2024-2025 NBA Play In Tournament: (8) Atlanta Hawks at (7) Orlando Magic - 7:30pm ET

[rcklsscognition]

I feel like a switch is about to be flipped in Paolo

[RichCollab]

We play our defense we can win without good shooting tonight.

Focus and effort is what I’m looking for. ATL is going to be expecting Monster Paolo from last year playoffs. Do they let Paolo get his and stop everyone else? Can Corey keep the offense flowing to prevent that.

This isn’t and shouldn’t be a coin flip.

[eyriq]

I guess I just don't really feel a whole lot of pressure about tonight knowing worst case scenario there's another home game in the back pocket.

We'll get a lot of good information for mental model updates, which is fun

[Last Guardian]

Caleb will make 7 3's

[Knightro]

More than the result (although I'd prefer to win), I am curious what the rotation is going to look like tonight.

The Magic played Atlanta exactly one week ago and Goga was out of the rotation entirely, but they still played 10 guys.

I would imagine they trim that down to 9, but who gets squeezed?

Easy answer would be Cole, but he is like an un-killable cockroach and always manages to make his way back into the rotation

[DiplomaticMagic]

Ever since Suggs was ruled out, my hopes for this season went to the trash. But I'm pretty confident about today.

[TheChaser]

Let’s do this boys, take care of business at home.

[eyriq]

Healthy Paolo and Franz backed by the #2 defense. Why not us? Why not now?

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I’m not so much worried about Trae as I am about the random player that will go 7/8 from 3 the first 2 quarters, nothing in the third and then go 4/4 in the fourth. Whoever that person will be on their team, that is who scares me.

[Idiosyncratic]

Healthy Paolo and Franz backed by the #2 defense. Why not us? Why not now?

Celtics are keeping me from being excited. They are keeping me from being excited about other team's chances as well. They generate such good looks, you're at their mercy just hoping they miss half of the time.

Team was already created by the dumb Nets trade and then to get 4 years of bargain Derrick White for a late pick and 2028 1st

Hope I'm wrong and they don't win it all.

[Knightro]

Healthy Paolo and Franz backed by the #2 defense. Why not us? Why not now?

[eyriq]

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[JBSouthpaw]

More than the result (although I'd prefer to win), I am curious what the rotation is going to look like tonight.

The Magic played Atlanta exactly one week ago and Goga was out of the rotation entirely, but they still played 10 guys.

I would imagine they trim that down to 9, but who gets squeezed?

Easy answer would be Cole, but he is like an un-killable cockroach and always manages to make his way back into the rotation

This is a good question.
I think I'd play Harris ahead of cole at the 2, and AB ahead of Cole at the 1. Cole gets the minutes if we are down double digits though.

Harris backs up the 2 & 3? AB can back overlap at the 1&2?

CJ/AB
KCP/Harris
Franz
PB/JI
WCJ/Goga

[Idiosyncratic]

More than the result (although I'd prefer to win), I am curious what the rotation is going to look like tonight.

The Magic played Atlanta exactly one week ago and Goga was out of the rotation entirely, but they still played 10 guys.

I would imagine they trim that down to 9, but who gets squeezed?

Easy answer would be Cole, but he is like an un-killable cockroach and always manages to make his way back into the rotation

This is a good question.
I think I'd play Harris ahead of cole at the 2, and AB ahead of Cole at the 1. Cole gets the minutes if we are down double digits though.

Harris backs up the 2 & 3? AB can back overlap at the 1&2?

CJ/AB
KCP/Harris
Franz
PB/JI
WCJ/Goga

I think this is what they were doing during the Cole toe injury or whatever and had success. AB was even closing out games. But then when Cole came back they were running 3 guard lineups (Cole/Gary/AB) with AB at the 3. I really don't want to see that.

Also Caleb is probably still in the rotation. Goga was basically out for a bit.

[Catledge]

Somebody needs to make a bet over who gets more minutes tonight between Cole and AB.

[Ducklett]

Somebody needs to make a bet over who gets more minutes tonight between Cole and AB.

That stupid Dante and other dude "Insider" show on the radio today they were gassing up CoJo and AB like crazy, so I assume you will see those two.

[MartinsIzAfraud]

Somebody needs to make a bet over who gets more minutes tonight between Cole and AB.

That stupid Dante and other dude "Insider" show on the radio today they were gassing up CoJo and AB like crazy, so I assume you will see those two.

yeah i fully expect cole to see a few dnp's as the playoffs go on

[eyriq]

Somebody needs to make a bet over who gets more minutes tonight between Cole and AB.

LOL


That ship has sailed. Who gets more minutes between CoJo and AB though?

[KillMonger]

Trae listed as a GTD - https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401766458/hawks-magic

He’s playing. Listed as probable on the official nba.com report.

But why would he even be probable? Did he tweak something?

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[JoshuaPotter]

Somebody needs to make a bet over who gets more minutes tonight between Cole and AB.

LOL


That ship has sailed. Who gets more minutes between CoJo and AB though?

If they can install oxygen, cpap, and an iv of coffee....Cojo.

Otherwise AB unless he absolutely bombs it at both ends of the floor.