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Magic vs Grizzlies: Magic look to finish preseason with fifth straight win

After securing a winning record on Wednesday night, the Magic wrap up their preseason slate against a formidable Western Conference opponent.

Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports

Coming off another win on Wednesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Orlando Magic wrap up their eight game preseason slate against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Game time is set for 7:00 PM on ESPN 580 in the Orlando Area.

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Three things to look for

1. Magic stretching out starters

After giving his starters more more time on Wednesday night, expect Scott Skiles to once again play his starters, and key role players, close to the minutes they'll see during the regular season. While starting point guard Elfrid Payton is out, the likes of Tobias Harris, Victor Oladipo and Nikola Vucevic are fully healthy and expected to play their full slate of minutes.

2. Hezonja building off Wednesday

Coming off his best game of the preseason, it will be interesting to see how rookie Mario Hezonja wraps up his inaugural preseason. The smooth shooting swingman has shown signs of improvement on both ends of the floor throughout the month, and will need to continue his progression, especially on the defensive end, as the season gets ready to tip off on Wednesday night.

3. Avoiding the bad quarter

As has been the case in seemingly all of their preseason games, the Magic had an extremely poor quarter -- this time the second -- on Wednesday night. Coach Skiles was not pleased with how they performed in that quarter, and going against high quality opponents on a nightly basis will not allow the Magic to have consistent success should they throw out a poor quarter in a nightly basis. The Grizzlies will give them a physical team to go against and see if they can put together four straight strong quarters against an NBA team.

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