Game time: 7 p.m., Kia Center, Orlando

Betting line: Magic -13.5

VITALS: Orlando is 75-60 all-time vs. the Nets (43-22 at home, 6-17 at Brooklyn, 23-20 at New Jersey, 2-0 at Tokyo, Japan, 1-1 at Walt Disney World/Orlando) during regular season play, including 4-0 last season. The Magic have won the last six meetings overall with Brooklyn (last loss: Dec. 2, 2023 @ Brooklyn). The Magic have won 24 of the last 32 matchups in Orlando, but lost 17 of their 23 trips to Brooklyn

PROJECTED STARTERS

MAGIC

G Jalen Suggs

G Desmond Bane

C Wendell Carter

F Tristan da Silva

F Franz Wagner

NETS

G Edgar Demin

G Terence Mann

C Nic Claxton

F Michael Porter Jr.

F Noah Clowney

INJURY REPORT

MAGIC

Paolo Banchero: Out - Groin

Colin Castleton: Out - G League 

Orlando Robinson: Out - G League

Moritz Wagner: Out - Knee 

NETS

Haywood Highsmith: Out - Knee 

Ben Saraf: Out - G League 

Day'Ron Sharpe: Probable - Glut contusion 

Cam Thomas: Out - Hamstring

Nolan Traore: Out - G League 

Danny Wolf: Out - G League 

QUOTABLE

Magic coach Jahmal Mosley on the win against the New York Knicks earlier this week despite playing without star Paola Banchero: “I loved our defense. I really did. This team has been averaging over 130 for the past three or four games. Our guys' ability to sit down and guard, take the game plan, and execute it the right way. The energy, the spirit, the joy that these guys played with tonight was fun to watch and be a part of for them.” 

Shandel Richardson is the publisher of MagicRoundtable. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com