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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Indiana Pacers
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 9
When: Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm ET
Where: Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: IND -5.5
Over/Under: 226.5 (Opened 221.5)

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 106-148 regular season, 3-4 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Jalen Suggs


G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope


F: Tristan da Silva


F: Franz Wagner


C: Goga Bitadze


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black


G: Gary Harris


F: Jett Howard


F: Jonathan Isaac


C: Moritz Wagner


ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cole Anthony
G: Cory Joseph
G: Mac McClung (two way)
G: Trevelin Queen (two-way)
F: Caleb Houstan

Injuries: Paolo Banchero (oblique) and Wendell Carter Jr. (foot) are OUT.


Indiana Projected Starters
G: Tyrese Haliburton
G: Bennedict Mathurin
G: Andrew Nembhard
F: Pascal Siakam
C: Myles Turner

Bench
G: T.J. McConnell
G: Ben Sheppard
F: Jarace Walker
F: Obi Toppin

Injuries: James Wiseman (achilles), Isaiah Jackson (achilles), Aaron Nesmith (ankle) are OUT. Andrew Nembhard (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.

Is this WCJ injury new, or did he re-aggravate a preexisting injury?

thelead wrote:Is this WCJ injury new, or did he re-aggravate a preexisting injury?

So he missed the Cleveland game with what was originally called knee tendinitis.

But then he popped up as questionable for the Dallas game with a plantar strain, but was active and started.

And then he clearly re-aggravated the foot during the Dallas game.

Would love to see this team knock some shots down.

Just win. Franz and Suggs are clear favorites for vest and cummerbund merch. Who steps up for the mittens?

Easy win

We have not established a bench yet. Looking at lineups without Paolo, Franz, and Suggs and it's sparse. The most played bench lineup that isn't a 3rd string unit is Black/Cole/Harris/JI/Moe, with 1 game and 8 minutes to their name. They have a -69.6 net rating, LOL.

Continuity has been ****** by injuries but the coaching staff needs to identify a rotation that works. This is something I'm looking for tonight.

Like someone said it's quite simple, just hit some open shoots.... This team is just completely bricking wide open shoots ( mainly 3s) and missing some gimmies in the paint. You just hit open shoots you stay in the game and give yourself a chance to win.

It's crazy that we are taking about something so simple but it's all they need to do. Hit open shoots for the love of God.

I don't expect them to win but let's see what happens....

eyriq wrote:Just win. Franz and Suggs are clear favorites for vest and cummerbund merch. Who steps up for the mittens?

Black gets his first vest as Pacers forget he exists doesn't play any defense at all resulting in highest scoring Magic game in franchise history.

Win or lose it would be nice if we could make some shots tonight

JoshuaPotter wrote:

eyriq wrote:Just win. Franz and Suggs are clear favorites for vest and cummerbund merch. Who steps up for the mittens?

Black gets his first vest as Pacers forget he exists doesn't play any defense at all resulting in highest scoring Magic game in franchise history.

yes Yes YES

I can't take another blowout.

On one hand we beat them last time and play well against Indy, on the other hand we needed all of Paolo's 50 to beat them.

eyriq wrote:We have not established a bench yet. Looking at lineups without Paolo, Franz, and Suggs and it's sparse. The most played bench lineup that isn't a 3rd string unit is Black/Cole/Harris/JI/Moe, with 1 game and 8 minutes to their name. They have a -69.6 net rating, LOL.

Continuity has been ****** by injuries but the coaching staff needs to identify a rotation that works. This is something I'm looking for tonight.

We haven’t established a starting lineup yet either

three3d wrote:

eyriq wrote:We have not established a bench yet. Looking at lineups without Paolo, Franz, and Suggs and it's sparse. The most played bench lineup that isn't a 3rd string unit is Black/Cole/Harris/JI/Moe, with 1 game and 8 minutes to their name. They have a -69.6 net rating, LOL.

Continuity has been ****** by injuries but the coaching staff needs to identify a rotation that works. This is something I'm looking for tonight.

We haven’t established a starting lineup yet either

Indeed. It's been a mess

cedric76 wrote:Easy win

This is a massive statement considering the Magic can barely score more than 90 points against a team that can go off for 110.

Viper1500 wrote:I can't take another blowout.

My wife said I thought you liked it when they lose and I'm like no that was a few years ago we're suppose to be past that now. Go Magix.

Rainwater wrote:

cedric76 wrote:Easy win

This is a massive statement considering the Magic can barely score more than 90 points against a team that can go off for 110.

Yeah but Indy are allowing 121ppg and only scoring 118ppg themselves so far, hopefully their defense allows some of our guys to get on the board.

Bensational wrote:

Rainwater wrote:

cedric76 wrote:Easy win

This is a massive statement considering the Magic can barely score more than 90 points against a team that can go off for 110.

Yeah but Indy are allowing 121ppg and only scoring 118ppg themselves so far, hopefully their defense allows some of our guys to get on the board.

If we don’t break 100 tonight, we might as well surrender every game until Paolo gets back