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Nick Nurse addresses 3 key aspects for Sixers vs. Magic play-in game

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Coach Nick Nurse addresses 3 key aspects that will be important for the Philadelphia 76ers as they take on the Orlando Magic in the play-in game.

CAMDEN, N. J. -- The Philadelphia 76ers will play host to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in the 7 vs.

8 play-in tournament game. The Sixers will be looking to clinch their spot to the playoffs and advance as the No. 7 seed to then take on the Boston Celtics in Round 1 of the playoffs.

If the Sixers lose, they will have to host the winner of the 9 vs. 10 matchup to decide their season. The Sixers took two of the three matchups with the Magic on the regular season, and Orlando is coming into this one a bit off after an embarrassing loss in the season finale to Boston's third stringers, but the postseason is always a different beast.

Therefore, Philadelphia will have to prepare for what Orlando brings to the table. On a practice day on Tuesday, there were three aspects about the Magic that coach Nick Nurse addressed heading into this contest: 3-guard lineups The Magic don't have a huge sample size with Jalen Suggs, Anthony Black, and Desmond Bane all on the floor together due to a variety of injuries, but those three represent Orlando's best units. Per Cleaning the Glass , with those three on the floor, the Magic outscore teams by 13.