{"id":426937,"date":"2026-01-24T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426937\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:35:07","slug":"cavs-at-magic-how-to-watch-odds-and-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/426937\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs at Magic: How to watch, odds, and injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Cavaliers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> will be taking on the Orlando Magic on the second end of a back-to-back on Saturday. They\u2019ll face off against the Magic twice in three days.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic haven\u2019t had the season many envisioned after they traded for Desmond Bane this offseason. The offense is still a mess as they lack a primary initiator and don\u2019t have enough three-point shooting to make up for it.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando\u2019s defense has also been worse than expected. They come into this game <a href=\"https:\/\/cleaningtheglass.com\/stats\/team\/22\/team#tab-four_factors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:15th in defensive rating;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">15th in defensive rating<\/a> after being second in that category the last few seasons. The dip on that side of the court is what has led to the middling results so far.<\/p>\n<p>Anything bought from the links helps support Fear the Sword. You can buy the Mark Price shirt <a href=\"http:\/\/homage.sjv.io\/Price\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:HERE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">HERE<\/a>. You can also shop all of Homage\u2019s Cavs gear <a href=\"http:\/\/homage.sjv.io\/FTS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:HERE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Who:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Cavaliers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (26-20) at Orlando Magic (23-20)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Where: Kia Center \u2013 Orland, FL<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When: Sat., Jan. 24 at 7 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV: FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports Network App, NBA League Pass<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Point spread: Cavs -1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cavs injury report for Friday\u2019s game vs. Sacremento Kings: Darius Garland \u2013 OUT (toe), Sam Merrill \u2013 OUT (hand), Max Strus \u2013 OUT (foot), Chris Livingston \u2013 OUT (G League), Luke Travers \u2013 OUT (G League)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Magic injury report: Franz Wagner \u2013 OUT (ankle), Jalen Suggs \u2013 PROBABLE (knee), Colin Castleton \u2013 OUT (G League)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cavs expected starting lineup: Donovan Mitchell, Jaylon Tyson, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Magic expected starting lineup: Jalen Suggs, Desmond Bane, Tristan de Silva, Paolo Banchero, Wendell Carter Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Previous matchup: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/2025\/3\/16\/24387141\/cavs-five-takeaways-donovan-mitchell-evan-mobley-cleveland-cavaliers-orlando-magic-nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Cavs lost to the Magic 108-103 last March;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Cavs lost to the Magic 108-103 last March<\/a>. Cleveland won two out of three against Orlando last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers will be taking on the Orlando Magic on the second end of a back-to-back on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[175684,142290,8174,81902,27494,27496,114223,13054,51299,56239,56222,27495,133524,175685,27497,355,11950,56234,111822,99,118400,133771],"class_list":["post-426937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cavs-injury-report","tag-chris-livingston","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-colin-castleton","tag-darius-garland","tag-dean-wade","tag-desmond-bane","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-evan-mobley","tag-franz-wagner","tag-jalen-suggs","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-jaylon-tyson","tag-luke-travers","tag-max-strus","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-sam-merrill","tag-sports","tag-the-magic","tag-wendell-carter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}