Liga pass game of the day: Warriors vs. Magic (7 et)

The Golden State Warriors (31-27) begin a road trip in Orlando (29-31) with five games against Magic (29-31) on Thursday evening (7 et, League Pass).

The Warriors strive for the 2-0 season series after having held the magic for a 104: 99 victory on February 3.

Here are five things you need to know before the tip:

• Warriors who appear at both ends: Golden State has taken up at the closing time since the acquisition of Jimmy Butler III and put together a 6-1 record with Butler in the line-up. Your offensive rating of 121.4 is a strong improvement compared to your season evaluation of 112.9. The Warriors have the best defense rating (104.4) in this seven-game route, take second place in the net rating (17.0) and the first in assist percentage (73.4). The sample size is small, but the numbers tell a convincing story that this team is ready to compete west.
• Brandin Podziemski's Effects: After a slow start to the 2024-25 campaign, Podziemski begins to heat up for the Warriors. On February 5, the security guard in the starting line -up was in the starting line -up against Utah and reacted with a career high of 29 points in 40 minutes. The 22-year-old deserves starts in his last nine excursions, which has achieved an average of 15.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.6 steals in 31.5 minutes over this period.
• Moses Moody Get opportunities: Moody's season has shot up in the past few months. With Andrew Wiggins in South Beach, Moody has played a larger and more consistent role for coach Steve Kerr. In nine games in February in February, the security guard puts 13.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in the fourth year, while they shoot 37.5% from the 3-point range in 27.9 minutes. On his previous excursion against magic, he scored 17 points in six-on-nine shooting, while he went three for five of depths.
• Orlando's offense fights: The magic was heavily plagued by injuries this season and forced some of her top players to miss a lot of time. Jalen Suggs has only played in three games since January 1st, and he has been traveling on January 25th since a quadriceps injury. Orlando's offense is therefore struggling. In their last 19 games, magic 6-13 and 29 are occupied in the offensive rating (104.2) and the evaluation (101.9).
• Franz Wagner'S star season: Despite the injuries for Orlando, including a torn inclined, which Wagner cost 20 games, the German Big Man has an incredible individual season. He has average career height in points (24.9), rebounds (5.7), assists (4.9), steals (1.4) and minutes (33.1) and its almost 25 ppg in the entire NBA.