2020-2021 Regular Season Game 57: Houston Rockets (14-42) at Orlando Magic (18-38)

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Houston Rockets at Orlando Magic
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 57
When: Sunday, April 18 at 7pm ET
Where: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic -1
Over/Under 220.5

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
Rockets 132, Magic 90 - https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401267287

ORLANDO MAGIC STARTERS

G: Cole Anthony


G: Gary Harris


F: James Ennis


F: Chuma Okeke


C: Wendell Carter Jr.


ORLANDO MAGIC BENCH

G: RJ Hampton


G: Dwayne Bacon


F: Terrence Ross


C: Donta Hall


Deep Bench
G: Chasson Randle
G: Devin Cannady
F: Robert Franks

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee), Otto Porter Jr. (foot) and Michael Carter-Williams (ankle) are OUT.

Mo Bamba (hip) is QUESTIONABLE.

Houston Projected Starters
G: Avrey Bradley
G: Kevin Porter Jr.
F: Jae'Sean Tate
F: Christian Wood
C: Kelly Olynyk

Bench
G: Armoni Brooks
G: DaQuan Jeffries
F: Kenyon Martin Jr.
F: Anthony Lamb
C: D.J. Wilson

Injuries: David Nwaba (wrist), Dante Exum (calf), DJ Augustin (ankle), Danuel House Jr. (ankle), Eric Gordon (groin), Sterling Brown (knee) and John Wall (rest) are OUT.

[Knightro]

Tonight is the first game the Orlando Magic have been favored to win by Vegas since they hosted Detroit on February 21st.

That was 25 games ago

[zaymon]

For my own peace of mind i am counting that game as a win. Chuma Okeke leading scorer, make it happen.

[thelead]

I'll be shocked if we lose

[pepe1991]

time for playin push

[VFX]

Can we sit everyone like every other tanking team?

[RookieStar]

I just want "crunch-time blunders" by our key vets to ensure the loss

[RookieStar]

Can we sit everyone like every other tanking team?

Im sure our team is rich enough to absorb the 25k fine like its nothing. SAS and TOR are getting slapped with it with more teams to come.

[KillMonger]

Can we sit everyone like every other tanking team?

Bro Toronto trying to out-tank OKC....they're sitting damn near everybody....Siakam/Vanvleet/lowry/OG.....That's their entire starting linuep excluding Trent Jr.....might get fined again....not to be outdone Dortz from OKC just got downgraded from probable to questionable....it's comedy what's going on....hopefully in the end the joke won't be on us as it seems we're the only ones doing it by the book

[Nyce_1]

If we just sit Okeke, we'll lose.

[Bergmaniac]

25,000 is pocket change for an NBA team, we should pay it for every game and just rest every decent vet and Okeke and put a team of G-league players, Bacon, RJ and Cole out there.

[RookieStar]

IF we do sit players, we better make sure to lose the game. Don't be like what TOR tried to do to us lol

[KillMonger]

Maybe i spoke too soon....orlando might be on the uptake.....James Ennis out tonight

[Message Boar]

C'mon Houston, you're so good at tanking you can afford to win once. Throw us this one!

[RookieStar]

wow.. I just checked, even our hoped for DJ - revenge game wont happen.

[DiplomaticMagic]

This is going to be a W, so lets just hope theres good play from our young players

[bigdogdylan5]

I haven’t been following the rockets is Wall really hurt or is this an “injury”

[Knightro]

With no MCW and no Ennis, the Magic are literally going to have just two veterans, Ross and Harris, in their rotation.

Other that sitting those two, and Ross has low key been terrible since the trades so he might actually be helping the tank by playing, there’s really nothing else they can really do to play a more tanktastic rotation.

[Knightro]

I haven’t been following the rockets is Wall really hurt or is this an “injury”

He has been sitting the first game of back-to-backs all year and the Rockets play tomorrow in Houston.

So he’s not hurt necessarily, but it’s not any different than how they’ve been using him this season.

[RookieStar]

With no MCW and no Ennis, the Magic are literally going to have just two veterans, Ross and Harris, in their rotation.

Other that sitting those two, and Ross has low key been terrible since the trades so he might actually be helping the tank by playing, there’s really nothing else they can really do to play a more tanktastic rotation.

Sit WCJ down. I dont think there is someone who can matchup with WCJ pound4pound there. Wood is a stick lightweight after all.