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2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM

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2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#1 » by eyriq » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:55 pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics
What: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43
When: Friday, January 17 at 7:00m ET
Where: TD Garden Boston, MA
How: FanDuel Sports Network Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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Line: BOS -14.5
Over/Under: 213.5

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Jamahl Mosley - Career Record: 126-162 regular season, 3-4 playoffs

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ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS


G: Cole Anthony

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G: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

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F: Tristan da Silva

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F: Paolo Banchero

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C: Goga Bitadze

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ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Anthony Black

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F: Trevelin Queen

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F: Caleb Houstan

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F: Jonathan Isaac

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C: Wendell Carter Jr.

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ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
G: Cory Joseph

Injuries: Goga Bitadze (concussion), Jett Howard (ankle), Franz Wagner (oblique), Moritz Wagner (knee), Jalen Suggs (back), and Gary Harris (hamstring) are OUT



Boston Celtics
G: Derrick White
G: Jrue Holiday
F: Jaylen Brown
F: Jayson Tatum
C: Kristaps Porzingis

Bench
G: Payton Pritchard
G: Jaden Springer
F: Sam Hauser
F: Al Horford
C: Luke Kornet

Injuries: None
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#2 » by basketballRob » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:57 pm

I'm glad Boston is healthy, so there won't be any excuses.

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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#3 » by 3ddman23 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:34 pm

I'm skipping these next 2. Don't feel like watching beat downs... Hopefully after that we get a few bodies back and a easier schedule to pick up some wins.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#4 » by Skybox » Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:48 pm

anyone know how long the concussion protocol lasts (presuming the best scenario outcome)?

I hope Cole goes for 40 and UTA or POR calls tomorrow demanding an audience :lol:
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#5 » by basketballRob » Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:27 pm

3ddman23 wrote:I'm skipping these next 2. Don't feel like watching beat downs... Hopefully after that we get a few bodies back and a easier schedule to pick up some wins.
I think Boston will give us a good game. Probably Denver, too.

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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#7 » by VFX » Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:55 pm

This will be a mauling.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#8 » by pepe1991 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:11 pm

Tatum was pissed off after Raptors game. They are champions, probably finding motivation against bad teams is hard task, but given they just had most embarrassing loss of a season, their beat writers marked that L as "rock bottom", Tatum went out and called rest of a team... And now playing at home, well rested.

Yea... i'm not sure i want to watch this.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#9 » by thelead » Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:55 pm

VFX wrote:This will be a mauling.

it really comes down to our shooting. If we can't hit open shots, they'll suffocate Paolo and it will be a mauling. If we hit open shots, then it might be respectable.
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Post#10 » by RookieStar » Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:05 pm

Yeah... after the last game, this is gonna be a bloodbath. 40pt beatdown.

Good news is we probably sit PB a lot cuz the game will be over before the 4th quarter
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Post#11 » by three3d » Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:09 pm

Magic +650 on Hard Rock, yup going to play those odds and bet on us pulling the upset. Pay out is to tempting lol
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Post#12 » by pepe1991 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:10 pm

it is slow night in terms of great games to watch. Maybe Wolves vs Knicks? Return of Lord of Many Bricks Randle to MSG? :rofl:
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Post#13 » by RichCollab » Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:19 pm

RookieStar wrote:Yeah... after the last game, this is gonna be a bloodbath. 40pt beatdown.

Good news is we probably sit PB a lot cuz the game will be over before the 4th quarter


Why do you want to sit PB? He needs to play back into game shape.
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Post#14 » by Bensational » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:19 pm

Odds are against us, but I’m gonna trust that the Magic 8-ball still finds an answer.

We’ll see how Mosley gets the team to respond after the butt whoopin Milwaukee gave them.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#15 » by SOUL » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:41 pm

The issue is that we scrapped and clawed with defense and made enough shots to win a lot in Paolo's absence, but now we're relying on Cole and WCJ as staples in our offense every night and those are two complete coin tosses. Suggs and Goga being healthy would've made me slightly more excited for this game because they can just bother people, but it feels like we just don't have enough healthy disruptive defenders to throw at a team like the Celtics at home and we're going to have to hang offensively, which is not gonna work.
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Post#16 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:48 pm

Just realized this is a national televised game. Since it’s on ESPN, this is the first game of the season that I can’t watch. Booooo. Hopefully the team keep it some what competitive.
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Post#17 » by GameOver25 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:55 pm

I don't think we have a chance with Cold starting at PG, so this one is probably going to get ugly real fast.
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Post#18 » by RookieStar » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:58 pm

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RookieStar wrote:Yeah... after the last game, this is gonna be a bloodbath. 40pt beatdown.

Good news is we probably sit PB a lot cuz the game will be over before the 4th quarter


Why do you want to sit PB? He needs to play back into game shape.


Yes he is tryong to get back in game shape. I am however in the camp of taking it slowly and properly rather than quick and overload.

So yeah... let him play 20-25mins if we experience a beatdown.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#19 » by MartinsIzAfraud » Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:05 pm

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:Just realized this is a national televised game. Since it’s on ESPN, this is the first game of the season that I can’t watch. Booooo. Hopefully the team keep it some what competitive.

Honestly shocked they didn’t flex it out even though PB is playing.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 43: Orlando Magic (23-19) at Boston Celtics (28-12) 7:00PM 

Post#20 » by RookieStar » Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:24 pm

MartinsIzAfraud wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:Just realized this is a national televised game. Since it’s on ESPN, this is the first game of the season that I can’t watch. Booooo. Hopefully the team keep it some what competitive.

Honestly shocked they didn’t flex it out even though PB is playing.


Everyone probably knows the hospital squad is gonna turn off a lot of casuals so better pretend it dodnt happen.

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