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Milwaukee Bucks
Toronto Raptors
Indiana Pacers
Philadelphia 76'ers
Boston Celtics

These are the most likely first-round matchups.
Listed in order of best-record to least.
Crazy to see Boston at the BOTTOM of that list.

I think a matchup against the 6'ers would be fun.
But we seem to match up well against the Raptors.

I set the POLL for TWO CHOICES, so please choose TWO instead of just ONE.

Pacers

Indiana. We match up well with them too.

Raps. They have a history of starting slow in the playoffs. Might be different without playoff DeRozan struggling for them, but even Lowry seems to get cold for the start of the post season.

We could steal some wins from them, which would be huge.

MagicMatic wrote:Indiana. We match up well with them too.

Do we? I think from the 2015 season on we're like 2-15 against them. Even without Oladipo, they're kinda tough and annoying to play against.

SOUL wrote:

MagicMatic wrote:Indiana. We match up well with them too.

Do we? I think from the 2015 season on we're like 2-15 against them. Even without Oladipo, they're kinda tough and annoying to play against.

Im pretty sure comparing anything other than this years incarnations of each team is a bit pointless...

shadrock wrote:

SOUL wrote:

MagicMatic wrote:Indiana. We match up well with them too.

Do we? I think from the 2015 season on we're like 2-15 against them. Even without Oladipo, they're kinda tough and annoying to play against.

Im pretty sure comparing anything other than this years incarnations of each team is a bit pointless...

True for anything pre last year, but the teams aren't that much different from last year where they swept us, even then it's 4-1 them. Saying we match up well with them this year all of a sudden when there have been very minimal changes the last few seasons (+ healthy Isaac, our new bench rotation), Pacers have + Matthews and bench pieces, but Young, Bog, Turner, Sabonis have all been here the last 2 years. They're tough to play against.

I'd say Raptors even though I think they'd beat us in like 5-6 in the playoffs.

SOUL wrote:

MagicMatic wrote:Indiana. We match up well with them too.

Do we? I think from the 2015 season on we're like 2-15 against them. Even without Oladipo, they're kinda tough and annoying to play against.

I’d argue they are as star-less as we are without Oladipo. That and their depth is mainly in their bigs and forwards.

Toronto is a good second option. Boston looks like they are in complete freefall despite having the talent.

Anyone if it means the magic make the playoffs!!

NickAnderson wrote:Anyone if it means the magic make the playoffs!!

Well we reach point where it's expected to make a playoffs now, even by odds and betting are in favor of making opposite of missing it.

NickAnderson wrote:Anyone if it means the magic make the playoffs!!

Exactly what i was gonna say!

Raps or Pacers

I don't care, i just would be happy if orlando will reach the playoffs.

Clearly the Pacers... They play against the big 4 (Bucks, Raptors, Celtics, Sixers) most likely will be swept or lose 4-1

Pacers or Celtics would give us the best chance of getting past the 1st round. Definitely try to avoid Bucks, Raptors or Sixers in the 1st round.

I see this as two questions:

Question #1: If Orlando is the #7 or #8 seed, would you rather have The Bucks or The Raptors?
Question #2: If Orlando is the $6 seed, would you rather have The Pacers or The Sixers?

For question #1, clearly it is Toronto. The Magic have owned them this year.
For question #2, I guess Indiana, as they lack star talent. But I am OK with Philly as a test.

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It feels really unlikely that the Magic will be able to get all the way up to the 6th seed, so really this question is “would you rather face Milwaukee or Toronto?” since it doesn’t appear the Philly/Indiana/Boston group is cracking the top two either.

I’d rather play Toronto.

Gimme Raptors ,counting that history will repeat itself and they will go extinct

We aren't making the playoffs, lol.....

Surprised more people didn’t also choose the Bucks.

Great regular season but they only have one legit star and ideally in the playoffs he’s the kinda star you could slow down.