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GAME INFO
Who: Minnesota Timberwolves at Orlando Magic
What: Regular Season Game No. 59
When: Friday, February 28th at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Fox Sports Florida and NBA League Pass (TV), 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: Magic -7.5
Over/Under: 234

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
First Meeting of the Season






ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Markelle Fultz



G: Evan Fournier



F: James Ennis



F: Aaron Gordon



C: Nikola Vucevic



ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: DJ Augustin



G: Terrence Ross



F: Michael Carter-Williams



C: Mo Bamba



Deep Bench
F: Wes Iwundu
F: Gary Clark
C: Khem Birch

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee) and Al-Farouq Aminu (knee) are OUT.

Minnesota Projected Starters
G: D'Angelo Russell
G: Malik Beasley
F: Josh Okogie
F: Juan Hernangomez
C: Naz Reid

Bench
G: Jordan McLaughlin
G: Jarrett Culver
F: Kelan Martin
F: Jake Layman
F: James Johnson

Injuries: Karl-Anthony Towns (wrist), Evan Turner (not with team) and Allen Crabbe (personal) are OUT.

No KAT is a good thing for us. However, the combo of Russell and Beasley is scary. They can both get hot at any time. Hopefully the Magic stop starting off slowly. I feel like the only way we win is putting them away early. Can't have them hanging around.

We've also seen that Juancho bum go off on us before as well. Can't let that happen again.

The Real Dalic wrote:No KAT is a good thing for us. However, the combo of Russell and Beasley is scary. They can both get hot at any time. Hopefully the Magic stop starting off slowly. I feel like the only way we win is putting them away early. Can't have them hanging around.

We've also seen that Juancho bum go off on us before as well. Can't let that happen again.

This game is won by the Magic at the 2 and 5 slots. (Lack of SG bench depth and lack of height).


So: WIN JUST WIN !!!!!


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No Towns is big for us, Russell will probably make up the difference. Beasley goes 5-5 from 3

Wolves 126 Magic 80

Hopefully Savior can continue to give us 10+. We're gonna need him to for the rest of the season if DJ and Ross don't turn it around and stay consistent.

Malik Beasley 22 ppg with T wolves ...What a suprise, guy i posted 50000 they should target. But noo, gotta develop Iwundu for 3 years.

pepe1991 wrote:Malik Beasley 22 ppg with T wolves ...What a suprise, guy i posted 50000 they should target. But noo, gotta develop Iwundu for 3 years.

To be fair, the Wolves did give up a first round pick to get him and are only getting him on his cheap rookie contract for like 30 games or whatever before he hits free agency this summer.

It wasn't like they got him for nothing.

Knightro wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:Malik Beasley 22 ppg with T wolves ...What a suprise, guy i posted 50000 they should target. But noo, gotta develop Iwundu for 3 years.

To be fair, the Wolves did give up a first round pick to get him and are only getting him on his cheap rookie contract for like 30 games or whatever before he hits free agency this summer.

It wasn't like they got him for nothing.

Fair, but restricted free agent.

I just thought he is sure-shot-- at worst 6th ,7th guy in rotation even with Nuggets. They just invested too much in Harris to let it go, for better or worst.

Let's go streaking

pepe1991 wrote:

Knightro wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:Malik Beasley 22 ppg with T wolves ...What a suprise, guy i posted 50000 they should target. But noo, gotta develop Iwundu for 3 years.

To be fair, the Wolves did give up a first round pick to get him and are only getting him on his cheap rookie contract for like 30 games or whatever before he hits free agency this summer.

It wasn't like they got him for nothing.

Fair, but restricted free agent.

I just thought he is sure-shot-- at worst 6th ,7th guy in rotation even with Nuggets. They just invested too much in Harris to let it go, for better or worst.

Harris is very good defensively. Beasley isn't. Beasley was in and out of Malone's doghouse. He was out of the rotation for a while earlier this year for a foul he committed near midcourt that allowed Phoenix, I believe, to send a game into overtime.

Denver has terrific depth and they traded some of it off for future assets.

Beasley can shoot, but he isn't really what we need. He is basically Terrence Ross.

SOUL wrote:Let's go streaking

You think KFC is still open!?

Gorgeous pass from AG to James Ennis for the jam

Timberwolves commentators sound like they're weighing in on the last sweater vest discussion.

Fournier 2-14 (14%) in clutch shots in the final minute, 12-43 (27%) when expanded to the last 5 minutes. Gordon, comparatively, is shooting 65% in those final 5 minutes.

They've been cupping Markelle's right shoulder.

Nice to see Markelle with no hesitation about shooting the mid-range early.

How was that not an And-1?!?! Fournier got robbed there.

AG time

AG already with 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Just doing it all.

Gordon is an entirely different player lately than what he was to start this season. No longer waving players off for an ISO, instead he's directing Vuc to post up and getting him the ball.