The Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics are playing live on Sunday as the only NBA game on the schedule and the matchup from TD Garden will be streaming live online from the NBA.com League Pass and has two of the worst teams in the east going at it as the Super Bowl has the two best teams in the NFL playing in the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos.
The Magic visit the Garden at 13-35 and the Celtics come into the game at 15-33 and they should both be in the mix for the lottery this season and they each could get active at the trading deadline as well. The Celtics come into the game after a close loss against the Sixers and that game saw Jared Sullinger have one of his best games of the season with 24 points and 17 rebounds and now he has started to develop into a very nice player and the team has some young talent to build around if they elect to keep Rajon Rondo for coach Brad Stevens. The team wasn't expected to do much this season after making the Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade and now they are setting themselves up for the future and they could make more moves at the deadline to clear more cap space and get draft picks.
The Celtics have been mentioned in a number of rumors with Rondo and they also have players like Brandon Bass, Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace as players that could move. The C's are averaging 94 points per game to rank 27th in the league in scoring and they have been playing solid defense, averaging just 98 points per game and that has them ranked in the top 10 this season. The Celtics will play the Sixers again on Wednesday and that game will be on the road, while the Magic come into the game after getting a win against the Bucks, another terrible team in the east.
The Magic come into the game ranked 23rd in both points per game and points allowed this season and they got 21 points from Arron Afflalo and he appears to be the best trading chip they have with Glen Davis and Jameer Nelson and they play against the Celtics on Sunday before matching up with the Pacers. Indiana is the best team in the league and that comes back to back after this game and the Pacers will be looking to get back on track after losing their second game at home of the season against the Phoenix Suns.
