2022-2023 Regular Season Game 38: Oklahoma City Thunder (16-21) at Orlando Magic (13-24) - 7pm

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Oklahoma City Thunder at Orlando Magic
What: 2022-2023 Regular Season Game 38
When: Wednesday, January 4 at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, Florida
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 104.5 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +1.0
Over/Under 230

ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 35-84



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Markelle Fultz (1 vest, 4 mittens)


G: Gary Harris


F: Caleb Houstan


F: Paolo Banchero (2 vests, 5 cummerbunds, 1 mittens)


C: Wendell Carter Jr. (1 vest, 1 mittens)


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Cole Anthony (1 vest, 1 mittens)


G: Terrence Ross


C: Mo Bamba (1 cummerbund, 1 mitten)


ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
None

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (rehab), Chuma Okeke (knee), Jalen Suggs (ankle), Bol Bol (COVID), Franz Wagner (suspension), Admiral Schofield (suspension), Kevon Harris (suspension) and Moritz Wagner (suspension) are OUT.

Oklahoma City Projected Starters
G: Josh Giddey
G: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
F: Luguentz Dort
F: Jalen Williams
C: Jaylin Williams

Bench
G: Tre Mann
G: Isaiah Joe
F: Aaron Wiggins
F: Kenrich Williams
C: Mike Muscala

Injuries: Chet Holmgren (foot), Aleksej Pokusevski (leg), Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (ankle), Ousmane Dieng (wrist) are OUT.

[NavalAviator94]

Looking forward to a great game!

Happy New Year everyone.


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[Orlando Dawg]

We have to loose this game for Moe

[Blue_and_Whte]

Need these vets to step up if we want to eek out a win. Only 8 players though it’s going to be a long night.

[thelead]

Is this the first time all year that we've had a traditional PG and SG in the starting lineup?

[Orlando Dawg]

RJ Hampton plays better with an Afro

[penny_nz]

Let's go Magic

[VFX]

Houstan has an opportunity here.

[thelead]

Eventually those layups are going to start dropping again for Paolo...

[thelead]

The paint is wide open and refs don't allow nba teams to play real defense anymore

[GameOver25]

The paint is wide open and refs don't allow nba teams to play real defense anymore

Just about to post something similar, that foul call on Fultz is why scores are inflated in the NBA today. You really can't play defense anymore, like at all.

[JTG_92940618]

I like this smaller line-up with Houston at PF

EDIT: I'm aware they're not doing that well.

[thelead]

We have somehow marginalized Paolo's talents. Fantastic.

Besides not utilizing him in the post (which admittedly I have beat the dead horse on that one), he's looking timid from deep and no longer looking for his midrange shot.

[Knightro]

I completely forgot Hampton was available for this game

[eyriq]

The team looks GOOD

[GameOver25]

Paolo posts up
Who then passes to Cole
Cole skip passes to Ross for wide open 3

Profit.

[FFBlitzace]

I like how we've defended, we're not giving up easy stuff. OKC hasn't necessarily been super sharp obviously, but that hasn't stopped us from defending badly before.

[Knightro]

We have somehow marginalized Paolo's talents. Fantastic.

Besides not utilizing him in the post (which admittedly I have beat the dead horse on that one), he's looking timid from deep and no longer looking for his midrange shot.

He's a rookie. He's put a lot on tape at this point. Defenses are making adjustments to things that they now know he can do well. Combine that with some understandable confidence issues in his shot and you see stretches where guys don't always look the same.

Progression and development isn't always linear. Guys have hot streaks. Guys have slumps.

Not everything is "THE MAGIC ARE RUINING HIM" man.

[VFX]

When Cole looks to pass things happen.

[thelead]

We have somehow marginalized Paolo's talents. Fantastic.

Besides not utilizing him in the post (which admittedly I have beat the dead horse on that one), he's looking timid from deep and no longer looking for his midrange shot.

He's a rookie. He's put a lot on tape at this point. Defenses are making adjustments to things that they now know he can do well. Combine that with some understandable confidence issues in his shot and you see stretches where guys don't always look the same.

Progression and development isn't always linear. Guys have hot streaks. Guys have slumps.

Not everything is "THE MAGIC ARE RUINING HIM" man.

It's not that serious or dramatic. I'm just not liking the positions we're putting him in. He is almost exclusively asking for the ball 10-15 feet from behind the 3 point line.