2020-2021 Regular Season Game 1: Miami Heat (0-0) at Orlando Magic (0-0)

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:45 pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Miami Heat v. Orlando Magic
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 1
When: Wednesday, December 23 at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +4.5
Over/Under 217

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
NONE

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Markelle Fultz

G: Evan Fournier

F: Dwayne Bacon

F: Aaron Gordon

C: Nikola Vucevic

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Cole Anthony

G: Michael Carter-Williams

F: Terrence Ross

F: Chuma Okeke

C: Khem Birch

Deep Bench
G: Jordan Bone (two-way)
G: Karim Mane (two way)
F: Gary Clark
C: Mo Bamba

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Al-Farouq Aminu (knee) and James Ennis (hamstring) are all OUT.

Miami Projected Starters
G: Goran Dragic
G: Duncan Robinson
F: Jimmy Butler
F: Maurice Harkless
C: Bam Adebayo

Bench
G: Kendrick Nunn
G: Tyler Herro
G: Avery Bradley
F: Andre Iguodala
F: Meyers Leonard
F: KZ Okpala
C: Kelly Olynyk
C: Precious Achiuwa

Injuries: Gabe Vincent (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.

JojoSlimbiid · Post #2 » by **JojoSlimbiid** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:38 pm

Chuma isn't going to be in the rotation early on. Likely Clark will take his minutes.

PrimeThyme · Post #3 » by **PrimeThyme** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:06 pm

Not even a condensed season, an Isaac injury, Weham, or Evan Fournier himself could stop me from getting excited about the new start to a season. Glad to be back!

drsd · Post #4 » by **drsd** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:15 pm

PrimeThyme wrote:Glad to be back!

Catledge · Post #5 » by **Catledge** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:22 pm

It'll be interesting to see how Bacon does against Butler on opening night.

Optimus_Steel · Post #6 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:27 pm

Alot of us who stream are not going to be able to see this...

basketballRob · Post #7 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:39 pm

JojoSlimbiid wrote:Chuma isn't going to be in the rotation early on. Likely Clark will take his minutes.

Really

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cedric76 · Post #8 » by **cedric76** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:08 pm

Easy win

Ducklett · Post #9 » by **Ducklett** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:12 pm

I hope Cole comes out and drops 25. That would be exciting.

Post #10 » by **Def Swami** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:13 pm

Over/under 3.5 three point attempts from MCW?

basketballRob · Post #11 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:29 pm

Did Clifford say that Chuma won't be in the rotation?

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swarlesbarkley · Post #12 » by **swarlesbarkley** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:55 pm

Catledge wrote:It'll be interesting to see how Bacon does against Butler on opening night.

Same. I think Bacon is a huge upgrade over Ennis.

Post #13 » by **DayofMourning** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:11 pm

Only four more hours till the Great Battle for Florida. Going to be memorable!

RookieStar · Post #14 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:19 pm

Can't wait.. win or lose I wanna see how our rookies do. I mean it's been a while since we had high expectation of our rookies right away (lol)

ducler · Post #15 » by **ducler** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:36 pm

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rcklsscognition · Post #16 » by **rcklsscognition** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:39 pm

I think this is my 11th season opener here, geeze. Cole almost broke my hype alert of 20 at 19 points the other night, will be keeping an eye on his PPG. Wish we had JI, going to really miss him, but maybe AG can take another step up this season and make up for it.

basketballRob · Post #17 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:20 pm

Our early schedule looks tough.

RookieStar · Post #18 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:41 pm

Doesn't Vuc usually feast on these "undersized" Centers? Sure Bam is strong and athletic but isn't Vuc's kryptonite usually the "big beefy" ones like Gasol, Jokic and etc?

However, I expect MIA to quickly double-team our only consistent legitimate scoring threat so yeah..lol

ARandomStranger · Post #19 » by **ARandomStranger** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:01 pm

The thing is Vuc kills the Heat every year and whenever they do double he usually makes the right decision. I feel like Orlando takes this first game, I just get a feeling we will be better than people think we are this season.

Skybox · Post #20 » by **Skybox** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:32 pm

I was thinking the same about Vuc/Bam...go inside early, play that 80's game and remind the NBA that even "switchy", mobile, 6'8 modern centers have problems with certain matchups. Bully Ball...My top wish is a good win, Second, would be 30pts from Fultz. I hope Cole does well, but I'm not really that worried about HIS confidence. Let's Goooooo