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2020-2021 Regular Season Game 4: Orlando Magic (3-0) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1)

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2020-2021 Regular Season Game 4: Orlando Magic (3-0) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1) 

Post#1 » by Knightro » Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:17 pm

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Oklahoma City Thunder
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 4
When: Tuesday, December 29 at 8pm ET
Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

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Magic -6
Over/Under 218

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
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ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS


G: Markelle Fultz
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G: Evan Fournier
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F: Dwayne Bacon
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F: Aaron Gordon
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C: Nikola Vucevic
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ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Cole Anthony
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G: Michael Carter-Williams
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F: Terrence Ross
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F: Chuma Okeke
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C: Khem Birch
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Deep Bench

G: Jordan Bone (two-way)
G: Karim Mane (two way)
F: Gary Clark
C: Mo Bamba

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Al-Farouq Aminu (knee) and James Ennis (hamstring) are all OUT.

Oklahoma City Thunder Projected Starters
G: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
G: Luguentz Dort
F: Kenrich Williams
F: Darius Bazley
C: Mike Muscala

Bench
G: Theo Maledon
G: Hamidou Diallo
F: Justin Jackson
F: Aleksej Pokusevski

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Injuries: Al Horford (rest), Ty Jerome (ankle) and Trevor Ariza (personal) are OUT. George Hill (neck) is QUESTIONABLE.
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Re: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 4: Orlando Magic (3-0) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1) 

Post#2 » by Knightro » Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:20 pm

The Thunder are already thin at the center and power forward slots and are choosing to rest Horford on the 2nd night of their back-to-back.

Orlando appears like they'll have a significant advantage with Muscala and Pokusevski tasked with defending Vucevic.
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Post#3 » by RookieStar » Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:36 pm

OKC is actually pretty good. SGA is continuing his rise to stardom and Dort is making everyone notice for ignoring him on offense last season.

We all thought OKC is/was tanking but that win yesterday was...lol
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Post#4 » by 3ddman23 » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:09 pm

Very winnable game. If we controll the 3 ball i think we can oull it out but you just never know what you will get from this team so I honestly don't know what to expect. I just want to see markelle and cole ball out. Go magic
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Post#5 » by Anti Chalmers » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:10 pm

Magic win. Fultz 25/5/5.
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Post#6 » by BlueBlazer » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:11 pm

It’s about time for a big game from Vuc
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Post#7 » by RookieStar » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:11 pm

Who is this Justin Jackson on their bench? Was he our 2nd rounder before?
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Post#8 » by BlueBlazer » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:12 pm

RookieStar wrote:Who is this Justin Jackson on their bench? Was he our 2nd rounder before?

Same name, different guy.
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Post#10 » by pepe1991 » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:55 pm

Don't qoute me on this one, but i think team in their history never had 4-0 season opener
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Post#11 » by RookieStar » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:01 pm

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RookieStar wrote:Who is this Justin Jackson on their bench? Was he our 2nd rounder before?

Same name, different guy.


Is he a scrub like ours? I could've sworn there was another Justin JAckson in the league.
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Post#12 » by Knightro » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:19 pm

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Thunder missing 2 of their starters.
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Post#13 » by RookieStar » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:23 pm

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Thunder missing 2 of their starters.


I always dread these kinds of news because it usually means the birth of a new Magic Killer.
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Post#14 » by SOUL » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:31 pm

Dort is going to annoy our players
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Re: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 4: Orlando Magic (3-0) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1) 

Post#15 » by Knightro » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:40 pm

SOUL wrote:Dort is going to annoy our players


I'm curious if they stick Dort on Fultz or Fournier.
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Post#16 » by orlando_joe » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:43 pm

pepe1991 wrote:Don't qoute me on this one, but i think team in their history never had 4-0 season opener

i think you are correct thought i heard them talk about it on post game
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Post#17 » by cedric76 » Tue Dec 29, 2020 11:56 pm

Easy win
Suggs, Tyus, Jase
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Franz, TDS,
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Post#18 » by 3ddman23 » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:05 am

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Thunder missing 2 of their starters.


I always dread these kinds of news because it usually means the birth of a new Magic Killer.


Classic trap game... a game the magic should win but like you said some new magic killer always comes out of no where to torch us. Can the magic overcome those unfavorable outcomes in situations like this? I guess we'll find out lol
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Post#19 » by CPBalla2003 n da 863 » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:30 am

This got Trap Game written all over it. Hope they not overly feeling themselves and let this one slip. I see Dort guarding Fultz so Vooch needs to feast.
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