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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 25
When: Friday, December 6 at 7pm ET
Where: Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -3.5
Over/Under: 209.5


ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 119-151 regular season, 3-4 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Jalen Suggs



G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope



F: Franz Wagner



F: Wendell Carter Jr.



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black



F: Tristan da Silva



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Moritz Wagner




ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cole Anthony
G: Cory Joseph
G/F: Jett Howard
G/F: Caleb Houstan

Injuries: Paolo Banchero (oblique) and Gary Harris (hamstring) are OUT.


Philadelphia Projected Starters
G: Tyrese Maxey
G: Jared McCain
F: Paul George
F: KJ Martin
C: Guerschon Yabusele

Bench
G: Kyle Lowry
G: Kelly Oubre Jr.
F: Ricky Council IV
F: Caleb Martin
C: Andre Drummond

Injuries: Joel Embiid (knee) and Adem Bona (knee) are OUT. Andre Drummond (ankle) is QUESTIONABLE.

I will be in attendance for this one. A couple rows behind the Magic's bench.

Tickets were cheap because of how lousy the Sixers are

Show us a sign when the camera pans towards you. Lo

THis is the opposite of a trap-game, whatever one would call that. Orlando is rested and focused. The team knows their opponent. If Philly wins this it is because they were more prepared. They will not catch Orlando "sleeping".

Nick nurse is annoying. I'm hoping we stomp them into the ground so I can watch him pout from the bench all night.

drsd wrote:THis is the opposite of a trap-game, whatever one would call that. Orlando is rested and focused. The team knows their opponent. If Philly wins this it is because they were more prepared. They will not catch Orlando "sleeping".

I wouldn't call playing the 3rd game in 4 nights at the end of a 5 game road trip (even if it was all around the NYC area) and after playing the most games and away games in the league, rested.

Looking at Paul George's stats. His FG% and eFG% plummeted, with similar usage. But also his assists are low and his TOs are high with a resultant stark decline in assist/TO; way below his career averages.

The F-Wagner vs. George matchup is no longer "interesting". F-Wagner is a much, much better player this year.

If the Magic win this game, they are back to parity in their road-record. WOW.

Look: If a team is undefeated at home and wins half their road games, that 60 wins.

Orlando is looking like a solid 50-win team. Is 55 wins plausible????

I am excited by this game.

drsd wrote:If the Magic win this game, they are back to parity in their road-record. WOW.

Look: If a team is undefeated at home and wins half their road games, that 60 wins.

Orlando is looking like a solid 50-win team. Is 55 wins plausible????

I am excited by this game.

Yes…but check back in a week.

I guess counter schedule weakness vs missing our best player…but still, much to prove but so far, so good

We have played 15 road games vs 9 home games. We have played the most games in the NBA. We have played the most back to back.

Winning on the road in the NBA isn’t easy.

RichCollab wrote:We have played 15 road games vs 9 home games. We have played the most games in the NBA. We have played the most back to back.

Winning on the road in the NBA isn’t easy.

We also played most games against below .500 teams ( well, equal as Wizards, but they can't play themself ) so it balances out.

Lets take it 1 game at a time. The last game of a road trip is one teams usually forget because they all look forward to going home

The Grizzles are 11-3 against teams below .500. I wonder if anyone is finding fault with their record like they do for the Magic.

It's okay to acknowledge that they've played a lot of road games. There's a 7 game homestand against good teams that will tell us more about this team. But none of it matters anyway, because we still need more time to see what the team looks like with Paolo. And hopefully they'll regress to the mean a little with shooting.

pepe1991 wrote:

RichCollab wrote:We have played 15 road games vs 9 home games. We have played the most games in the NBA. We have played the most back to back.

Winning on the road in the NBA isn’t easy.

We also played most games against below .500 teams ( well, equal as Wizards, but they can't play themself ) so it balances out.

Everyone has played the same below .500 teams in the Eastern Conference.

RichCollab wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:

RichCollab wrote:We have played 15 road games vs 9 home games. We have played the most games in the NBA. We have played the most back to back.

Winning on the road in the NBA isn’t easy.

We also played most games against below .500 teams ( well, equal as Wizards, but they can't play themself ) so it balances out.

Everyone has played the same below .500 teams in the Eastern Conference.

Nobody played more sub .500 teams than us, and vice versa, only very few teams played same/less against vs + .500 teams

pepe1991 wrote:

RichCollab wrote:We have played 15 road games vs 9 home games. We have played the most games in the NBA. We have played the most back to back.

Winning on the road in the NBA isn’t easy.

We also played most games against below .500 teams ( well, equal as Wizards, but they can't play themself ) so it balances out.

We'll probably catch some good teams with tired legs coming up while we're rested at home.

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pepe1991 wrote:

RichCollab wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:
We also played most games against below .500 teams ( well, equal as Wizards, but they can't play themself ) so it balances out.

Everyone has played the same below .500 teams in the Eastern Conference.

Nobody played more sub .500 teams than us, and vice versa, only one team played less above .500 teams.

Cleveland has played 5 more games than us at home. Boston plays at home tonight, which will make 3 more home games.

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basketballRob wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:

RichCollab wrote:
Everyone has played the same below .500 teams in the Eastern Conference.

Nobody played more sub .500 teams than us, and vice versa, only one team played less above .500 teams.

Cleveland has played 5 more games than us at home. Boston plays at home tonight, which will make 3 more home games.

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Both Cavs and Celtics are excellent road teams this year. 9-2 and 7-2, matter of fact Celtics are the best road team, Cavs are 3rd best.

In general Celtics are so much better this year than rest of a league that anything but another cakewalk to finals ( and probably not that competitive finals) will be surprise.

pepe1991 wrote:

basketballRob wrote:

pepe1991 wrote:


Nobody played more sub .500 teams than us, and vice versa, only one team played less above .500 teams.

Cleveland has played 5 more games than us at home. Boston plays at home tonight, which will make 3 more home games.

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Both Cavs and Celtics are excellent road teams this year. 9-2 and 7-2, matter of fact Celtics are the best road team, Cavs are 3rd best.

In general Celtics are so much better this year than rest of a league that anything but another cakewalk to finals ( and probably not that competitive finals) will be surprise.

They have traveled less miles than us and are more rested. We'll see how they look after playing a few b2bs on the road.

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Both Cleveland and Boston haven't traveled more than around 500 miles to play a game this year. It's 1100 miles to go to NY from Orlando. It's 2300 miles to Los Angeles. Add 5 b2bs for us. 4 for the Cavs, and 3 for Boston.

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