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The Orlando Magic can accomplish a lot in the next 20 games. They will likely become healthy and establish where their season is headed in the third quarter of the season.
The Orlando Magic are marked by their energy and intensity. They were missing in the loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and are struggling to find their footing again.
Franz Wagner has begun the final phase of his recovery as he begins his conditioning to return to competition. His return with Paolo Banchero’s return promises to see the Orlando Magic reach their full potential.
It would be hard to give the MVP for the first half of the season to any one player on the Orlando Magic. It deserves to be by committee. It deserves to go to their coach for keeping this ship together.
Down to eight players against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Orlando Magic still found a way to scratch out the win making all the plays they needed to secure victory.
The Orlando Magic have survived a host of injuries this season. But recently they have started to feel the weight of those absences. And it is appearing in an essential aspect of the team.
Paolo Banchero’s imminent return has the Orlando Magic excited. Nobody should be as excited as Jalen Suggs who could become an entirely new player with Banchero in the lineup.
Paolo Banchero ominously posted on Instagram that the “wait is almost over” and the Orlando Magic are eager to get the injection that will come from his presence.
The Orlando Magic have had four veteran players who have struggled this year despite the success of the team overall. They found themselves Monday in a big win over the New York Knicks.
The Orlando Magic do not want to use the excuse of the players they are missing from their lineup right now. But it is undeniable how much they are missing and what the cost of that is.
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