2024-2025 Regular Season Game 19: Orlando Magic (11-7) at Charlotte Hornets (6-10) - 7pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Charlotte Hornets
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 19
When: Monday, November 25 at 7pm ET
Where: Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 104.5 The Beat (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -5.5
Over/Under: 213.5

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 114-150 regular season, 3-4 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Jalen Suggs



G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope



F: Tristan da Silva



F: Franz Wagner



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black



G: Gary Harris



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Moritz Wagner



ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cole Anthony
G: Cory Joseph
G/F: Jett Howard
G/F: Caleb Houstan

Injuries: Paolo Banchero (oblique) is OUT. Wendell Carter Jr. (foot) is QUESTIONABLE.


Charlotte Projected Starters
G: LaMelo Ball
G: Josh Green
F: Brandon Miller
F: Cody Martin
C: Moussa Diabate

Bench
G: Vasilije Micic
G: Seth Curry
F: Tidjane Salaun
C: Taj Gibson

Injuries: Miles Bridges (knee), DaQuan Jeffries (hand), Tre Mann (back), Nick Richards (rib), Grant Williams (knee) and Marc Williams (foot) are OUT.

[Message Boar]

Man, the Hornets are banged up as hell, too. Still need to deal with LaMelo and Brandon Miller, though.

[eyriq]

I'm hopeful we have a good performance. We had our best defensive performance of the season against them, and an average offensive performance. It's a good matchup for us.

[Knightro]

The Hornets have zero size and they have zero depth.

But they do have two three-level scorers capable of going for 30+ on any given night and that will be a challenge.

They also spam a ton of threes. 2nd in the NBA in 3PT attempts. They've made 20 3PT in a game five times already this year. Orlando has done it... zero times.

[JoshuaPotter]

This might be a good day to rest Suggs all things considered. I know he is having hamstring problems.

[eyriq]

In general we force opposition's shot mix to shift disproportionally into the mid-range. Charlotte is terrible at mid-range FG%.

[cedric76]

Man, the Hornets are banged up as hell, too. Still need to deal with LaMelo and Brandon Miller, though.

I look forward to seeing JI on Miller and Bloack/suggs/KCP on Lamelo

[Knightro]

In general we force opposition's shot mix to shift disproportionally into the mid-range. Charlotte is terrible at mid-range FG%.

This is true.

The Magic are No. 1 in the NBA in fewest 3PT attempts allowed

They're also...

1st in the NBA in opponents 2nd chance points
2nd in the NBA in opponents points in the paint
6th in the NBA in opponents fast break points

They run teams off the 3PT line and still defend the interior, which takes a lot of skilled and active defenders to pull off.

[eyriq]

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Keep em both out and see if Harris / KCP can rise to the occasion.

The question becomes, will we see Harris + KCP or Black + KCP?

My money is Black + KCP with substitutions to make sure Black ends up playing the same role in 3rd and 4th quarters while Cole / Jett get more playing time to offset depending on the pace of the game.

[3ddman23]

Diabate is going to kill them on the glass with his hustle. Of course there 3 point shooting scares me. If we can stop them from shooting a high percentage from 3 I think the magic win this.. and of course the biggest stuff of them all... Limited the bone headed stuff (turnovers, second chance points, unnecessary fouls, offensive rebounds etc). Go magic

[Knightro]

I would not play Suggs if there's even a question about his status. Straining that hamstring worse would mean weeks out and that's no good. Sit out the next couple if you need to and come back in during the trip to New York.

[RichCollab]

Melo’s La Vengeance! Leave the kids at home.

[ogmagicfan]

Resting Suggs would be the right move, hamstring injuries can linger for the season if proper rest isnt given

If we stop Ball & Miller, we win the game. Black & KCP need to lock in on defense

[RookieStar]

Rest Suggs!

A win or lose in this game or the next few isn't worth it if we aggravate the injury.

[basketballRob]

Suggs likes to do the rope a dope. I'd let him play. I really don't want to see Cole

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[anothermagicfan]

I wonder if KCP guards Miller some tonight. He's got a crazy stat of guarding the teams best offensive player over the last few years and I'd think between Suggs(if he plays) and AB they'd be on Lamelo.

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Suggs/WCJ out tonight

[drsd]

The Magic is back on pace to a 50 win season. This win firms that up.

[SOUL]

GH starting. Interesting. I guess they really are trying to minimize Cole minutes lol