TrueMagicFan07 651 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 Tuesday, March 26th at 7:30 P.M. American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL TV: Fox Sports FL BEWARE: Miami Heat's Bandwagon!!!! Miami tries to bring in another bandwagon! GO MAGIC! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Neighborhood Bully 266 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 Quote Miami has a monster matchup with Orlando Tuesday night. The Heat have a one-game lead over the Magic for the final playoff spot. The Hornets are just two games back of Miami, as well. Magic Number to clinch playoff spot: 8 Projected seed: No. 8 SportsLine odds: 67.6 percent to make playoffs Current first-round matchup: at Bucks Remaining games: 9 (five road, four home) Strength of remaining schedule: .502 (14th-toughest in league) Next three games: vs. Magic, vs. Mavericks, at Knicks Tiebreaker: Currently own tiebreaker over Detroit and Brooklyn, currently trail Orlando 2-1 in season series If Orlando wants to make the playoffs, it has to look at this Miami game on Tuesday night as a must win. If they can do that, their odds of making the playoffs will change dramatically. If they can beat Detroit in the following game, their odds will really go up. Orlando's chances of making the postseason have already risen almost 20 percent from this time last week. Projected seed: No. 9 SportsLine odds: 56.9 percent to make playoffs Remaining games: 8 (six road, two home) Strength of remaining schedule: .486 (13th-easiest in league) Next three games: at Heat, at Pistons, at Pacers Tiebreaker: Currently leads Miami 2-1 in season series; already lost tiebreaker to Nets; currently trail Pistons via 2-1 deficit in season series with one matchup remaining https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-playoff-picture-standings-magic-numbers-matchups-projections-blazers-clinch-spot-magic-making-late-run-in-east/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 This isn't definitively a must win because hypothetically we could lose the next three games, win the final 5, and end up with 41 wins. There's paths to the playoffs without it. But this is definitely the most important single game. We really really really need to win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgator 164 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 A lot of people are betting on us https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.actionnetwork.com/nba/nba-sharp-betting-rockets-bucks-odds-picks-tuesday-march-26-2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNameIsOrlando 310 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 Vegas has us as a 4 1/2 point dog. They have undervalued us these last few games. Let's hope that remains true. So nervous about this game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, TheNameIsOrlando said: Vegas has us as a 4 1/2 point dog. They have undervalued us these last few games. Let's hope that remains true. So nervous about this game. They had us about the same yesterday then right before tip a bunch of money came in on us moving the line to something like magic -2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML6 520 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 Haven’t seen it talked about on here yet: tonight is Chris Bosh jersey retirement night. Will be a lot of emotion and probably a good crowd in the building. Spoelstra has already confirmed the team will stay on the court for halftime to see the ceremony. Does this help us or hurt us? I can make an argument either way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgator 164 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 29 minutes ago, ML6 said: Haven’t seen it talked about on here yet: tonight is Chris Bosh jersey retirement night. Will be a lot of emotion and probably a good crowd in the building. Spoelstra has already confirmed the team will stay on the court for halftime to see the ceremony. Does this help us or hurt us? I can make an argument either way. Let's hope they forgot to instruct fans to fan up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNameIsOrlando 310 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 46 minutes ago, ?4thewin said: They had us about the same yesterday then right before tip a bunch of money came in on us moving the line to something like magic -2 Really? I saw +2 1/2 but didn't check before game time. I wonder if that had to do more with the Simmons news than Vegas being on the wrong side. I'll be in-gaming tonight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 Just now, TheNameIsOrlando said: Really? I saw +2 1/2 but didn't check before game time. I wonder if that had to do more with the Simmons news than Vegas being on the wrong side. I'll be in-gaming tonight! I figured Ben Simmons alone wouldn't move a line that far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magicfan1987 266 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 51 minutes ago, ML6 said: Haven’t seen it talked about on here yet: tonight is Chris Bosh jersey retirement night. Will be a lot of emotion and probably a good crowd in the building. Spoelstra has already confirmed the team will stay on the court for halftime to see the ceremony. Does this help us or hurt us? I can make an argument either way. So no halftime adjustments? Sounds great to me. Anything that distracts from fine detail and x and os. Btw Jason Kidd picked us to make the playoffs over Miami Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNameIsOrlando 310 Report post Posted March 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, ?4thewin said: I figured Ben Simmons alone wouldn't move a line that far. Yea that makes sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites