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GAME INFO
Who: Memphis Grizzlies at Orlando Magic
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 58
When: Friday, February 21 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 104.5 The Beat

GAMBLING
Line: MEM -3.5
Over/Under: 225.5



ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 131-172 regular season, 3-4 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Cole Anthony



G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope



F: Franz Wagner



F: Paolo Banchero



C: Wendell Carter Jr.



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black



G: Gary Harris



F: Tristan da Silva



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cory Joseph
G: Jett Howard
G/F: Trevelin Queen
G/F: Caleb Houstan

Injuries: Moritz Wagner (knee) and Jalen Suggs (quad) are OUT.


Memphis Projected Starters
G: Ja Morant
G: Desmond Bane
F: Jaylen Wells
F: Jaren Jackson Jr.
C: Zach Edey

Bench
G: Vince Williams Jr.
G: Luke Kennard
F: Santi Aldama
F: GG Jackson
C: Brandon Clarke

Injuries: Not Yet Submitted.

No rest advantage for either team as both are on the 2nd night of a back-to-back with Memphis losing last night in Indiana.

Thank you for the early game thread Knightro. Go Magic. Be nice to get back to back wins, especially at home. The crowd needs it.

We still need Cole + Black + literally anyone else to go out there and score 10+ points. Missing Suggs + Mo just strains out offense too much unless we want to find out if Franz + Paulo can go 25 / 30+ each here respectively. (They can, but that means the supporting cast might be bad.)

Serious question. Why is Gary Harris still getting minutes? He contributes nothing and hasn't scored in 70 plus minutes. Literally just doing cardio out there.

meatwad4343 wrote:Serious question. Why is Gary Harris still getting minutes? He contributes nothing and hasn't scored in 70 plus minutes. Literally just doing cardio out there.

He's ramping up for the playoffs. He's probably playing at 20% right now. I guess they think Harris at 100% is better than what Jett or Caleb could give.

I think jf Harris was 100% it would be a hard decision on who goes to the bench when Suggs comes back. One of Cole, Harris, or Black will be out of the rotation.



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Tonight is my last preseason purchase ticket to Magic home game for the season. Let’s get a win to send me out on an upswing!

I'm feeling confident about this game. I think we are BACK and going to win.

meatwad4343 wrote:Serious question. Why is Gary Harris still getting minutes? He contributes nothing and hasn't scored in 70 plus minutes. Literally just doing cardio out there.

Who is the alternative?

Mosley trusts Gary defensively (90th percentile defensive EPM) in ways he simply doesn't (and shouldn't) trust Jett right now (7th percentile defensive EPM).

And it's not like Jett has been lighting it up as a shooter to justify more minutes either. Gary has slumped all year and is still shooting better from the 3PT line on the season than Jett is.

eyriq wrote:I'm feeling confident about this game. I think we are BACK and going to win.

You can claim that if we win this one. Memphis is no joke. I think we’re going to get shot out of the gym but would love to see our defense take it up a notch and prove me wrong.

Knightro wrote:

meatwad4343 wrote:Serious question. Why is Gary Harris still getting minutes? He contributes nothing and hasn't scored in 70 plus minutes. Literally just doing cardio out there.

Who is the alternative?

Mosley trusts Gary defensively (90th percentile defensive EPM) in ways he simply doesn't (and shouldn't) trust Jett right now (7th percentile defensive EPM).

And it's not like Jett has been lighting it up as a shooter to justify more minutes either. Gary has slumped all year and is still shooting better from the 3PT line on the season than Jett is.

Bingo

Need to win but not a must win. We must beat Golden State if we lose this one though.

Yeah...

Huge frontcourt
3pt shooting Bane
Ja

Not feeling it

RookieStar wrote:Yeah...

Huge frontcourt
3pt shooting Bane
Ja

Not feeling it

We need to keep rebounding equal.

RichCollab wrote:

RookieStar wrote:Yeah...

Huge frontcourt
3pt shooting Bane
Ja

Not feeling it

We need to keep rebounding equal.

A smaller Hawks team was able to get so many offensive rebounds from us.

Im not feeling a 7'4 C and a shotblocking 6'11 PF waiting for the inevitable Paolo and Franz drives...

I'm hoping for one Ja vs Isaac at the rim moment.

I also seem to recall JJJ just killing us in the past - too big and strong

When was the last time we beat Memphis... It has felt like so long ago (I know we beat them in the preseason a few season back). I see a smack down incoming unfortunately. Only way magic can win this is if they magically summon some shooting somehow. And get back to elite defense. I don't expect a win unfortunately. Well see

3ddman23 wrote:When was the last time we beat Memphis... It has felt like so long ago (I know we beat them in the preseason a few season back). I see a smack down incoming unfortunately. Only way magic can win this is if they magically summon some shooting somehow. And get back to elite defense. I don't expect a win unfortunately. Well see

Cole Anthony hit a buzzer beater. I was upset because we were tanking. We could've ended up with Cade and Franz in that draft

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JI is out

eyriq wrote:JI is out

As a fan the JI experience is so exhausting. Can't imagine it would be easy for the players either. Can't wait until he is gone. Funny thing is the FO think the fans will actually believe its just "illness"