2023-2024 Regular Season Game 1: Houston Rockets (0-0) at Orlando Magic (0-0) - 7pm

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:52 am

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GAME INFO
Who: Houston Rockets at Orlando Magic
What: 2023-2024 Regular Season Game 1
When: Wednesday, October 25 at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, Florida
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -4.0
Over/Under: 222

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 56-108

ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Markelle Fultz

G: Jalen Suggs

F: Franz Wagner

F: Paolo Banchero

C: Wendell Carter Jr.

ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Cole Anthony

G: Anthony Black

F: Joe Ingles

F: Jonathan Isaac

C: Moritz Wagner

ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Jett Howard
G: Kevon Harris (two-way)
G: Trevelin Queen (two-way)
F: Caleb Houstan
F: Chuma Okeke
F: Admiral Schofield (two-way)
C: Goga Bitadze

Injuries: Kevon Harris (knee) is OUT. Gary Harris (adductor) is QUESTIONABLE.

Houston Projected Starters
G: Fred VanVleet
G: Jalen Green
F: Dillon Brooks
F: Jabari Smith Jr.
C: Alperen Şengün

Bench
G: Amen Thompson
G: Reggie Bullock
F: Jae'Sean Tate
F: Jeff Green
C: Jock Landale

Injuries: Tari Eason (leg) and Victor Oladipo (knee) are OUT.

Post #2 » by **ChosenSavior** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:14 am

Real basketball finally! So excited for tomorrow! Rebound, play with pace and limit the turnovers so we can get our first W of the year. Let's go Magic!

Post #3 » by **SOUL** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:22 am

Let's go!! start off strong! I think we're pretty evenly matched truth be told.

Run them off the three point line, a lot of their guys were bottom in the league last year in two point percentages.

AdamTH21 · Post #4 » by **AdamTH21** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:31 am

Crazy hyped. Going into this game with pretty favourable expectations. If we play to our best, we'll win. I'd love to see us make a strong start to kick off the season this year after the 5-20 debacle we sat through last time around.

G-Heel · Post #5 » by **G-Heel** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:34 am

Houston is talented and brought in some vets. It'll be tough but I'm confident our guys are ready.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #6 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 4:31 am

I just want them to start off really well and everyone stay healthy. So hyped for this team. Go Magic!!!

RookieStar · Post #7 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:00 am

Jeff Green is still playing? Didnt he just win a chip woth DEN?

Is he doing what he did in ORL, getting a 1 yr huge deal for salary cap purpose?

RookieStar · Post #8 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:01 am

SOUL wrote:Let's go!! start off strong! I think we're pretty evenly matched truth be told.

Run them off the three point line, a lot of their guys were bottom in the league last year in two point percentages.

Yeah, except for Sengun, i think their SL happily just bombs away from the 3pt line

thelead · Post #9 » by **thelead** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:28 am

Super interested in Jabari’s development. He looked like a monster during summer league and he continued his hot shooting in the preseason. He just looks so much more comfortable and confident out there. Regular season is a different thing though. Let’s see how this game goes.

drsd · Post #10 » by **drsd** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:23 am

pepe1991 · Post #11 » by **pepe1991** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:10 am

thelead wrote:Super interested in Jabari’s development. He looked like a monster during summer league and he continued his hot shooting in the preseason. He just looks so much more comfortable and confident out there. Regular season is a different thing though. Let’s see how this game goes.

My peeps from non-USA based podcasts really stomped Vleet's performances from last year.
Hell, most people i value opinion about basketball tend to hate on this version of Houston with passion .

Objectivlly, Houston is top 5 worst teams we can face this year.

RookieStar · Post #12 » by **RookieStar** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:25 am

I wonder how Paolo will defend Jabari? Will he chase him to the 3pt line a lot?

Post #13 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:47 am

We’ll see if they change it up, but based on how the Rockets handled their final preseason game, it does not appear Cam Whitmore is immediately going to be in their rotation.

Maybe that changes, but I’m not expecting him to play rotation minutes tonight.

jonbob17 · Post #14 » by **jonbob17** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:29 pm

It's game day...LFG!

jonbob17 · Post #15 » by **jonbob17** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:33 pm

AdamTH21 wrote:Crazy hyped. Going into this game with pretty favourable expectations. If we play to our best, we'll win. I'd love to see us make a strong start to kick off the season this year after the 5-20 debacle we sat through last time around.

If we play our best, I think we win most nights. It's the 6 from 40 from 3 nights that are going to kill us. if we shoot 35% from 3 as a team we will beat most teams. Our defense is good, particularly defending the perimeter and shooters. knock on wood.

Ralof · Post #16 » by **Ralof** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:40 pm

First Time in i Guess,ten years,that i have not that "oh **** here we go again"feeling at start of the season.

VFX · Post #17 » by **VFX** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:05 pm

Looking forward to the Green/Suggs matchup.

Will also be interesting to see how many minutes Isaac gets.

And of course the Jabari / Paolo narrative.

yoyojw17 · Post #18 » by **yoyojw17** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:17 pm

This is going to be an exciting game I believe! So happy that we're back in action.... officially! Let's goooooooo Magic!!!

P.s. gonna be fun watching Paolo, Chet, and Jabari grow... they might turn into one of the best top 3 draft picks in a while!

Post #19 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:21 pm

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Ralof · Post #20 » by **Ralof** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:22 pm

MagicMatic wrote:Will also be interesting to see how many minutes Isaac gets.

if he can't play those 15-16 minutes for Banchero,i swear i'll go totally crazy :banghead: