2025-2026 Regular Season Game 1: Miami Heat (0-0) at Orlando Magic (0-0) - 7pm ET

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Miami Heat at Orlando Magic
What: 2025-2026 Regular Season Game 1
When: Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm ET
Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
How: FanDuel Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

GAMBLING
Line: ORL -8.5
Over/Under: 214.5 (Opened 216.5)

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ORLANDO MAGIC HEAD COACH
Jamahl Mosley
Career Record: 144-184 regular season, 4-8 playoffs



ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Tyus Jones



G: Desmond Bane



F: Franz Wagner



F: Paolo Banchero



C: Wendell Carter Jr.



ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: Jase Richardson



G: Anthony Black



G: Jett Howard



F: Tristan da Silva



F: Jonathan Isaac



C: Goga Bitadze



ORLANDO MAGIC DEEP BENCH
F: Noah Penda
F: Jamal Cain (two-way)
C: Orlando Robinson (two-way)
C: Colin Castleton (two-way)

Injuries: Moritz Wagner (knee) is OUT. Jalen Suggs (knee) is QUESTIONABLE.


Miami Projected Starters
G: Davion Mitchell
G: Norman Powell
F: Andrew Wiggins
F: Nikola Jovic
C: Bam Adebayo

Bench
G: Terry Rozier
G: Pelle Larsson
F: Jamie Jacquez Jr.
F: Simone Fontecchio
C: Kel'el Ware

Injuries: Tyler Herro (ankle) and Kasparas Jakucionis (groin) are OUT. Kel'el Ware (neck and ankle) is QUESTIONABLE.

[Optimus_Steel]

In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

[DrunkOnMystery]

Happy first game of the season.

May all your tips be in.

[paperboymafia]

lets go! i can start caring about basketball again!

[doct3r dr3]

[tooler]

In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

Whatever happens this game will determine the rest of the season!!

[Knightro]

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[CalOrl11]

Let's have it boys, new season. Suggs is back baby.

[Idiosyncratic]

Wow going to be awesome to see Suggs back.

Anxious to see how our starting lineup looks on offense.

[Optimus_Steel]

In before we get carried away with overreactions lol

Whatever happens this game will determine the rest of the season!!

I expect to go from "we suck, trade everyone" to "we gonna win the chip" from shot to shot

[3ddman23]

Damn this probably the most anticipated season since maybe 2010-2011.... Please come out and take care of business against a team you should beat at home. These are the type of games the magic need to win from day 1.

Suggs being back is huge but I hope he is actually ready to go and they aren't rushing him back.

I hope we can get a legendary performance from one of our big 3 at home and electrify the home crowd.

Cheers to a hopeful great season, stomp out the heat, stay healthy and protect home court.

Go Magic!!!

[Knightro]

I am guessing Suggs will start...

Suggs/Bane/Franz/Paolo/WCJ starting
Jones/Black/TDS/Isaac/Goga off the bench

with Jase moving to the green goblin group.

[MartinsIzAfraud]

Suggs headband so hugee it's basically a ballcap

[JoshuaPotter]

In before someone calls this game a trap. You can't call it that now.

[drsd]

Knightro:

This is what all these "i.imgur.com" images look like in the UK. That is, most of the visuals are missing here.


That is: this - what I assume is an image of a Magic player at your end .....

.... Looks like this to me:

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[drsd]

Orlando is -8 in this game. Gamblers are betting the Heat to cover but the Magic to win. And that the Under of a 215 will cover in a low scoring game.

I am ok with all of that, as "Orlando wins" is fine by me!

[Magic_Johnny12]

I don’t care if we win/lose.

Gelling and getting acclimated is part of the process.

I’m really watching how Franz/Banchero/Bane work together and on/off numbers because I really think our FO is analyzing if they’re truly going to work together longterm. Advanced analytics at this current junction doesn’t paint a pretty picture regarding Paolo/Franz tandem.

Hopefully they prove that narrative wrong!

[AdamTheGreek]

This needs to be a win. We should sweep them this season.

I would be surprised if Suggs doesn’t start. Minutes restriction should be a given.

[tooler]

Suggs headband so hugee it's basically a ballcap

Looks like that was media day, before he shaved his head.

The headband situation might be the most important thing we learn from game 1.