ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Magic will host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday evening within the first back-to-back residence sport. Tip-off is 7 p.m. ET from the Kia Heart.
Orlando is 22-16 this season and sits fourth within the Jap Convention. Final day out, they beat the New York Knicks at Madison Sq. Backyard on Monday evening.
Minnesota is 19-17 and presently eighth within the West. They beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday evening of their final outing.
Here is the most recent on participant well being and standing forward of the primary assembly between the 2 groups this season.
Banchero is listed as questionable for the primary time since he tore his proper indirect Oct. 30 in Chicago. Since then, he has missed 33 consecutive video games. That is the seventh sport for him that’s listed underneath the “return to competitors reconditioning” designation. A league supply stated Magic on SI that the Magic will take the workforce’s back-to-back video games into consideration when figuring out its availability for Thursday’s sport towards Minnesota.
Franz Wagner will miss his 14th consecutive sport with a torn proper indirect. Magic coach Jamahl Mosley stated Wednesday that the fourth-year ahead has began to take some mild pictures, however that is it. He was injured on December 6 in Philadelphia.
Moe Wagner tore his left ACL on December 21, ending his season.
Suggs is out for a second straight sport because of a decrease again pressure he suffered Jan. 3 in Toronto. Mosley stated Suggs was “doing properly” Wednesday and can be frequently evaluated to see how he responds to remedies.
Harris is out for a 3rd straight sport after reaggravating a left hamstring pressure Jan. 1 in Detroit that triggered him to overlook 13 video games earlier this season. He didn’t take part in Wednesday’s follow, Mosley stated.
Dillingham, the Timberwolves’ No. 8 choose on this summer season’s NBA draft, has been inactive for the previous six video games.
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