2020-2021 Regular Season Game 25: Orlando Magic (9-15) at Portland Trailblazers (12-10)

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at Portland Trailblazers
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 25
When: Tuesday, February 9 at 10pm ET
Where: Moda Center in Portland, OR
How: Fox Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game FM (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +6
Over/Under 220

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
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ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Cole Anthony


G: Dwayne Bacon


F: James Ennis


F: Gary Clark


C: Nikola Vucevic


ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: Frank Mason III


G: Terrence Ross


F: Chuma Okeke


F: Al-Farouq Aminu


C: Khem Birch


Deep Bench

C: Mo Bamba

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee) and Michael Carter-Williams (foot), Aaron Gordon (ankle), Evan Fournier (back) are OUT.

Portland Projected Starters
G: Damian Lillard
G: Gary Trent Jr.
F: Rodney Hood
F: Robert Covington
C: Enes Kanter

Bench
G: Anfernee Simons
G: CJ Elleby
F: Derrick Jones Jr.
F: Carmelo Anthony
C: Harry Giles III

Injuries: CJ McCollum (foot), Zach Collins (ankle), Jusuf Nurkic (wrist) and Nasir Little (knee) are OUT.

[The Real Dalic]

Call me crazy, but I'm predicting a win tonight for some reason. Even though the Blazers are clearly the better team.

It would be good to get a loss for the tank. But I kinda wanna see Cole go toe-to-toe with Damian Lillard.

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[The Real Dalic]

I also don't get why Clark is still starting. I've never seen a player provide less than him in my life.

Even if it was only for 18-20 minutes, I'd rather Okeke start. Hell, I'd take Birch over him. Bamba also needs to see the floor tonight so we can see what he's got. But I doubt it happens.

[ChosenSavior]

Happy for Aminu that he is finally healthy enough to play. I am sure it has been very tough for him since he has barely played since signing with the Magic. It does suck that he is coming off the bench and Clark is still starting. He is easily the worst starting player in the NBA. Hopefully Clark is not in the rotation for long because Okeke will not find many minutes if he is still in there with Aminu back in the fold.

With Cliff trying to grind out wins his way, I really don't see Bamba being included which is a buzz kill. Really have to hope we can flip Birch before the trading deadline to open up minutes that way.

[MartinsIzAfraud]

3/5 starters don’t belong in the NBA thats some wild shot.

[Knightro]

Just for the record I have no idea who is starting tonight as the Magic have not announced it. I'm only assuming it will be Clark.

[Knightro]

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[basketballRob]

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He probably makes Bamba the 4th string center now. I know he dabbled playing Aminu at the 5 some before he was injured.

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[Ducklett]

Happy for Aminu that he is finally healthy enough to play. I am sure it has been very tough for him since he has barely played since signing with the Magic. It does suck that he is coming off the bench and Clark is still starting. He is easily the worst starting player in the NBA. Hopefully Clark is not in the rotation for long because Okeke will not find many minutes if he is still in there with Aminu back in the fold.

With Cliff trying to grind out wins his way, I really don't see Bamba being included which is a buzz kill. Really have to hope we can flip Birch before the trading deadline to open up minutes that way.

I hope we flip Cliff into a nearby dumpster and find a coach that isn't league wide worst.

[thelead]

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He probably makes Bamba the 4th string center now. I know he dabbled playing Aminu at the 5 some before he was injured.

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I love how Clifford commits to play Aminu for both halves while Bamba continues to ride the pine...

The same Aminu with a 39% TS%, 0.1 WS, and 7.6 PER. He was absolute TRASH last year but 'EARNED' guaranteed minutes in both halves in his first game back?

Clifford can GTFO of here with his 'earning minutes' bulls$!t

[Knightro]

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Clifford confirms that Okeke won't lose minutes even with Aminu back.

That means one of Aminu or Okeke will be playing some small forward.

[Xatticus]

3/5 starters don’t belong in the NBA thats some wild shot.

I wouldn't put Ennis in that category. He has probably been our best player this year when he has been healthy enough to play. He plays good defense and he makes the right decisions offensively. I still don't believe he should be on this roster though. The value in being terrible is that there is no real downside to using your minutes for development. Guys like Bacon, Ennis, Birch, and Clark have no upside.

[MagicFan101]

- Detroit beat the Nets tonight

- New Orleans is up big late

- Miami is tied with under 2 minutes to go

= Could be a great night if we lose and Miami pulls it out!

[Howard Mass]

Let's Go Magic!

[Howard Mass]

I hope Aminu plays well these next few days to the point where he has some trade player and/or The Magic can move him.

[basketballRob]

Hopefully we can start putting some distance between us and the teams ahead of us.


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[thelead]

3/5 starters don’t belong in the NBA thats some wild shot.

It truly is unbelievable. I understand that we're banged up but literally 3/5 starters wouldn't play, let alone start, ANYWHERE else in the NBA

[thelead]

I hope Aminu plays well these next few days to the point where he has some trade player and/or The Magic can move him.

The only positive thing about Aminu is that his contract is halfway over at this point and that he'll be an expiring contract next year.

[Bensational]

Wow. The team has already quit. Everyone moving so slow. I don’t think they’re conditioning is up to scratch, we should bench them all for 6 months.