2020-2021 Regular Season Game 5: Philadelphia 76ers (3-1) at Orlando Magic (4-0)

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:12 pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Philadelphia 76ers at Orlando Magic
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 5
When: Thursday, December 31 at 6:30pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBATV, 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +3
Over/Under 219.5

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: Chuma Okeke

C: Khem Birch

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

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

Philadelphia 76ers Projected Starters
G: Seth Curry
G: Danny Green
F: Tobias Harris
F: Ben Simmons
C: Joel Embiid

Bench
G: Shake Milton
G: Tyrese Maxey
F: Matisse Thybulle
F: Mike Scott
C: Dwight Howard

Injuries: Furkan Korkmaz (adductor) is OUT.

Post #2 » by **Knightro** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:15 pm

Tough break with Ross being out. I wonder if we see the Fultz/Anthony backcourt for the first time?

Clifford is going to have to get creative with his wing rotation. Maybe Okeke plays some 3 with Clark playing backup 4. Or perhaps more likely they increase Fournier, Bacon and MCW's minutes.

Post #3 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:39 pm

Surprised Gordon is still playing. Thought he was laboring more than Ross these last few games. What the Magic medical team does will never make sense to me.

cedric76 · Post #4 » by **cedric76** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:47 pm

Easy win

Bigmagicfan82 · Post #5 » by **Bigmagicfan82** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:05 pm

With Ross out, that mean that it is Cole time!

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3ddman23 · Post #6 » by **3ddman23** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:13 pm

This one is gonna be tough, especially with Ross out. Im not sure how we win this one unless we get a surprise showing from someone. I think we need some sort of dominate performance tonight in order for the magic to oull this one out. Go magic

basketballRob · Post #7 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:27 pm

With Ross out we probably see Fournier try hero ball.

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zaymon · Post #8 » by **zaymon** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:43 pm

Rookie time ! We will propably play Fournier more with the bech unit Cole with starters and force Okeke to shoot every 3 he can launch.

ducler · Post #9 » by **ducler** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:25 pm

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basketballRob · Post #10 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:21 pm

Clark probably plays some and they move AG to SF.

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Post #11 » by **ChosenSavior** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:39 pm

We match up very well with the Sixers. They honestly do not scare me that much. It does suck that Ross is out but this just means next man up. Cole will have to step up and we will need to get a good shooting performance from Fournier tonight. We need to attack Seth Curry whenever he is out there. They will probably try to hide him on Dwayne Bacon so he needs to be aggressive out there when that matchup presents itself. The one concern I do have playing against the Sixers is rebounding. We have to win that battle or at least keep it within a manageable margin. As long as we take care of the ball and rebound, I like our chances to snag another win.

PrimeThyme · Post #12 » by **PrimeThyme** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:24 pm

I think this one will get ugly. Especially with no Ross in that second unit.

RookieStar · Post #13 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:37 pm

The last undefeated team in the NBA falls tonight. It was fun while it lasted lol

Seriously, without Ross there will be a scoring drought. Plus Embiid and Dwight will make us pay for our smallish frontcourt.

JasonBlanchard · Post #14 » by **JasonBlanchard** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:14 pm

Just need someone else to step up. We've had some surprise players step up like Bacon last game.

Ducklett · Post #15 » by **Ducklett** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:28 pm

Everyone thinks we are going to lose (myself included). Those are the games we somehow end up winning.

JasonBlanchard · Post #16 » by **JasonBlanchard** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:33 pm

Ducklett wrote:Everyone thinks we are going to lose (myself included). Those are the games we somehow end up winning.

72-0 in my mind until they prove otherwise

penny_nz · Post #17 » by **penny_nz** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:34 pm

David Steele tweeted Cliff has said with Ross out we'll see some Fultz / Cole lineup which has me VERY excited, I truly believe that could be the future.

Interested to see how we go without Ross, he's been enormous this year, but let's see what Cole can do, let Chuma put some more shots up.

Also, Vuc needs to put on his big boy pants today vs Embiid

JasonBlanchard · Post #18 » by **JasonBlanchard** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:35 pm

penny_nz wrote:David Steele tweeted Cliff has said with Ross out we'll see some Fultz / Cole lineup which has me VERY excited, I truly believe that could be the future.

Interested to see how we go without Ross, he's been enormous this year, but let's see what Cole can do, let Chuma put some more shots up.

Also, Vic needs to put on his big boy pants today vs Embiid

He also said instead of using 10 players for the game, he plans on only using 9. I'd love to hear what's going on with Bamba

Post #19 » by **Howard Mass** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:36 pm

I'm excited that we will see Markelle Fultz and Cole Anthony together tonight.

Everyone will have to step up to fill the scoring void left by T-Ross being out tonight,

Last Guardian · Post #20 » by **Last Guardian** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:37 pm

Didn't know Ross would be out...he's probably our most important player so far. I think this will be ugly, hopefully they surprise me