2020-2021 Regular Season Game 14: Orlando Magic (6-7) at New York Knicks (6-8)

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at New York Knicks
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 14
When: Monday, January 18 at 12pm ET
Where: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
How: NBATV, 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic -2
Over/Under 206

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
None

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Cole Anthony


G: Dwayne Bacon


F: James Ennis


F: Aaron Gordon


C: Nikola Vucevic


ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Jordan Bone


G: Karim Mane


F: Terrence Ross


F: Gary Clark


C: Khem Birch


Deep Bench
All Injured

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Al-Farouq Aminu (knee), Chuma Okeke (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee), Michael Carter-Williams (foot), Evan Fournier (back) and Mo Bamba (COVID) are OUT.

New York Projected Starters
G: Elfrid Payton
G: Reggie Bullock
F: RJ Barrett
F: Julius Randle
C: Mitchell Robinson

Bench
G: Immanuel Quickley
G: Austin Rivers
F: Kevin Knox
F: Obi Toppin
C: Nerlens Noel

Injuries: Alec Burks (ankle), Frank Ntilikina (knee) and Taj Gibson (COVID) are OUT. Mitchell Robinson (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.

[pepe1991]

Payton- Cole Anthony, battle for least valuable starting PG in nba

Thankfully, Quickley looks promising, so there will be at least 1 PG to watch

[MagicFan101]

This is a very important tank game.

[ChosenSavior]

I will admit it is crazy how banged up we are this season but I still am not a fan of the direction we are going. Knowing that we are playing to win, this is a game Vuc has to dominate today (no excuses whatsoever). He has a clear advantage against the Knicks frontcourt.

Need to get a handle on Julius Randle and not let him get going in this game. The Knicks play very frenetic on defense and aggressively traps in the pick and roll so our guards/AG have to be ready for this. The extra pass is the key to destroying their junk defense strategy. The Knicks have some good athletes so transition defense will be key today. Cannot sleep on them as they destroyed Boston yesterday.

Sidenote- I watched the Knicks vs Celtics game yesterday and damn does Dennis Smith Jr. look like hot garbage. He did not look explosive at all in the minutes I watched.

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[ChosenSavior]

The NBA TV broadcast didn't say one thing about the Magic heading into this game. Being irrelevant sucks.

[Howard Mass]

Matinee Game Time.

Let's Go Magic!

[p0peye]

I actually expect we lose this game and Vuc will be double and tripple teamed, leading to a bad game for him too.

[MagicFan101]

Come on boys! Get the L. We need this!

[j-ragg]

Great shooting start for Vuc. Can you contest a layup please though

[Husky1]

Boy bacon is baaaaaaad

[j-ragg]

Bacon might be our best hope for top 5 odds.

[3ddman23]

This is an absolute joke.

[ChosenSavior]

We have some really low IQ players. Why in the hell are we running hard at Elfrid at the 3 point line? Invite him to shoot that.

[ChosenSavior]

Bacon might be our best hope for top 5 odds.

He is forming into an elite tank commander. When the ball is passed to him, say bye bye to that offensive possession because he will not pass it back.

[Optimus_Steel]

When an Elfrid Payton lead team has more talent than your team....

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[ChosenSavior]

Gary Clark, our "3pt specialist" who can't hit 3s.

[jonbob17]

This is a noon game and the Knicks played last night. Talk about a back-to-back advantage.

[ChosenSavior]

13 points with Vuc nearly scoring all of them lol.

[Howard Mass]

Thank goodness for Nikola Vucevic. Knicks defense is tough and Magic are lucky to be where they are at at the end of the 1st Quarter.