Injury Report

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Note that teams have until 1 p.m. local time on the day of a game to submit their report for the second leg of a back-to-back, so look out for updates throughout the day as appropriate.

Teams that have a Saturday-Sunday B2B:
None

Orlando Magic @ Atlanta Hawks

Game Time: 01:00 pm ET

BetMGM Lines

ORL +1.5 (+105), ATL -1.5 (-125)
Game Total 220.5

Key Storylines

Locked for the Play-In: Orlando and Atlanta are a few of the teams in the NBA that will most likely rest their key starters in their upcoming last game of the regular season, funny enough, both teams faced each other at the beginning of the week, they get to face each other on Sunday and, will be facing in the first match of the Play-In tournament once again on Tuesday. As both are locked in the 7th and 8th spot of the Eastern Conference, they can just treat this match as a rest day for their key players, while trying out their bench warmers and younger prospects.

From the Magic side, Paolo Banchero (ankle), Franz Wagner, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (knee), and Wendell Carter Jr. (hip) are all listed as questionable and could definitely be rested after already being out for Friday’s game against the Pacers. The rest of the crew, including Goga Bitadze, Cole Anthony, Anthony Black, Jonathan Isaac, Tristan da Silva, Gary Harris, Caleb Houstan and Trevelin Queen all see to be fit and ready to play during Sunday’s clash. The only other member in doubt is Cory Joseph, who has started the last 15 games, as he’s also questionable with a knee injury.

For the Hawks, Trae Young (Achilles), Dyson Daniels, Georges Niang (rest), Onyeka Okongwu and Caris LeVert (knee) are all listed as questionable and could most likely sit their last game of the regular season out to have their main players ready for their Tuesday clash against this same Magic team. It’s worth noting that Zaccharie Risacher, Terance Mann and Vit Krejci are not in the injury report, meaning they could play big minutes as a last tune out before the playoffs start. Other players like Mouhamed Gueye, Garrison Mathews, Dominick Barlow and Keaton Wallace could see more minutes as well.

Stream of the Game

With both team trying to take care of their players, I highly doubt we see even rotational players going for more than 20 minutes on a match that doesn’t matter at all.
Goga Bitadze fell out of the Magic’s rotation and should have plenty of game time in this match, making him my favorite target for the day.

Alternatives: Jonathan Isaac (points, rebounds, stocks), Caleb Houstan, Tristan Da Silva (points, 3s), Trevelin Queen (points, 3s, steals), Vit Krejci (points, 3s, assists), Mouhamed Gueye (rebounds, assists, stocks), Dominick Barlow (points, rebounds).

Charlotte Hornets @ Boston Celtics

Game Time: 01:00 pm ET

BetMGM Lines

CHA +11.5 (+500), BOS -11.5 (-700)
Game Total 211.5

Key Storylines

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