Regular Season Game 26: Indiana Pacers (14-10) at Orlando Magic (12-13)

[Knightro]

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Who: Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic
What: Regular Season Game No. 26
When: Friday, December 7th at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Fox Sports Florida/NBA League Pass

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Orlando Magic Projected Starters

G: DJ Augustin


G: Evan Fournier


F: Jonathon Simmons


F: Aaron Gordon


C: Nikola Vucevic


Bench
G: Jerian Grant
G: Terrence Ross
F: Jonathan Isaac
C: Mohamed Bamba

Deep Bench
G: Isaiah Briscoe
G/F: Wesley Iwundu
F: Jarell Martin
C: Khem Birch

Inactive: Melvin Frazier Jr. and Timofey Mozgov

Indiana Projected Starters
G: Darren Collison
G: Tyreke Evans
F: Bojan Bogdanovic
F: Thaddeus Young
C: Myles Turner

Bench
G: Aaron Holiday
G: Corey Joseph
F: Doug McDermott
C: Kyle O'Quinn

Deep Bench
G: Edmond Sumner
F: TJ Leaf
F: Alize Johnson

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Injuries: Victor Oladipo (knee) is OUT. Domantas Sabonis (illness) is QUESTIONABLE.

[JBSouthpaw]

I hope KOQ gets a standing O when he checks in!!

[OrlandO]

What's going on with Dipo... still out indefinitely?

[drsd]

[Knightro]

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[Nemesis21]

[Furinkazan]

What's going on with Dipo... still out indefinitely?

I predict he plays and drops 60 on us
Magic fan luck

[PrimeThyme]

It's time to start Isaac. Simmons shouldn't be playing more than 20 mins a night. The DJ/Ross/Isaac/AG/Vuc lineup in 19 minutes together has a 144 ortg and a 92 drtg. If Fournier can't manage to string multiple good games together it might be time to consider moving Ross in with the starters as well.

[Furinkazan]

It's time to start Isaac. Simmons shouldn't be playing more than 20 mins a night. The DJ/Ross/Isaac/AG/Vuc lineup in 19 minutes together has a 144 ortg and a 92 drtg. If Fournier can't manage to string multiple good games together it might be time to consider moving Ross in with the starters as well.

Simmons shoudnt play in the NBA at all atm.20 mins smh.
I dont know what happend to him but he looks like worst player in the NBA right now and thats something.
From hero to zero.Last year he was all energy coming off the bench or starting you could count on him we loved him and his passion.I dont know what happend?Money?status got to him?Now he will either turn the ball over or brick a shot.A freakin Mario would be better.

[ducler]

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[j-ragg]

Would be huge for us if Sabonis is out. If he plays he’s going to murder our second unit.

[RookieStar]

Did you guys read that thread in GB? Someone claiming that Dipo might have to sit out the season in order to be healthy again.

[SOUL]

It's time to start Isaac. Simmons shouldn't be playing more than 20 mins a night. The DJ/Ross/Isaac/AG/Vuc lineup in 19 minutes together has a 144 ortg and a 92 drtg. If Fournier can't manage to string multiple good games together it might be time to consider moving Ross in with the starters as well.

Simmons shoudnt play in the NBA at all atm.20 mins smh.
I dont know what happend to him but he looks like worst player in the NBA right now and thats something.
From hero to zero.Last year he was all energy coming off the bench or starting you could count on him we loved him and his passion.I dont know what happend?Money?status got to him?Now he will either turn the ball over or brick a shot.A freakin Mario would be better.

He had decent stats/counting numbers last year, but he in his advanced numbers he was one of the most ineffective (not inefficient) guys for the amount of minutes he got. But yeah, he at least gave us a scoring punch some nights.. now he's like Iwundu but turns it over more and chews up more possessions.

[OrlandO]

It's time to start Isaac. Simmons shouldn't be playing more than 20 mins a night. The DJ/Ross/Isaac/AG/Vuc lineup in 19 minutes together has a 144 ortg and a 92 drtg. If Fournier can't manage to string multiple good games together it might be time to consider moving Ross in with the starters as well.

Simmons shoudnt play in the NBA at all atm.20 mins smh.
I dont know what happend to him but he looks like worst player in the NBA right now and thats something.
From hero to zero.Last year he was all energy coming off the bench or starting you could count on him we loved him and his passion.I dont know what happend?Money?status got to him?Now he will either turn the ball over or brick a shot.A freakin Mario would be better.

Either the injury to his shooting wrist and resulting surgery/recovery has limited his wrist somehow or all the time off has completely killed his rhythm (was sidelined 6 months). I'm leaning toward something wrong with his wrist since he's been consistently bad all season... being sidelined during the off season hurts, but it shouldn't turn a decent bench scorer into a 32% fg / 21% 3pt scrub. I've seen the ball just slip out of his hands on basic dribble drives and even while going up for easy layups. It's like he has no strength in his wrist/hand or something. Other players who have had major wrist issues have noted it took a long time for their wrist to feel normal again, so maybe it's not permanent and just needs a ton of time (fortunately he is not fully guaranteed next season).

[Blue_and_Whte]

There’s no reason to move Ross into the SL. He’s fine coming off the bench. That will just mess with his rhythm. We need that scoring punch off the bench badly.

Vuc will easily get his, and I think aG has a good one tonight. I’m inter stead to see if we get active Bamba tonight or if he’s dialing back down again.

[OrlandO]

There’s no reason to move Ross into the SL. He’s fine coming off the bench. That will just mess with his rhythm. We need that scoring punch off the bench badly.

Vuc will easily get his, and I think aG has a good one tonight. I’m inter stead to see if we get active Bamba tonight or if he’s dialing back down again.

Ross requested to come off the bench last season, so unless something's changed he probably still prefers it.

[FFBlitzace]

https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/12/L2M-DEN-ORL-12-05-2018-.pdf

Last 2 Minute Report from the Nuggets game. It acknowledges that Murray was out of bounds, but otherwise it paints Denver as the tragic victims. Okay.

[pepe1991]

Sabonis - Bamba second unit matchup
Sign me in on this.

[Driguez]

Let's get this W.

[3ddman23]

This is a must win game.