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GAME INFO
Who: Miami Heat at Orlando Magic
What: 2025-2026 Regular Season Game 1
When: Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: FanDuel Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -8.5
Over/Under: 214.5 (Opened 216.5)

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley
Career Record: 144-184 regular season, 4-8 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Tyus Jones



G: Desmond Bane



F: Franz Wagner



F: Paolo Banchero



C: Wendell Carter Jr.



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Jase Richardson



G: Anthony Black



G: Jett Howard



F: Tristan da Silva



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
F: Noah Penda
F: Jamal Cain (two-way)
C: Orlando Robinson (two-way)
C: Colin Castleton (two-way)

Injuries: Moritz Wagner (knee) is OUT. Jalen Suggs (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.


Miami Projected Starters
G: Davion Mitchell
G: Norman Powell
F: Andrew Wiggins
F: Nikola Jovic
C: Bam Adebayo

Bench
G: Terry Rozier
G: Pelle Larsson
F: Jamie Jacquez Jr.
F: Simone Fontecchio
C: Kel'el Ware

Injuries: Tyler Herro (ankle) and Kasparas Jakucionis (groin) are OUT. Kel'el Ware (neck and ankle) is QUESTIONABLE.

In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

Happy first game of the season.

May all your tips be in.

lets go! i can start caring about basketball again!

Optimus_Steel wrote:In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

Whatever happens this game will determine the rest of the season!!

Let's have it boys, new season. Suggs is back baby.

Wow going to be awesome to see Suggs back.

Anxious to see how our starting lineup looks on offense.

tooler wrote:

Optimus_Steel wrote:In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

Whatever happens this game will determine the rest of the season!!

I expect to go from "we suck, trade everyone" to "we gonna win the chip" from shot to shot

Damn this probably the most anticipated season since maybe 2010-2011.... Please come out and take care of business against a team you should beat at home. These are the type of games the magic need to win from day 1.

Suggs being back is huge but I hope he is actually ready to go and they aren't rushing him back.

I hope we can get a legendary performance from one of our big 3 at home and electrify the home crowd.

Cheers to a hopeful great season, stomp out the heat, stay healthy and protect home court.

Go Magic!!!

I am guessing Suggs will start...

Suggs/Bane/Franz/Paolo/WCJ starting
Jones/Black/TDS/Isaac/Goga off the bench

with Jase moving to the green goblin group.

Suggs headband so hugee it's basically a ballcap

In before someone calls this game a trap. You can't call it that now.

Knightro:

This is what all these "i.imgur.com" images look like in the UK. That is, most of the visuals are missing here.


That is: this - what I assume is an image of a Magic player at your end .....

Knightro wrote:

.... Looks like this to me:

Orlando is -8 in this game. Gamblers are betting the Heat to cover but the Magic to win. And that the Under of a 215 will cover in a low scoring game.

I am ok with all of that, as "Orlando wins" is fine by me!

I don’t care if we win/lose.

Gelling and getting acclimated is part of the process.

I’m really watching how Franz/Banchero/Bane work together and on/off numbers because I really think our FO is analyzing if they’re truly going to work together longterm. Advanced analytics at this current junction doesn’t paint a pretty picture regarding Paolo/Franz tandem.

Hopefully they prove that narrative wrong!

This needs to be a win. We should sweep them this season.

I would be surprised if Suggs doesn’t start. Minutes restriction should be a given.

MartinsIzAfraud wrote:Suggs headband so hugee it's basically a ballcap

Looks like that was media day, before he shaved his head.

The headband situation might be the most important thing we learn from game 1.