2020-2021 Regular Season Game 48: Orlando Magic (16-31) at New Orleans Pelicans (21-25)

[Knightro]

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GAME INFO
Who: Orlando Magic at New Orleans Pelicans
What: 2020-2021 Regular Season Game 48
When: Thursday, April 1 at 8pm ET
Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA
How: Bally Sports Florida, NBA League Pass, 96.9 The Game (Radio)

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GAMBLING
Magic +4
Over/Under 213.5

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
None

ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED STARTERS

G: Chasson Randle


G: Dwayne Bacon


F: James Ennis


F: Chuma Okeke


C: Khem Birch


ORLANDO MAGIC PROJECTED BENCH

G: RJ Hampton


G: Terrence Ross


F: Otto Porter Jr.


C: Wendell Carter Jr.


C: Mo Bamba


Deep Bench
G: Karim Mané

Injuries: Jonathan Isaac (knee), Markelle Fultz (knee), Cole Anthony (rib), Gary Harris (thigh) and Michael Carter-Williams (non-COVID illness) are OUT.

New Orleans Projected Starters
G: Nickeil Alexander-Walker
G: Eric Bledsoe
F: Josh Hart
F: James Johnson
C: Steven Adams

Bench
G: Kira Lewis Jr.
G: Wes Iwundu
F: Naji Marshall8
F: Wenyen Gabriel
C: Jaxson Hayes

Injuries: Zion Williamson (thumb), Lonzo Ball (hip) and Brandon Ingram (toe) are OUT.

[Knightro]

MCW is out sick tonight. Should open up some more minutes for Hampton. Unfortunately it also means more minutes for Randle.

[KillMonger]

Zion and ingram are out? teams already load managing?

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[RookieStar]

So MCW out? Out-tanking move. Our FO probably thought MCW was gonna win this for us again. To those NAW vs Okeke debaters.. this is a must-see game no?

[RookieStar]

Zion and ingram are out? teams already load managing?

CAn't fault them seeing as we are also load managing MCW /*green/

[Knightro]

Zion and ingram are out? teams already load managing?

Zion sprained his thumb last game out.

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Seems relatively legit.

New Orleans is right in the mix for a playoff spot/play in spot, so I can’t imagine they’re resting anyone who isn’t hurt.

[ChosenSavior]

Yeah I don't see why the Pelicans would just rest players for no reason when they are in the mix for the play-in tourney out West. It will definitely be an interesting game no doubt for the tank with Zion, Ball and Ingram not playing. The Pelicans can score though and have some intriguing guard talent in NAW and Kira Lewis Jr. so they may be able to pull out the win against us. I just want to see Bamba, Okeke, WCJ and Hampton continue to grow out there.

[Def Swami]

Why are we still doing this? We signed Randle when we had no other option at point guard available. We don't have to keep doing this anymore.

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[Knightro]

Clifford sticking with this ridiculous 3 man rotation at center

[PrimeThyme]

Why are we still doing this? We signed Randle when we had no other option at point guard available. We don't have to keep doing this anymore.

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It's Clifford sticking to his guns about developing the young players in structured roles. I'm not even going to get mad about it at this point. We just have to accept it. He said it would only be for 4-5 games but I call bullchit.

[KillMonger]

Clifford sticking with this ridiculous 3 man rotation at center

i'm tired of it and tired of him...regardless of how anyone else feels this man here will be ecstatic once he's gone

[ChosenSavior]

Clifford sticking with this ridiculous 3 man rotation at center

i'm tired of it and tired of him...regardless of how anyone else feels this man here will be ecstatic once he's gone

I will be ecstatic as well. Outside of getting players to play hard (that honestly should be a given for any coach in the NBA), he is an extremely mediocre coach IMO.

[The Real Dalic]

Randle is not only not a young player, he's not even going to be here again next year. So it really is dumb to put him in the SL, imo.

[SOUL]

WesGod needs to go off

[Knightro]

Are we rooting for the 17 win Wizards or 13 win Pistons tonight?

[MagicTownBaller]

Are we rooting for the 17 win Wizards or 13 win Pistons tonight?

Pistons. I'd rather the Wizards get a better pick anyway.

[RookieStar]

13 win pistons. we need to overtake them for the 3rd spot and i think the Wiz can win a cpuple more games later on

[billy5783]

Are we rooting for the 17 win Wizards or 13 win Pistons tonight?

Based on where our team is I’m gonna go with the Wiz. Gotta keep teams as distant as possible


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[RookieStar]

Itl be nice to see how mo and wcj handle arguably the strongest player in the nba right now