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GAME INFO
Who: New York Knicks at Orlando Magic
What: 2023-2024 Regular Season Game 55
When: Wednesday, February 14 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -3.5 (opened ORL -2.5)
Over/Under: 211.5 (opened 216.5)

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 85-133



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Anthony Black


G: Jalen Suggs


F: Franz Wagner


F: Paolo Banchero


C: Wendell Carter Jr.


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Cole Anthony


G: Caleb Houstan


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: Chuma Okeke
F: Admiral Schofield (two-way)
C: Goga Bitadze

Injuries: Markelle Fultz (knee injury maintenance) and Gary Harris (calf injury maintenance) are OUT.

New York Projected Starters
G: Jalen Brunson
G: Donte DiVincenzo
F: Josh Hart
F: Precious Achiuwa
C: Jericho Sims

Bench
G: Miles McBride
G: Alec Burks
F: Bojan Bogdanovic
C: Taj Gibson

Injuries: OG Anunoby (elbow), Julius Randle (shoulder) and Mitchell Robinson (ankle) are OUT. Donte DiVincenzo (hamstring), Bojan Bogdanovic (calf) and Isaiah Hartenstein (achilles) are QUESTIONABLE.

Fultz and Harris putting the continuity claim to shame.

Hopefully AB DOMINATES and we never look back.

Could it be JETT time?!

Knightro wrote:Could it be JETT time?!

I totally get what they see in Ingles but I think it is about time. I know they won't do it this year because they value him as a ball handler and veteran guy going into the playoffs but he will easily be replaced by Jett or Caleb soon.

AB played great defense on Brunson last time. Lets see if he can do it again.

Jett Howard watch party ! What will happen with Howard and Black is the most important narrative for rest of the season. They are both trades we didnt make at the deadline. We wont have enough good assets in the offseason without them showing some skills.

zaymon wrote:Jett Howard watch party ! What will happen with Howard and Black is the most important narrative for rest of the season. They are both trades we didnt make at the deadline. We wont have enough good assets in the offseason without them showing some skills.

Man trading them in the off-season would be Oladipo/Sabonis vibes all over again.

My guess is this is a scheduled loss. Back-to-back against an incredibly injured, but still great team. Adding Black in, who didn't play at all last night, will probably help. But the other players played a tough game. Hopefully they don't have too tired of legs.

eyriq wrote:Man trading them in the off-season would be Oladipo/Sabonis vibes all over again.

Depends on who it's for obviously.

I wouldn't be on board with trading them for middling veterans that's for sure.

But as part of a package for a legitimate all-star in his prime? I'm taking that phone call at the very least.

Jett Howard to play? RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

Knightro wrote:

eyriq wrote:Man trading them in the off-season would be Oladipo/Sabonis vibes all over again.

Depends on who it's for obviously.

I wouldn't be on board with trading them for middling veterans that's for sure.

But as part of a package for a legitimate all-star in his prime? I'm taking that phone call at the very least.

Yeah, a little voice in the back of my head says Trae could be worth it. There is still a ton of uncertainty around AB and Jett and the known knowns about Trae at least say he can lead a top tier offense.

Part of me is genuinely concerned about adding a ball dominant player to this core, though. Then again, Trae is 25, SGA is 25. That could be the move. A Trae/Suggs backcourt is the stuff of dreams.

eyriq wrote:

Knightro wrote:

eyriq wrote:Man trading them in the off-season would be Oladipo/Sabonis vibes all over again.

Depends on who it's for obviously.

I wouldn't be on board with trading them for middling veterans that's for sure.

But as part of a package for a legitimate all-star in his prime? I'm taking that phone call at the very least.

Yeah, a little voice in the back of my head says Trae could be worth it. There is still a ton of uncertainty around AB and Jett and the known knowns about Trae at least say he can lead a top tier offense.

Part of me is genuinely concerned about adding a ball dominant player to this core, though. Then again, Trae is 25, SGA is 25. That could be the move. A Trae/Suggs backcourt is the stuff of dreams.

It is a potential "Lewis" style of free agent. Then again, we didn't have players waiting in the wings like "AB", "Jett" then either.

I find this a mixed bag.

Knicks might be quite thin tonight.

Unleash Jett

Franz should rebound today and get us a win

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You guys really think Jetts gonna play over Caleb and Jingles?

It's interesting, the spread is 4.5 but Orlando only has a win probability of 53.7%.

I really hope we win this one and I think we will

Should make for a decent game, we're on a back to back but NY has half the team missing. Hope to see AB go off with some Caleb sprinkled in, Go Magic!

Wait a min... I just remembered they now have Magic Killer Burks with them... yeah, this is probably a loss. lol