Bucks vs. Magic: NBA East Quarterfinal Game Preview

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00:00of the game.

00:02It starts with a matchup in the Eastern Conference.

00:06The Milwaukee Bucks, six and a half point home favorite inside

00:09the Pfizer Forum now against the Orlando Magic.

00:13The Magic played in a game to win their group against the

00:15Knicks a week ago in the Garden.

00:17They did not win it.

00:18However, Joe, they did have a strong enough point differential

00:22to earn that wild card bid.

00:24Into this stage, the Eastern Conference component of the

00:27quarterfinal round.

00:29Milwaukee Bucks, overall this season, you look at their

00:32overall record, it's not sensational.

00:34It's 12 and 11.

00:36But they've won eight of their last ten after a dismal and

00:39disappointing start to this season to use the NBA Cup as a

00:43springboard and they're a six and a half point favorite to

00:46advance to the semifinal round.

00:49Injuries, Joe, a huge component of this game for Orlando.

00:52What do you like tonight in Milwaukee?

00:55I don't like Orlando.

00:57I mean, it's one thing to lose Boncaro and then Franz Wagner

01:01steps up and averages 27, 28 points a game.

01:05And all of a sudden Orlando is winning and playing great

01:09basketball.

01:10Now, a couple nights ago, Franz Wagner gets hurt.

01:13So now I got no Boncaro.

01:14I got no Wagner.

01:15I've got a Magic team that offensively is going to be very,

01:20very challenged.

01:21And I just don't see them being able to score enough against a

01:25now healthy Milwaukee Bucks team who just got back Middleton

01:30and they are playing the best basketball that they have played

01:33thus far this season.

01:35It feels like the Bucks are cashing a ticket and heading to

01:38Vegas.