2024-2025 Regular Season Game 8: Orlando Magic (3-4) at Oklahoma City Thunder (6-0) - 9:15pm ET

[Knightro]

Carter is OUT.

Goga is AVAILABLE.

[eyriq]

GOGA ERA BEGINS

[3ddman23]

Not expecting anything good out of this one unfortunately. This is the best team on this road trip on a back to back. All we can ask for is for them to stay competitive but I don't expect it. Let's see what happens...

[eyriq]

Start JI and Goga together please and thank you

[richi_v25]

I would like to see
1-AB
2-Suggs
3-Franz
4-JI
5-Goga

[pepe1991]

OKC will throw at them most unique defensive teams possible , like 5 guards switch everything lineup or Holmgren and 4 guards etc.

But no teams in nba forces more turnovers than OKC.

[ogmagicfan]

OKC will throw at them most unique defensive teams possible , like 5 guards switch everything lineup or Holmgren and 4 guards etc.

But no teams in nba forces more turnovers than OKC.

I watched parts of the Thunder vs Clippers game a couple nights ago, they had lineups where the tallest player they had on the court was Jalen Williams

They will definitely run the same often knowing we're lacking our Center whose the best at guarding the perimeter (WCJ)

[Jiwol]

It's gonna be brutal. This schedule couldn't be tougher after the Paolo's injury. 2 undefeated teams and NBA finalist, all away games.

[JoshuaPotter]

Can't wait! Debating starting my subscription to bally just so I can force my 13 year old to watch it. He will totally hate our team getting thrashed.

[Last Guardian]

Jeez what a brutal schedule after the deflating Paolo situation.

Absolutely do not expect a win. Unfortunately expect another ass whooping tbh.

Really hoping for a great Goga game.

[Bensational]

Even if we were 100% healthy, a back to back against the 2 defending western conference finalists* is just a rough schedule. Hopefully our guys can find some fight to make it competitive.

*edit - forgot the Wolves were the conference finalists, though Thunder/Mavs felt like the real conference finals.

[RichCollab]

I would like to see
1-AB
2-Suggs
3-Franz
4-JI
5-Goga

JI isn’t playing enough minutes to start

[RichCollab]

Let’s run this for the next 5 games. Get some consistency

Suggs / Black
KCP / Jett
TDS / Harris
Franz / JI
Goga / Moe

[RookieStar]

Well...

good news is OKC isnt that big
bad news is OKC is undefeated despite being not that big

lol

[eyriq]

Big minutes and a defensive master class from JI. A massive offensive rebounding game from Goga. AB looking like Baby SGA.

[Last Guardian]

Well...

good news is OKC isnt that big
bad news is OKC is undefeated despite being not that big

lol

To take advantage of their lack of size we'd have to start Moe at PF. JI will defend well but won't punish them offensively for being small.

[Fortune Teller]

I'm very confused as to why we re-signed Wendell, who is now doing the same thing he does every year -- play half the season. And even when he plays it's nothing special.

[Fortune Teller]

Start JI and Goga together please and thank you

You can't start Isaac or you'll be changing the starting lineup every other game or every three games on average. This is also why WCJ is basically useless as a starter. Isaac also averages only 14.5 mpg and even with limitations has already missed 3 games this season. If you play the guy 20 minutes he breaks, and honestly he breaks even if you don't.

[eyriq]

Start JI and Goga together please and thank you

You can't start Isaac or you'll be changing the starting lineup every other game or every three games on average. This is also why WCJ is basically useless as a starter. Isaac also averages only 14.5 mpg and even with limitations has already missed 3 games this season. If you play the guy 20 minutes he breaks, and honestly he breaks even if you don't.

Break him then.

[richi_v25]

I would like to see
1-AB
2-Suggs
3-Franz
4-JI
5-Goga

JI isn’t playing enough minutes to start

But he should, isn't he the highest paid guy on the team?