 5th in Southeast Division, 13th in Eastern Conference

Starting 5


Rotation
PG - Elfrid Payton | Luke Ridnour
SG - Victor Oladipo | Evan Fournier | Ben Gordon | Willie Green
SF - Aaron Gordon | Devyn Marble | Tobias Harris | Maurice Harkless
PF - Channing Frye | Kyle O'Quinn
C - Nikola Vucevic | Andrew Nicholson | Dewayne Dedmon


Injury Report
Pacers
Paul George (leg) - Likely out for season
C.J. Miles (groin) - Doubtful
C.J. Watson (groin) - Quesetionable

Magic
None

Hey OP, Aaron Gordon will be starting over Marble tonight. Good luck guys. Once you get PG back and after drafting well this year, you guys are gonna be back in the mix!

magician4ever wrote:Hey OP, Aaron Gordon will be starting over Marble tonight. Good luck guys. Once you get PG back and after drafting well this year, you guys are gonna be back in the mix!

Any chance we might be able to pry Oladipo away from you guys? I'm jealous of the young, athletic talent you guys have on your team,very bright future ahead for the Magic. What are the chances you keep Harris long-term? I know there were some comments a while back that he might be interested in playing for the knicks.

Jermainevent wrote:

magician4ever wrote:Hey OP, Aaron Gordon will be starting over Marble tonight. Good luck guys. Once you get PG back and after drafting well this year, you guys are gonna be back in the mix!

Any chance we might be able to pry Oladipo away from you guys? I'm jealous of the young, athletic talent you guys have on your team,very bright future ahead for the Magic. What are the chances you keep Harris long-term? I know there were some comments a while back that he might be interested in playing for the knicks.

Thank you for the kind words. You all are very welcoming to Oladipo whenever we play you guys in Indy, but I hope he retires in a Magic uni

The idea of keeping Tobias long term or letting him walk to NY is a a topic that is very polarizing among our fans. What I think we'll do is keep him long term and match any offer thrown to him, even if it is a max, as the cap will significantly increase. I believe the reason we did not extend his contract in the offseason was so we could let the market dictate his value to us after his agent turned down our 4 year/36 million deal. The argument against keeping Harris is that we already have a 3 in Aaron Gordon, so people would not want to pay Harris so much since Aaron Gordon will likely be starting at the 3 in the long term.

As for the rumors of Harris leaving, he shut them down on twitter last night it was rather amusing.

Good luck the rest of the game! Seems pretty close. Stuckey just keeps making shots.

magician4ever wrote:Hey OP, Aaron Gordon will be starting over Marble tonight. Good luck guys. Once you get PG back and after drafting well this year, you guys are gonna be back in the mix!

Gotcha, my bad.

Rudez seems to have found his shot finally. Guess it just took him a bit to adjust. 16 4th quarter points out of nowhere. He seems to play better D than Copeland can too, so maybe he can be a decent stretch big for us next season once he gets more acclimated.

Bench was 20 of 35 from the field, GHill and Rudez combine for 35, heck of an effort against the Magic. West is proving that he still has some left in the tank, time to sell high?

magician4ever wrote:

Jermainevent wrote:

magician4ever wrote:Hey OP, Aaron Gordon will be starting over Marble tonight. Good luck guys. Once you get PG back and after drafting well this year, you guys are gonna be back in the mix!

Any chance we might be able to pry Oladipo away from you guys? I'm jealous of the young, athletic talent you guys have on your team,very bright future ahead for the Magic. What are the chances you keep Harris long-term? I know there were some comments a while back that he might be interested in playing for the knicks.

Thank you for the kind words. You all are very welcoming to Oladipo whenever we play you guys in Indy, but I hope he retires in a Magic uni

The idea of keeping Tobias long term or letting him walk to NY is a a topic that is very polarizing among our fans. What I think we'll do is keep him long term and match any offer thrown to him, even if it is a max, as the cap will significantly increase. I believe the reason we did not extend his contract in the offseason was so we could let the market dictate his value to us after his agent turned down our 4 year/36 million deal. The argument against keeping Harris is that we already have a 3 in Aaron Gordon, so people would not want to pay Harris so much since Aaron Gordon will likely be starting at the 3 in the long term.

As for the rumors of Harris leaving, he shut them down on twitter last night it was rather amusing.

Good luck the rest of the game! Seems pretty close. Stuckey just keeps making shots.

Good game, we got contributions from a place we typically don't, so if it not for Rudez we probably wouldn't have won. Good luck the rest of the way and if you guys ever decide that things aren't working out, give us a ring first. Oladipo and George would be a nightmare for other teams.

That certainly felt good. This team needed this win. Seeing our players smile after the game ended was great. I'm happy

Well, sorry but only winning right now doesn't help this team for the future. Really need to get a top 5 pick

cubsflan24 wrote:Well, sorry but only winning right now doesn't help this team for the future. Really need to get a top 5 pick

Can't lose them all. The Knicks, 76ers, and Timberwolves all seem to be out of reach. That leaves us in the group with the Lakers, Jazz, Magic, Celtics, Kings, and Pistons now that Jennings is out. I doubt the Lakers catch us either, playing in the West with that roster, woof.

cubsflan24 wrote:Well, sorry but only winning right now doesn't help this team for the future. Really need to get a top 5 pick

Sorry to jinx you but I think Indy can and will make a good play-off run. Everyone ahead of you is losing their point guard right as Hill comes back.

Well we are all hoping that they trade David West, which the Pacers should if they really care about the future of the franchise. I'm just worried that we will back the run and finish at the worst spot possible and that would be 9th or 10th in the East. Barely miss the playoffs and get a crap pick.

cubsflan24 wrote:Well we are all hoping that they trade David West, which the Pacers should if they really care about the future of the franchise. I'm just worried that we will back the run and finish at the worst spot possible and that would be 9th or 10th in the East. Barely miss the playoffs and get a crap pick.

I don't think we're all "hoping" they trade West. That might be a bit presumptuous to say.

West is certainly useful if you draft a young big man. To have a vet leader like West would make that player immensely better, and immensely quicker.