2024-2025 Preseason Game 1: Orlando Magic (0-0) at New Orleans Pelicans (0-0) - 1:30pm

[ibraheim718]

Yo it's the first preseason game and some of y'all are already on the edge.

[ibraheim718]

All they need to do this year is win a playoff series.. remember that.

[ibraheim718]

Watch on YouTube

Boxscore reads a little different. Seems they were in the game until the mid 3rd (the starters). A lot of shots going in for NO that won't normally go in. Tough matchup for Banchero.. all in all some nice things in that highlight package.

[RichCollab]

Here the lineups I want to see next game.

Black, Suggs, Franz, Paolo, Goga
Cole, KCP, TDS, JI, Moe

KCP can be our 6th man.

[JF5]

Yo it's the first preseason game and some of y'all are already on the edge.

This is for the NBA title! Come on now!

[shadrock]

AB seems more comfortable at PG than Suggs?

Facts

*Cory Joseph

[shadrock]

Most disappointing thing to me was Franz. His handle was laughably bad.

[msmoore66]

Ah bugger. So who are we tanking for?

[JBSouthpaw]

KCP: 17 minutes 2 pts/2 reb/1 stl -15
Dell: 19 minutes 4 pts/6 reb/1 stl -16
Gary: 14 minutes 3 pts/1 reb/1 stl +7??

Pretty simple, 2 of those players were on the court with Suggs and his 5 turnovers in 22 min, 1 of them wasn’t.
Hopefully it’s just 1st preseason issues. He really kept them TOs down last year

[fendilim]

Ah bugger. So who are we tanking for?

Cooper

[Rainwater]

Didn’t watch the game but Black looked great from the highlights. Team seemed similar to last year.

[Rainwater]

Houstan lost a lot of muscle mass in just a few days

It was Magic

[Ducklett]

AB seems more comfortable at PG than Suggs?

Facts

The dream was a Suggs/AB back court as the SL of the future, so maybe it ends up being.

[Optimus_Steel]

Watch on YouTube

Boxscore reads a little different. Seems they were in the game until the mid 3rd (the starters). A lot of shots going in for NO that won't normally go in. Tough matchup for Banchero.. all in all some nice things in that highlight package.

Did anyone read the comments about the announcer??

[RookieStar]

Soooo... im gonna bring out the " We sag for Flagg " or the " Failey for Bailey " banners?

[drsd]

GAMBLING
Line: NOP -2.5
Over/Under: 209.5

I kind of like the over in that this is a pre-season game and thus will be up-tempo. But as the Magic getting points in a pre-season game, only an idiot would look to any betting line.

Look: neither team's coach will be looking to win the game. In the last 2-minutes whatever players are on the court will try to win. Because that's just competition.

But there are no set plays late game. It is purely stochastic variation who wins. So, I love Orlando here with the fat 2.5 gifted.

With that betting line, I would say the Magic is about 60% to pay out. That's a great bet.

And Orlando covers the bet. This was a make-money game!

[drsd]

Thirteen Magicians missed one or more 3-balls. That 25% 3PM rate just ain't gonna cut it.

[richi_v25]

AB seems more comfortable at PG than Suggs?

Facts

*Cory Joseph

Just watched the highlights and both looked great, they need to swap Suggs to SG and have Pope come off the bench but that might hurt his ego.

[richi_v25]

Didn’t watch the game but Black looked great from the highlights. Team seemed similar to last year.

Looked like someone got in his ear and said yo you seen what happened to Chuma and Fultz you better start playing, that looked like the player we thought we were drafting, I'm impressed.

[SOUL]

Facts

*Cory Joseph

Just watched the highlights and both looked great, they need to swap Suggs to SG and have Pope come off the bench but that might hurt his ego.

KCP started 152 out of 152 games for a championship Denver team.

These takes are a bit wild from one preseason game.