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GAME INFO
Who: Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic
What: 2023-2024 Regular Season Game 16 and In-Season Tournament Game 4
When: Friday, November 24 at 2:30pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBATV, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: BOS -4.5
Over/Under: 223.5

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 66-113



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Anthony Black


G: Jalen Suggs


F: Franz Wagner


F: Paolo Banchero


C: Goga Bitadze


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Cole Anthony


G: Gary Harris


F: Joe Ingles


F: Jonathan Isaac


C: Moritz Wagner


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

Injuries: Wendell Carter Jr. (hand), Markelle Fultz (knee), Jett Howard (G-League Assignment), Kevon Harris (two-way) and Trevelin Queen (two-way) are OUT.

Boston Projected Starters
G: Derrick White
G: Jrue Holiday
F: Jaylen Brown
F: Jayson Tatum
C: Kristaps Porzingis

Bench
G: Payton Pritchard
G: Dalano Banton
F: Sam Hauser
F: Luke Kornet
C: Al Horford

Injuries: Jaylen Brown (adductor) is QUESTIONABLE.

Must win #2

Toughest test so far...win or lose we're going to learn something from this game....man if we win though.....

eyriq wrote:Must win #2

Not only "must win". But it really needs to be a big, crushing win. Orlando needs a 15-20 point blowout win here!

Friday night, post shopping special. I'll take it

Should be tough game , I expect the Celtics to play hard , they lost 3 times last year To the magic and probably want to get their wins back .

Porzingis is playing center and Tatum at the four. I'm looking forward to Tatum vs. Banchero.

We have a blueprint to be better than the Celtics. I'm curious how we stack up now. They've exhausted all their cap and future picks for what they will roll out today.

We still have $7m+ of cap space and all of the future picks left. We have $50m+ next season in cap space to spend. We have two of our rotational pieces out today. Our best players just turned 21 and 22.

It's more of a must win for them because this is as good as they'll be for the next few years, and this will likely be the worst that we'll be for the next 5-10 years.



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There's no such thing as a must win in November.

This would be nice to win, sure, but even if they don't they'll be 10-6 with three very winnable home games coming up next.

Getting the W would be amazing.

Not expecting it, but it would definitely put the league on notice.

basketballRob wrote:We have a blueprint to be better than the Celtics. I'm curious how we stack up now. They've exhausted all their cap and future picks for what they will roll out today.


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Boston still has more picks to trade if they find a deal. The cap penalties may become an issue, but so far their ownership has said they'll spend to win.

Knightro wrote:There's no such thing as a must win in November.

This would be nice to win, sure, but even if they don't they'll be 10-6 with three very winnable home games coming up next.

I think they mean to make the tournament play, we have to win and win by a big margin. Whether we care about the tournament or not, the players have said it is a goal for them.

Gant wrote:

basketballRob wrote:We have a blueprint to be better than the Celtics. I'm curious how we stack up now. They've exhausted all their cap and future picks for what they will roll out today.


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Boston still has more picks to trade if they find a deal. The cap penalties may become an issue, but so far their ownership has said they'll spend to win.

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Boston is great at asset management and making trades.

As for this game, I am not of the belief that simply because we beat them 3-1 last season that it will continue. The only thing I want is for Orlando to be competitive.

Knightro wrote:There's no such thing as a must win in November.

This would be nice to win, sure, but even if they don't they'll be 10-6 with three very winnable home games coming up next.

Your refusal to update to the IST reality is funny

All I want is a good competitive game ala the nuggets game. Give me that and I'm cool no matter the outcome.
The way they are playing they can beat any team in the league but this one will be very tough. The bench needs to be huge for us. And as always control the little things. Turnovers, fouls, offensive rebounds, 50/50 balls.
I won't be able to watch since I'll be at the jets vs dolphins game at metlife but hoping I can rewards later after a win. Go magic

I'd love to see a very aggressive but well-timed defensive blitz to get them on their heels and keep them there. BOS's starting five is far and away the best in the NBA but if ORL's crazy energy can run them into foul trouble and needing Oxygen...our bench will destroy theirs...just budget some of that energy for the 3rd quarter, Mose!

I honestly like our chances. BOS is awesome, but there are some good matchup problems for us to work on - if we're hitting our shots, deep into our roster.

It’s at home. It’s a must win in my book.

Hopefully the magic randomly get hot from 3 and blow out the Celtics

Rebound, hit our freebies, take care of the basketball. We do that, we'll have a chance to win. Bench production will be a factor once again in this one...LET'S GO MAGIC

Hopefully, AB can have a good game. After all, it is Black Friday.

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