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Fri, Dec 1 - vs Washington
Sat, Dec 2 - @ Brooklyn
Wed, Dec 6 - @ Cleveland
Fri, Dec 8 - vs Detroit
Mon, Dec 11 - vs Cleveland
Fri, Dec 15 - @ Boston
Sun, Dec 17 - @ Boston
Wed, Dec 20 - vs Miami
Thu, Dec 21 - @ Milwaukee
Sat, Dec 23 - @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 - @ Washington
Wed, Dec 27 - vs Philadelphia
Fri, Dec 29 - vs New York
Sun, Dec 31 - @ Phoenix

On paper the Magic have a very difficult month ahead of them.

What do you think their record will be in the month of December?

I'm saying 8-6. This requires only one home loss and a split up in Boston.

6-8

This month I think will definitely be closer to 500 basketball...

Residual-Heat wrote:6-8

I am on record as saying the Magic will go 40%, so that's 6-8, for a 19-13 record to end 2023.

Wow: 19-13. What a great outcome to the first 32 games.


To dig in further:
Fri, Dec 1 - vs Washington
Sat, Dec 2 - @ Brooklyn
Wed, Dec 6 - @ Cleveland
Fri, Dec 8 - vs Detroit
Mon, Dec 11 - vs Cleveland
Fri, Dec 15 - @ Boston
Sun, Dec 17 - @ Boston
Wed, Dec 20 - vs Miami
Thu, Dec 21 - @ Milwaukee
Sat, Dec 23 - @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 - @ Washington
Wed, Dec 27 - vs Philadelphia
Fri, Dec 29 - vs New York
Sun, Dec 31 - @ Phoenix

9-5. It'll be interesting if Tatum acts out if we beat Boston again. Apparently, he was butthurt because he felt the Magic ran up the score on them.

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I'll go 7-7.

Last year, the team played .500 basketball, more or less, after the 5-20 injury-plagued start. I think they can maintain that level of play barring any long absences from key players.

Whatever gets us to 20-5 then I am ok with anything from there. Even straight L streak.....

To go from 5-20 to 20-5 would be a great confident boost and a wakeup call for the league.

14-0

Costs the same as any other combo

7-7 .500 basketball

December is incredibly brutal. I will be happy if we are at .5 or above but ultimately regardless of schedule, I want them to experience all the pressures that they will face in the playoffs (hopefully), so that they will be ready and prepared come that time.

either
6-8
or
8-6

I'm OK with either with this schedule.

eyriq wrote:I'm saying 8-6. This requires only one home loss and a split up in Boston.

Im going with this. That'd put us at 21-11 going into January, that'd be a 53 win pace and would have been good for 3rd in the East last season going into the new year.

I'll take that

basketballRob wrote:9-5. It'll be interesting if Tatum acts out if we beat Boston again. Apparently, he was butthurt because he felt the Magic ran up the score on them.

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that's wild when his team did hack-a-shaq vs Drummond while up 30 pts

voted 9-5 with an abundance of optimism

magik9113 wrote:

basketballRob wrote:9-5. It'll be interesting if Tatum acts out if we beat Boston again. Apparently, he was butthurt because he felt the Magic ran up the score on them.

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that's wild when his team did hack-a-shaq vs Drummond while up 30 pts

As long as we crush Boston in Boston I''ll be happy

Fri, Dec 1 - vs Washington - W
Sat, Dec 2 - @ Brooklyn - W
Wed, Dec 6 - @ Cleveland - W
Fri, Dec 8 - vs Detroit - W
Mon, Dec 11 - vs Cleveland - W
Fri, Dec 15 - @ Boston - W
Sun, Dec 17 - @ Boston - W
Wed, Dec 20 - vs Miami - L
Thu, Dec 21 - @ Milwaukee - L
Sat, Dec 23 - @ Indiana - L
Tue, Dec 26 - @ Washington - W for Christmas please
Wed, Dec 27 - vs Philadelphia - L
Fri, Dec 29 - vs New York - L
Sun, Dec 31 - @ Phoenix -L

AaronB wrote:14-0

Costs the same as any other combo

This

ChosenSavior wrote:

AaronB wrote:14-0

Costs the same as any other combo

This

I believe....

I'm guessing 8-6

The stretch from the Nets game till January 29th against the Mavs is rough, 28 games. If we can go 14-14, we should be at the very least a 45 win team this season, if not high 40's in wins

Pretty incredible