2020-2021 Regular Season Game 42: Orlando Magic (14-27) at Boston Celtics (20-21)

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 42
When: Sunday, March 21 at 3:30pm ET
Where: TD Garden in Boston, MA
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +8.5
Over/Under 215.5

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Celtics 124, Magic 97 - https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401267340

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Chasson Randle


G: Evan Fournier


F: Aaron Gordon


F: Al-Farouq Aminu


C: Nikola Vucevic


ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Dwayne Bacon


F: Chuma Okeke


F: Khem Birch


C: Mo Bamba


Deep Bench
G: Karim Mane
F: Gary Clark

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee), Cole Anthony (rib) and Terrence Ross (knee) are OUT. James Ennis (calf) and Michael Carter-Williams (illness) are QUESTIONABLE.

Boston Projected Starters
G: Kemba Walker
G: Marcus Smart
F: Jaylen Brown
F: Jayson Tatum
C: Daniel Theis

Bench
G: Payton Pritchard
G: Jeff Teague
F: Aaron Nesmith
F: Grant Williams
C: Robert Williams

Injuries: Tristan Thompson (COVID) and Romeo Langford (COVID) are OUT.

[Knightro]

MCW and Ennis will both play.

This is as close to fully healthy as the Magic have been in months.

[pepe1991]

Evan and Gordon to score 50 each and boost trade value so Celtics give up picks and Nesmith please lord

[pepe1991]

btw Celtics are disaster this year

[Def Swami]

This might be a win too.

[Showbiz Bear]

Aminu starting over Okeke really pisses me off

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[pepe1991]

Aminu starting over Okeke really pisses me off

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Why? Both suck

[pepe1991]

nothing better than 2 great passes by Evan and Gordon that turn into MCW almost airball <3
1983 brand basketball

[PrimeThyme]

If Evan is kept through the deadline I can't even describe to you the rage I will feel.

[pepe1991]

At least Gordon never gets tired from shooting shots he can't make even at practice

[pepe1991]

Vuc might end up with double double in first quater
it's depressing how good he can be , if only you put some actual starting quality nba talent around him, yet Magic can't even do that

[Showbiz Bear]

Aminu starting over Okeke really pisses me off

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Why? Both suck

Because I'd rather let Okeke get the burn and he's more athletic with better defensive instincts.

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[pepe1991]

Aminu starting over Okeke really pisses me off

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Why? Both suck

Because I'd rather let Okeke get the burn and he's more athletic with better defensive instincts.

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More athletic? guy has 0 dunks in nba. Matter of fact he only had 13 FTA so far, guy showed less than zero driving skills or doing pretty much anything but shooting wide open 3s. That's pretty much same thing Aminu does.

I don't get fascination with Okeke. He is not even improvment over Iwundu from what we showed so far.

[pepe1991]

Fun fact
Ennis is only Magic player with positive net rating

[PrimeThyme]

Fun fact
Ennis is only Magic player with positive net rating

Pretty sure he just permanently took Bamba's spot in the rotation too. Nevermind, I see that Bamba isn't active. I do wonder what the rotation will look like when Ross is healthy too.

[MaKiaVeLi7]

The hot shooting from the 3 continues. This suddenly healthier Magic squad starts to give me worries. Tank's in jeopardy tonight yet again.

BOS are terrible. Can't explain why! They have so much young and vet talent on their roster, their only deficiency is the hole under the basket, otherwise very talented team, yet so bad in terms of actual play and win %.

We need more MCW offensive heroics (airballs or missed layups) or Evan drives to the basket (usually ends up as out of bounds turnover off his knee or foot, or just a block) in order for us to tank this game. Or maybe a little bit of Gary Clark's finesse 3-ball bricks, anything to secure the tank success.

[pepe1991]

Fun fact
Ennis is only Magic player with positive net rating

Pretty sure he just permanently took Bamba's spot in the rotation too. Nevermind, I see that Bamba isn't active. I do wonder what the rotation will look like when Ross is healthy too.

Hopefully Bacon will be DNP guy...

man i can't express strong enough how much i hate root for losing.. So irritating thing to do.

[Bensational]

Aminu should be banned from bringing the ball up the court. I’ve not seen another nba player look so uncoordinated trying to handle the basketball in the open court. Looks like he’s chasing a hoop with a stick or something.

[MaKiaVeLi7]

Aminu should be banned from bringing the ball up the court. I’ve not seen another nba player look so uncoordinated trying to handle the basketball in the open court. Looks like he’s chasing a hoop with a stick or something.

I've seen one. Have you forgotten CHRIS "Freaking-Flash-Unstoppable-Dribble" DUHON ???

[jonbob17]

On a day where OKC is matched up against Houston, this seems like a game we will win.