Episode Details

The Orlando Magic face a difficult season in a tight Eastern Conference where every game will matter. Their schedule is set up to challenge them early with a difficult start to the season. But gives way to a finish that could help them climb the standings.

Things will not be easy. The NBA is notoriously difficult to predict -- the Magic are a good example of this for this season. And there are fewer "gimme" games against tanking teams than ever before.

The stretches of the schedule when the Magic should pick up wins on paper are more important than ever.

On this episode, I take you through five stretches of the schedule that will determine the Magic's season and decide whether they will reach their Playoff dreams.

Is this the year the Orlando Magic break through or will small slip-ups haunt their postseason push?

00:00 Magic's unpredictable team reputation
04:41 Eastern Conference team analysis
09:30 The Magic's upcoming schedule
13:04 Managing winning and losing streaks
19:21 Playoff positioning by midseason
24:09 Post-All-Star break home games
28:14 End-of-season schedule advantages

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