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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons
What: 2022-2023 Regular Season Game 1
When: Wednesday, October 19 at 7pm ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +3.0
Over/Under 217

ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 22-60



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Cole Anthony


G: Terrence Ross


F: Franz Wagner


F: Paolo Banchero


C: Wendell Carter Jr.



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: RJ Hampton


G: Jalen Suggs


F: Chuma Okeke


F: Bol Bol


C: Mo Bamba



ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Caleb Houstan
G: Kevon Harris (two-way)
F: Admiral Schofield (two-way)

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (rehab), Markelle Fultz (toe), Gary Harris (knee) and Moritz Wagner (ankle) are OUT.

Detroit Projected Starters
G: Cade Cunningham
G: Jaden Ivey
F: Saddiq Bey
F: Bojan Bogdanovic
C: Isaiah Stewart

Bench
G: Killian Hayes
G: Rodney McGruder
F: Hamidou Diallo
F: Nerlens Noel
C: Jalen Duren

Injuries: Isaiah Livers (hip), Alec Burks (foot) and Marvin Bagley III (knee) are OUT.

if the Magic win this game they'll be on track to finish 82-0

let's have a good year

This are NOT official lineups or rotations btw. Just speculation based on the injuries and the preseason.

Most recent two #1 picks to start the season? I like it. I think Paolo out-stats Cade but the Pistons get the W.

Strapping in for:

Blow it up
Trade Franz
Fire Mosley
Paolo a bust
Can’t watch this team anymore
Fire weham

It’s all coming boys. Grab your popcorn

I won't be back until closer to 8p so I will miss a bit but I'm hoping to come back to a nice game.

davey_wavy wrote:Strapping in for:

Blow it up
Trade Franz
Fire Mosley
Paolo a bust
Can’t watch this team anymore
Fire weham

It’s all coming boys. Grab your popcorn

All coming from you?

Knightro wrote:

davey_wavy wrote:Strapping in for:

Blow it up
Trade Franz
Fire Mosley
Paolo a bust
Can’t watch this team anymore
Fire weham

It’s all coming boys. Grab your popcorn

All coming from you?

He's not going to live down that topic/thread

Jaden Ivey is Detroit's X-factor IMO. I don't know who's healthy on our team but I'd like to say Fultz or Suggs are our X-factors.

On another note, I'm excited to see Cade vs Paolo.

I have a lot of excitement for this season.

It may not result in the wins we hope for (or don’t hope for come March), but for the first time in the 6 plus years I’ve posted in these opening night game threads, I can see a very bright light at the end of the tunnel.

At our foundation, Franz/Paolo are two building blocks I’m fully confident will develop into something special. I, and many of us, had to talk ourselves into Dipo or Gordon or Mario or Vuc or Isaac or Fultz (I could keep going), but these two are different.

That’s not to mention somebody like WCJ who I think, if everything goes right, is going to be a hugely impactful player for us on some contending teams in the next 2-6 seasons. Cole as a sixth man and Suggs as a point of attack defensively gifted guard are players I can envision playing on those teams as well.

I’m just hoping, for once, we can see the trio of Franz/Banchero/WCJ play 70 plus games together this season. If that happens, regardless of our win total, this season will be a success in my eyes.

So cheers to another opening night fellas! I think payoff is finally in store for those of us who have dealt with the pain of the last decade.

LETS GO!

To be honest, looking at rosters, I legit think we have a better team.

Also I know it doesnt mean much but Detroit lost all their preseason games.

Cunningham, Ivey and Bey were all quite bad shooting the 3 in the preseason.

Bey 8-27 .296
Cunningham 5-23 .217
Ivey 2-14 .143

Probably won't carry over, but worth monitoring early on at least.

I like Cade, but I just want Franz to make people wonder why Cade was picked ahead of him tonight.

Vamos!

MAGIC BASKETBALL IS BACK!

Excited to see how this rebuilt roster does against another rebuilding roster tonight.

jonbob17 wrote:I like Cade, but I just want Franz to make people wonder why Cade was picked ahead of him tonight.

Vamos!

So much this.

I get Detroit is a bigger and more storied franchise, but you'd swear Cade was the second coming the way he's being talked about.

The reality is he was äss for most of the season before turning it on to some degree at the end. But even then it's not like he was lights out. He was solid.

I will say that on paper the partnership with Ivey should be a complementary one, though I personally didn't rate either of them that.highly.comimg put of their drafts.

I just want Franz to make it impossible to avoid the comparison with Cade and impossible to reach any conclusion other than Franz is the better player at present.

davey_wavy wrote:Strapping in for:

Blow it up
Trade Franz
Fire Mosley
Paolo a bust
Can’t watch this team anymore
Fire weham

It’s all coming boys. Grab your popcorn

It will be hard to top the overrated after 1 preseason game, thread, but im excited.

Knightro wrote:Cunningham, Ivey and Bey were all quite bad shooting the 3 in the preseason.

Bey 8-27 .296
Cunningham 5-23 .217
Ivey 2-14 .143

Probably won't carry over, but worth monitoring early on at least.

Yep. I've been following Detroit and Houston heavily since we're in similar stages of our rebuilds. Cade looked TERRIBLE during the preseason... not that it means anything yet.

Alright!!!!

Wanna see of Suggs can lock up Cade/Ivey here

PrimeThyme wrote:I have a lot of excitement for this season.

It may not result in the wins we hope for (or don’t hope for come March), but for the first time in the 6 plus years I’ve posted in these opening night game threads, I can see a very bright light at the end of the tunnel.

At our foundation, Franz/Paolo are two building blocks I’m fully confident will develop into something special. I, and many of us, had to talk ourselves into Dipo or Gordon or Mario or Vuc or Isaac or Fultz (I could keep going), but these two are different.

That’s not to mention somebody like WCJ who I think, if everything goes right, is going to be a hugely impactful player for us on some contending teams in the next 2-6 seasons. Cole as a sixth man and Suggs as a point of attack defensively gifted guard are players I can envision playing on those teams as well.

I’m just hoping, for once, we can see the trio of Franz/Banchero/WCJ play 70 plus games together this season. If that happens, regardless of our win total, this season will be a success in my eyes.

So cheers to another opening night fellas! I think payoff is finally in store for those of us who have dealt with the pain of the last decade.

Well said. Cheers!