2023-2024 Regular Season Game 16/In-Season Tournament Game 4: Boston Celtics (12-3) at Orlando Magic (10-5) - 2:30pm

[orlando_joe]

Hopefully, AB can have a good game. After all, it is Black Friday.

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ok dad joke

[Residual-Heat]

We're much better at getting to the FTline. Have to make those FTs. Would love to see Isaac get more than 20 minutes. If they go big with Al and Porzingis i would like to see us go bigger with Goga-Isaac-Paolo-Franz

A win today would be huge. Keeps us in the in-season tournament, and gives us a shot at the #1 seed (can you believe it?!). We face the Hornets then the Wizards twice after this.

[tooler]

Tough game. Boston is just as good as us in the first half, and their bench is just as good as ours too. I don't want to see any crying in here if we lose this.

If Jrue Holiday doesn't play, I wonder if they start Horford to put some size on Paolo.

[Residual-Heat]

Magic starting line up combined salaries 34 mill this year
Celtics starting line up combined salaries 155 mill

[Mc-o]

Magic starting line up combined salaries 34 mill this year
Celtics starting line up combined salaries 155 mill

That million dollar
Bonus means more to our players lmao

[GANGSTERDOG]

Why's this damn game so early ?! I need to take a nap before work.

[DiplomaticMagic]

Really wish this game wasnt so early. I have work, it sucks.

Like I said in other thread, Id start Isaac today on Porzingis.

I actually really like how we match up with them, if we can limit their 3s and Isaac can limit Porzingis and bring out same energy, I like our chances.

[IllMagic04]

Very interesting game. Obviously its not a playoff game but its gonna be a really close to it ampmosthere. Game could decide the winner of our group. We are def out if we lose. Its coming on at 2:30 so its the only game on. So while its not a national tv game all basketball eyes are on this game. On top of that we are playing the best team in the league. So all that being considered I wouldn't be shocked if we choked and had a bad showing. If we do I won't be mad. We are still young.

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[Message Boar]

Looking forward to this one, prime time in the EU for probably the only time this season.

What a great win this would be, but it's going to be very tough. If we do manage to beat the Celtics (again), I'll be crazy hyped. I thought on paper we matched up a lot better with Denver on paper than this Boston team. Some things I've been thinking about:

- If they press with White and Holiday (if he's playing), Suggs and Black will have a hard time bringing the ball up, look for Franz nd Paolo to help with that.

- It's gonna be extremely hard to protect the paint and keep our Def. rating up with their 5 out approach. Hopefully they have a bad shooting night and we grab all the long rebounds and get going in transition.

- Our bench needs to beat up their bench. IIRC the Celtics are only running 8 deep. Hopefully with the help of the crowd, we can be more energized in the 4th.

- To have any hope, we're gonna need big games from Paolo and Franz, it's gonna be a hard battle for them with Tatum and Brown. Hopefully Suggs can hold up against these bigger players sometimes so they can get some relative rest on that end.

- Finally, we need our crowd to be going absolutely berserk, I don't know how realistic it is with it being an early day game and there probably being some filthy Celts fans in the crowd. Magic fans need to dominate today, even when the team isn't.

P.S. the C's shouldn't lack for motivation with it being a crucial IST game for them too, and us whipping them last year. If we do win, Magic fans will have Eddie House on speed dial, though (this won't happen, but an "EDDIE!, EDDIE!" chant would be glorious)

[RichCollab]

Must win! Let’s go get it.

[CalOrl11]

Nice 7:30pm tip for me tonight so I'm looking forward to watching a game without wanting to fall asleep in the second half. I don't know if the atmosphere will be different with it being such an early tip.

[DiplomaticMagic]

No Jrue Holiday, our bench must outperform them. Their bench looks really thin.

[pepe1991]

Friday night, post shopping special. I'll take it

Black friday actions sucked, hopefully game will be better!

[Ralof]

No pression this game,next 3 gonna very important tough

Hopefully for this one we can arrive in last quarter under single digit disadvantage,celtics are historically RS good team right now

[bigdogdylan5]

Ugh this game is going to be so annoying. I am surrounded by Celtics fans. I was hoping we would have a better turnout lol

[GelbeWand09]

Damn, cant remember watching a Magic game live at 8:30 pm here other than Orlando summerleaque games.

Hyped but Kristaps probably kills us.

[basketballRob]

Damn, cant remember watching a Magic game live at 8:30 pm here other than Orlando summerleaque games.

Hyped but Kristaps probably kills us.

One game that he killed us last season was when we had Bol starting at center.

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[Message Boar]

Jrue being out and the C's going big feels like it should help our chances, them going big really shifts the matchups in a favorable way for us. Still won't be easy at all, though.

[eyriq]

Nick Anderson is incoherent

[basketballRob]

Nick Anderson is incoherent

He's acting like Eddie House.

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