Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by Orlando Magic reporter Kendra Douglas to discuss how far the Magic can go in the playoffs. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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Obviously, we saw Joshua Jefferson go down with an ankle injury last week.
He’s hopeful to return for the Sweet 16, at least from what I’ve seen.
We haven’t heard anything definitively.
How important is he for Iowa State to get past Tennessee and get to an Elite Eight?
He’s super important, for Tennessee, and then if they were to play Michigan or even Alabama, obviously.
But, you’re playing against, realistically, Tennessee and then Michigan if you win, two teams that are physical, great front court.
So you need him against Tennessee.
they, they a- add a layer of physicality that Kentucky definitely does not, that they just played, and then a couple of teams that they haven’t played in a little while.
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So And on top of that, the offense looked good versus Kentucky, but it looked bad in the first half.
Their flow was not there, and they kind of need that extra, extra layer of versatility on both ends of the floor, if they’re gonna take down Tennessee and, and Michigan or Alabama to get to a Final Four like they want to.