2020-2021 Regular Season Game 45: Portland Trail Blazers (26-18) at Orlando Magic (15-29)

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Portland Trail Blazers at Orlando Magic
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 45
When: Friday, March 26 at 8pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +9
Over/Under 216

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Portland 106, Orlando 97 - https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401267540

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Michael Carter-Williams


G: Dwayne Bacon


F: James Ennis


F: Chuma Okeke


C: Khem Birch


ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Chesson Randle


G/F: Karim Mane


C: Mo Bamba


Deep Bench
None

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee), Cole Anthony (rib), Terrence Ross (knee), Gary Harris (trade acquisition), RJ Hampton (trade acquisition), Otto Porter Jr. (trade acquisition) and Wendell Carter Jr. (trade acquisition) are OUT.

Portland Projected Starters
G: Anfernee Simons
G: CJ McCollum
F: Robert Covington
F: Derrick Jones Jr.
C: Jusuf Nurkic

Bench
G: Norman Powell
F: Carmelo Anthony
F: Nasir Little
C: Enes Kanter

Injuries: Damian Lillard (knee) and Zach Collins (ankle) are OUT.

[Knightro]

Clifford confirmed at shootaround that the Magic will only have 8 available players tonight.

Is there any chance they break 90 tonight?

[Bergmaniac]

I have a hunch that Bacon will get randomly hot and keep this close by taking 25 shots.

[Edual]

Clifford confirmed at shootaround that the Magic will only have 8 available players tonight.

Is there any chance they break 90 tonight?

Had to look at lineup again... for magic to hit 90... all 8 players probably will need a season high in scoring. Magic score 76 Blazers 137

[RookieStar]

|I was hoping to see some of the new guys play

[Knightro]

I have a hunch that Bacon will get randomly hot and keep this close by taking 25 shots.

Magic Player Props for tonight via Draft Kings
Bacon 17.5 PTS
MCW 15.5 PTS
Ennis 12.5 PTS
Okeke 10.5 PTS

Those are the only four listed.

[The Real Dalic]

Do we know if Birch is starting yet? Or is it still just projections?

[Knightro]

Had to look at lineup again... for magic to hit 90... all 8 players probably will need a season high in scoring. Magic score 76 Blazers 137

This is a fun game. How many of the 8 players playing tonight will go OVER their previous season high?

Bacon 21
MCW 21
Ennis 18
Okeke 17
Bamba 14
Randle 13
Birch 12
Mane 3

[Knightro]

Do we know if Birch is starting yet? Or is it still just projections?

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[penny_nz]

Yikes, not even T Ross. Do we know when the new guys will be available, and which of them are carrying injuries? I thought I read Harris in particular was hurt atm

Also lol at Birch starting over Mo again, Cliff really does hate him

[The Effect]

Okeke will break his career high today and take over the full time PF spot for the rest of the season!

[D12VCMagic]

Yikes, not even T Ross. Do we know when the new guys will be available, and which of them are carrying injuries? I thought I read Harris in particular was hurt atm

Also lol at Birch starting over Mo again, Cliff really does hate him

All the new guys except Harris should be available for the next one after this.

[penny_nz]

Yikes, not even T Ross. Do we know when the new guys will be available, and which of them are carrying injuries? I thought I read Harris in particular was hurt atm

Also lol at Birch starting over Mo again, Cliff really does hate him

All the new guys except Harris should be available for the next one after this.

Thanks for the info! Be interesting to see what lineups Cliff goes with then

[Knightro]

Yikes, not even T Ross. Do we know when the new guys will be available, and which of them are carrying injuries? I thought I read Harris in particular was hurt atm

Also lol at Birch starting over Mo again, Cliff really does hate him

Harris strained his adductor/thigh on January 31st. Came back after being out 2.5 weeks and re-injured it on February 17th. He hasn't played since. I don't get the impression he's anywhere close to playing.

Hampton, Carter Jr and Porter Jr should all be good to play starting Sunday.

-Porter Jr. had played 9 games in a row about 19 MPG before the trade.
-Carter Jr. had played 18 games in a row about 23 MPG before the trade.
-Hampton got COVID on February 28th and missed about 3 weeks, but got cleared to return and played 13 minutes in the Nuggets last game before the trade.

[MagicTownBaller]

Just give the ball to Bacon and Okeke. Okeke FOREVER

[KillMonger]

this is going to be a trainwreck....

[PrimeThyme]

Could this rotation win the NCAA tournament?

[basketballRob]

I'm more excited to watch this game than any other this season. I want to see them have some success, but don't want to win any games.

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[Bakomagic]

Could this rotation win the NCAA tournament?

Cmon, they would blow every team out....as bad as they are by nba standards, they all have or will be given multiple NBA contracts and most of the players in the tournament won’t even make it into the league.

[Last Guardian]

Wow, what a coaching challenge this will be. Its not the worst defensive linuep in the world, but Bacon is by far the best offensive player.....