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GAME INFO
Who: Miami Heat at Orlando Magic
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 32
When: Thursday, December 26 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -1.5
Over/Under: 208.5



ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 122-155 regular season, 3-4 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Jalen Suggs



G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope



F: Trevelin Queen



F: Tristan da Silva



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black



G: Cole Anthony



F: Jett Howard



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Wendell Carter Jr.




ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cory Joseph
G: Mac McClung
G/F: Caleb Houstan

Injuries: Paolo Banchero (oblique), Franz Wagner (oblique) and Moritz Wagner (knee) are OUT. Gary Harris (hamstring) is QUESTIONABLE.


Miami Projected Starters
G: Tyler Herro
G: Jaime Jaquez Jr.
F: Duncan Robinson
F: Haywood Highsmith
C: Bam Adebayo

Bench
G: Pelle Larsson
G: Alec Burks
F: Keshad Johnson
F: Nikola Jovic
C: Kel'el Ware

Injuries: Dru Smith (achilles) and Josh Richardson (heel) are OUT. Jimmy Butler (illness) is DOUBTFUL. Terry Rozier (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.

Hard to beat any team 3 times in a row... and they will have a sour taste in their mouth after the last game. Gotta chill on the self inflicted turnovers but we will always have a fighting chance with our guys!

Bench Black Gang #BBG

Cole has a huge game vs Heat and coach proceeds to, not ride the hot hand, puts him back on the bench... smh!

Wow, Dru Smith played pretty well and had an Achilles injury since we played them last.

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Pretty early for the GT... christmas spirit.

Seriously though, MIA gonna be pissed. They will probably give us an epic smackdown to try to get that taste out of their mouth.

Let’s kill em! No mercy!

SHAQ32 wrote:Bench Black Gang #BBG

Cole has a huge game vs Heat and coach proceeds to, not ride the hot hand, puts him back on the bench... smh!

Shows you didnt watch the game. Turnovers and foul trouble. He played well in the 2nd.

I mean, time for some Christmas Magic and let's get that win and all that...

But damn, if the Heat don't man up and take this one at home after what happened a few days ago, they have absolutely no pride. There's a good chance we catch a whooping, here, in my opinion.

Message Boar wrote:I mean, time for some Christmas Magic and let's get that win and all that...

But damn, if the Heat don't man up and take this one at home after what happened a few days ago, they have absolutely no pride. There's a good chance we catch a whooping, here, in my opinion.

It's in Orlando

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Good opportunity to make a statement…we’ve won some epic nail-biter miracles with unexpected heroes…what do you say we win one wire to wire, with steady grinding defense and solid, unemotional terminators methodically delivering a mistake-free performance?

We’re just better than them, with Butler out (and our guys). Let’s win this one like we belong in the third seed. Mose’s defense survives even star injuries. Let’s just cut the turnovers, finish at the rim, make a reasonable % from 3 and send them home wondering what’s next for their franchise.

basketballRob wrote:

Message Boar wrote:I mean, time for some Christmas Magic and let's get that win and all that...

But damn, if the Heat don't man up and take this one at home after what happened a few days ago, they have absolutely no pride. There's a good chance we catch a whooping, here, in my opinion.

It's in Orlando

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Oh right. I guess it just felt right if it would alternate more, but I guess we're at home. Hopefully that carries us to another big W, but it still won't be easy.

Message Boar wrote:

basketballRob wrote:

Message Boar wrote:I mean, time for some Christmas Magic and let's get that win and all that...

But damn, if the Heat don't man up and take this one at home after what happened a few days ago, they have absolutely no pride. There's a good chance we catch a whooping, here, in my opinion.

It's in Orlando

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Oh right. I guess it just felt right if it would alternate more, but I guess we're at home. Hopefully that carries us to another big W, but it still won't be easy.

If Miami doesn't take 44 free throws like the last game, we'll have a chance.

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Yeah... MIA will be out for blood

Plus they wanna get away from Jimmys drama. Expect a whoppin

Not a trap game. We are every other NBA teams trap game.

RookieStar wrote:Yeah... MIA will be out for blood

Plus they wanna get away from Jimmys drama. Expect a whoppin

Wow. No faith in the Magic.

I'm sure Spoelstra will have a new game plan. Butler may not play. Rozier has already been ruled out. Dru Smith, who was starting and playing well, may have had a career ending injury in the last game they played. It looks like an uphill battle for Miami, and they should be the underdogs.

The Magic are 1.5 point favorites.

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JoshuaPotter wrote:Not a trap game. We are every other NBA teams trap game.

Orlando is +1 in this game. So favored, but only barely.

But: The Heat is the 6th worst road team in covering spreads. Add it up, the Computers LOVE the Magic in this one.
A gambler definitely takes the Magic and the point. Frankly I see a 10-point win as the probably real-line (let's call it a "fan-expectation line").

Yes the Heat can win this. But it is i) not likely and this is ii) 100% not a trap game.

If Jimmy plays they’ll probably win. If not, I cannot see us winning against them 3 straight times.

I have us winning this one. I think this group could learn to be a winning team even without Paolo and Franz.

I'd like to see us stop giving teams leads early. I have us winning by 20+.



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drsd wrote:

JoshuaPotter wrote:Not a trap game. We are every other NBA teams trap game.

Orlando is +1 in this game. So favored, but only barely.

But: The Heat is the 6th worst road team in covering spreads. Add it up, the Computers LOVE the Magic in this one.
A gambler definitely takes the Magic and the point. Frankly I see a 10-point win as the probably real-line (let's call it a "fan-expectation line").

Yes the Heat can win this. But it is i) not likely and this is ii) 100% not a trap game.

It is hard to imagine a scenario where I would be wrong seeing how badly our roster is decimated. But ya'know, we are at home, and our boys love making the fans cheer. So, I could understand the 1.5 favorites - Magic.

But make no mistake, it is no kinda trap game. Our team is going to lay it out on the floor, and some nights, that just isn't going to be enough. It's a sheer injury issue at this point.

They're decimated too...we should win if we cut down on the turnovers and airballs and just play sound, mistake-free offense. We know the defense should be there.

I'd love to see AB take over this game and put up 20+ pts again, but without the horrific assist/turnover ration. His development (or not) is, imo, the X-factor for shutting down the Trade thread.