Final: Celtics 132, Magic 96- Finally, an easy win

TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m. @ Amway Center
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

Predicted Starting Lineups

• It's a 30 point game. Kemba Walker got up to 28 minutes and is done for the night (we think). Fournier is done as well after 29 minutes. We're officially in garbage time


• Tacko Fall gets a roar checking into the game. The UCF product played in Orlando in college


• Fall's up and under step-through was absolutely electric... what a move!

• The Celtics started slow, but Kemba Walker scored 11 straight points to push the lead out to 26


• 12-4 run for Orlando and again it's Dwayne Bacon getting going to lead the charge


• Jayson Tatum is up to 13 points in the quarter. Boston's lead got up to 27


• Tatum heads into the 4th with 27. Kemba Walker has 29. The Celtics have alternately  played sloppy and dominant. Now let's see how Brad Stevens plays the 4th considering the bench's problems in past blowouts.

• What a gross second quarter. Neither team is making baskets. It took five minutes for Boston to make a field goal.


• Dwayne Bacon has hit a few long 2's and the lead is down to 8.


• With about four minutes left, the second quarter score was 14-7 Orlando


• Kemba Walker and Jayson Tatum hit consecutive 3's and suddenly it's a 13-3 run for Boston.


• Boston closed strong. The end of quarter run was 17-4.

• The Celtics have the start they needed, going up 10-2 and helped extraordinarily by a very (understandably) out-of-sync Orlando team which has suited up 9 guys who have barely played together.


• The Celtics are getting a bunch of steals on simple cross-court passes. The Magic are just brutal. It's 19-6 right now and 13 of Boston's points are fast break points.


• Evan Fournier looks good again. He has 10 points in the first quarter


• Kemba Walker has capitalized on the poor Magic defense to score 12 in the quarter.


• Do we have a Moe Wagner revenge game? He's triggered a 12-4 Magic run to cut it to 9. He scored 11 in the quarter.

• Point Spread: Celtics -11


• Over-Under: 218 points


• Money line: Celtics -720, Magic +540

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