Game 7: Orlando Magic (4-3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (6-1) | 117-102 WIN!!!!!

[SleepingHero]

[StrandedOnBeauboisHill]

Curious if we get Luka in this one.

[omahen]

I hope Mavs won't, but I will take this one as a scheduled loss. I don't expect them to win. Based on how he looked against Charlotte and Denver, I think Luka will rest. Orlando is a good team. Again a very high team and Mavs paint defense has been really bad last couple of games.

[Nowitzki Way]

Curious if we get Luka in this one

 
I'm wondering about Kyrie on back to back also.

Magic has some guys out with injuries too. A Hardy/GWill/Green/Lively/OMax/Exum game could be fun. Until we remember we'd have THJ taking 40 shots in a game like that.

[SleepingHero]

Markelle Fultz, Gary Harris, and Wendell Carter Jr. are out for the @OrlandoMagic’s game against the Mavs.

Jonathan Isaac (sore hamstring) is questionable and will be a game-time decision.

Both Fultz and Harris did light work doing shootaround and are progressing.

[SleepingHero]

I will be unfortunately unable to watch this live due to my own basketball tournament. But I am looking forward to seeing how the Mavs fare on the 2nd night of a back to back. They've historically been awful. Perhaps we see some OMax and Lively continue to has fresh legs.

[dirkfansince1998]

Bonus game. Hopefully they won't run Luka and Kyrie into the ground. The way Luka moved yesterday he should get a DNP-rest. Not sure about Kyrie. Maybe extra games are exactly what he needs to find his legs.

[SleepingHero]

Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth)
The Mavericks list Luka Doncic (quad) and Kyrie Irving (foot) as questionable to play against the Magic.

[Chicagojk]

tough one even if we had everyone tonight. I was hoping Kyrie would play and see if we could mimic that game after the trade last year. Without Kyrie and Luka, it is going to be real tough. Even if Orlando is also missing players.

Prediction? I think the only prediction I have is Mavs2021 has at least 3 Goga posts in this thread tonight. ha ha.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Magic are a good team. Young and athletic. Ex Mavs asst, Jamal Mosley has done a good job with them. I was a little skeptical if he could coach when he first got the gig. Proved me wrong.

[DallasMaverick]

Magic are a good team. Young and athletic.  Ex Mavs asst, Jamal Mosley has done a good job with them. I was a little skeptical if he could coach when he first got the gig. Proved me wrong.

There are fans in Boston that are really skeptical that Bill Belichick can coach, too, and are calling for his head on a platter.

So, maybe after his third NBA championship, this board will calm down about Jason Kidd a bit...

[SleepingHero]

tough one even if we had everyone tonight.  I was hoping Kyrie would play and see if we could mimic that game after the trade last year.  Without Kyrie and Luka, it is going to be real tough.  Even if Orlando is also missing players.

Prediction?  I think the only prediction I have is Mavs2021 has at least 3 Goga posts in this thread tonight.  ha ha.

Seriously need at least two 20pt performances from out of these 5 guys: Hardy, THJ, Green, Lively, Grant. 

If they can get some consistent shooting and production, maybe the Mavs have a shot. Long shot tonight but lets see.

[The Jom]

Those are key contributors missing for the Magic. I wouldn’t give up on the good guys just yet.

[SleepingHero]

Those are key contributors missing for the Magic. I wouldn’t give up on the good guys just yet.

Franz Wagner and Banchero are who I'm mostly scared of. But I agree, their injury report does spell some hope.

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[JamesConway912]

I like our chances if Kyrie is able to play. Green, Hardy, Timmy usually look great with him running the show.

Wouldn’t mind seeing all three of Lively/Green/Hardy out there tonight for 30+ minutes each. Heck we might as well give Omax a stint, too. Really nothing to loose.

I just hope Luka sits this one out. He looked seriously hampered last night and played poorly against DEN as well.

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Kyrie and Luka will both play, Maxi is a game time decision. Per Grant Afseth.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

There are fans in Boston that are really skeptical that Bill Belichick can coach, too, and are calling for his head on a platter.

So, maybe after his third NBA championship, this board will calm down about Jason Kidd a bit...

Bellichick's legacy is already secure (2nd most wins in NFL history) regardless if it's been tarnished a bit since Brady left. Kidd hasn't even won his 1st as a HC, and it's possible he doesn't get one.

[DallasMaverick]

Bellichick's legacy is already secure (2nd most wins in NFL history) regardless if it's been tarnished a bit since Brady left. Kidd hasn't even won his 1st as a HC, and it's possible he doesn't get one.

From the outside, one would certainly think so!  Yet there's a tremendous outcry amongst Pats fans for his ouster.  

What have you done for me lately...

Fans are only a couple of losses away from proclaiming you the worst coach ever, at any moment in time. Fickle.

[dirkfansince1998]

From the outside, one would certainly think so!  Yet there's a tremendous outcry amongst Pats fans for his ouster.  

What have you done for me lately...

More like what have you done without Brady. Not a fan of either but Bellichick's legacy took a self inflicted hit in the post Brady years. A little bit like Phil Jackson with the Knicks. Without the best talent in the league he didn't look nearly as good.

[The Jom]

This is 100% looking like the first-quarter whistle thing where they help the visiting team out then pull the rug out from under em. Ridiculous Magic second-half run incoming.

Edit: maybe not now that they’ve taken the lead.

[dirkfansince1998]

Now it gets interesting. Lively and Powell in foul trouble against a really big team.