2024-2025 Regular Season Game 76: Los Angeles Clippers (42-32) at Orlando Magic (36-39) - 7pm

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:12 pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Los Angeles Clippers at Orlando Magic
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 76
When: Monday, March 31 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida , NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game

GAMBLING
Line: LAC -2.5
Over/Under: 210.5

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 139-182 regular season, 3-4 playoffs

ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Cory Joseph

G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

F: Franz Wagner

F: Paolo Banchero

C: Wendell Carter Jr.

ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black

G: Gary Harris

F: Caleb Houstan

C: Goga Bitadze

ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Jett Howard
G: Trevelin Queen
F: Tristan Da Silva
F: Jonathan Isaac

Injuries: Moritz Wagner (knee) and Jalen Suggs (knee) are OUT. Cole Anthony (toe) is QUESTIONABLE.

Los Angeles Projected Starters
G: James Harden
G: Norman Powell
F: Kawhi Leonard
F: Derrick Jones Jr.
C: Ivica Zubac

Bench
G: Kris Dunn
G: Bogdan Bogdanovic
F: Amir Coffey
F: Nicolas Batum
C: Ben Simmons

Injuries: Not Yet Submitted (they played yesterday).

Post #2 » by **Knightro** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:13 pm

These are the kind of games the Magic need to win if they want us to take them seriously at all.

Clippers on the 2nd night of a back-to-back after playing Harden, Powell and Zubac 39, 37 and 35 minutes.

Gotta rise to the challenge and win this game at home. No excuses.

JoshuaPotter · Post #3 » by **JoshuaPotter** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:29 pm

Leave the legos on Cole Anthony's floor again please.

Idiosyncratic · Post #4 » by **Idiosyncratic** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:31 pm

Massive game for the Clippers as well (1 game back from escaping play-in) so should be a fun one.

ogmagicfan · Post #5 » by **ogmagicfan** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:38 pm

Idiosyncratic wrote:Massive game for the Clippers as well (1 game back from escaping play-in) so should be a fun one.

The race btwn the Clips, Wolves & Warriors for the 6 seed has been very entertaining, theyve been practically the hottest teams in the league past 15 games outside of the top 2 seeds

Also wish they kept the old rules for the play in, because the gap btwn them and the Mavs/Kings is so vast

basketballRob · Post #6 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:09 pm

If we can't take care of the Clippers on the second night of a b2b and tomorrow the tanking Spurs, then we don't deserve to make the playoffs

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yoyojw17 · Post #7 » by **yoyojw17** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:11 pm

Just watched the last game. Haven't seen that amount of energy from our players on the court and on the bench in forever.i know it's easy to do when you're winning.... But even in our recent wins .... That feels seems have last been seen in like November. Hope that that continues and players are playing more confidence and purpose.

Post #8 » by **Knightro** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:06 pm

basketballRob wrote:If we can't take care of the Clippers on the second night of a b2b and tomorrow the tanking Spurs, then we don't deserve to make the playoffs

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Didn't you just excuse the Mavericks loss the other night as the 3rd game in 4 nights?

Spurs game is gonna be the same thing...

basketballRob · Post #9 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:05 pm

Knightro wrote:
basketballRob wrote:If we can't take care of the Clippers on the second night of a b2b and tomorrow the tanking Spurs, then we don't deserve to make the playoffs

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Didn't you just excuse the Mavericks loss the other night as the 3rd game in 4 nights?

Spurs game is gonna be the same thing...

I also blamed Mosely for not using more depth. I like a 9-man rotation, but when you're playing 3 in 4 nights.

Dallas with AD could just be good. The Clippers could just be good, too. 10-3 in their last 13 with losses to OKC and Cleveland. If they beat us tonight and we lose to San Antonio, I think we're toast. We still have Boston on a b2b, the Pacers, and Atlanta twice who's playing their best ball of the season.

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basketballRob · Post #10 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:13 pm

Miami and Chicago still have around 4 or 5 gimme's a piece.

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drsd · Post #11 » by **drsd** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:26 pm

basketballRob wrote:I also blamed Mosely for not using more depth. I like a 9-man rotation, but when you're playing 3 in 4 nights.

Dallas with AD could just be good. The Clippers could just be good, too. 10-3 in their last 13 with losses to OKC and Cleveland. If they beat us tonight and we lose to San Antonio, I think we're toast. We still have Boston on a b2b, the Pacers, and Atlanta twice who's playing their best ball of the season. ]

So please that coach benched the starters against the Kings in the 4th. Stat padding is not worth it when wins matter!

drsd · Post #12 » by **drsd** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:29 pm

My instincts say:

But my inner Homer knows:

RookieStar · Post #13 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:34 pm

Serious question... when was the last time we won against the Clips?

All the previous games I watched we seemed to have lost every time..

CalOrl11 · Post #14 » by **CalOrl11** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:58 pm

RookieStar wrote:Serious question... when was the last time we won against the Clips?

All the previous games I watched we seemed to have lost every time..

We beat them twice in 2022-23 season, haven't beat them since

basketballRob · Post #15 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:01 pm

RookieStar wrote:Serious question... when was the last time we won against the Clips?

All the previous games I watched we seemed to have lost every time..

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468518/clippers-magic

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401469211/magic-clippers

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Post #16 » by **Bensational** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:30 pm

Man the schedule seems chockers right now. First game of a back to back, and after tomorrow’s game they’ll have played 6 games in 8 days. Then they play again 2 days later so it’ll be 7 games in 10 days. That’s an intense workload amidst a playoff push. I hope the guys have the legs for it.

RookieStar · Post #17 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:39 pm

CalOrl11 wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Serious question... when was the last time we won against the Clips?

All the previous games I watched we seemed to have lost every time..

We beat them twice in 2022-23 season, haven't beat them since

wow.... I thought it was pre-covid that we won. lol

Post #18 » by **FFBlitzace** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:44 pm

If Zubac bodies us on the glass like Steven Adams did, we're toast.

Post #19 » by **Knightro** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:48 pm

Bensational wrote:Man the schedule seems chockers right now. First game of a back to back, and after tomorrow’s game they’ll have played 6 games in 8 days. Then they play again 2 days later so it’ll be 7 games in 10 days. That’s an intense workload amidst a playoff push. I hope the guys have the legs for it.

To be fair, the Magic had multiple games rescheduled, including tomorrow’s Spurs game, because of wildfires and winter storms.

Orlando @ San Antonio was originally scheduled on Monday, March 17.

Post #20 » by **Bensational** » Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:08 pm

Knightro wrote:
Bensational wrote:Man the schedule seems chockers right now. First game of a back to back, and after tomorrow’s game they’ll have played 6 games in 8 days. Then they play again 2 days later so it’ll be 7 games in 10 days. That’s an intense workload amidst a playoff push. I hope the guys have the legs for it.

To be fair, the Magic had multiple games rescheduled, including tomorrow’s Spurs game, because of wildfires and winter storms.

Orlando @ San Antonio was originally scheduled on Monday, March 17.

Ahhhhh! I had no idea that’s what caused it. Thanks for clarifying.