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Good thread! Magic 178 Cavs 96

Calderon going for 40 tonight on Augustin.

Let's go Magic!

Can't wait to watch Kevin Love hit his annual 7 threes against us.

Gordon looking unlikely... if you're a drinker I suggest starting now.

Denton reports that AG is out. Well it doesnt look good for us at all. Great part of their team is old as shiet but I cant see us out hustling them.

Well, it was nice being able to have optimism about the season for a game atleast. Now AG and Elf the two people that most of us were banking the success of this season on, are out for who knows how long after only one game. Now we get to watch DJ "Black hole" Augustin as our starter for the next month making the games borderline unwatchable. This really sucks.

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Good experience at least. Refs are probably going to screw him with foul calls though.

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I'm legitimately bummed about this. He wasn't my favorite player, but he was clearly the engine to our offense.

Def Swami wrote:

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I'm legitimately bummed about this. He wasn't my favorite player, but he was clearly the engine to our offense.

How long do you think he'll be out?

Doubt it would make much difference but I’d personally start Mack or Simmons at least to bring a little something defensively.

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I'm legitimately bummed about this. He wasn't my favorite player, but he was clearly the engine to our offense.

How long do you think he'll be out?

Mild to moderate strain is a weird range to give. It could be anywhere from at least 3 to 8 weeks, depending on how Payton feels. They'll probably just rule him out the next 3 weeks and reassess at that point. But 3 weeks is a big deal when you're a fringe playoff team.

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"NBA-ready on the defensive end."

I don't think I've seen someone miss eight weeks from a hamstring that wasn't torn, but definitely going to be out the next 5-10 games I think.. unfortunately.

This one is going to be so rough. But it will be Intresting how the team response with essentially our 2 best players out tonight. I think Vogel should go with Simmons, Ross, Fournier, Isaac, vuc. To start and let Simmons initiate a lot more of our offense but I doubt he would ever experiment like that. We will see a bunch of ball pounding and horrid Augustine/byiombo screens through the game. Smh this will be a treat.

Alright Jonathan, it's your 3rd NBA game, and all we need you to do is lock down Lebron. Go get em.

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"NBA-ready on the defensive end."

Yeah, 2nd start checking the best player in the world is never going to be an ideal situation... no matter how NBA ready you are