The Orlando Magic will be facing the Miami Heat, and it's uncertain if Jalen Suggs will be on the floor after being on the injury report.

Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was a participant in the Magic's Saturday morning shootaround, expressing upfront joy and excitement about his potential return from a 10-game low back strain-caused absence versus the Detroit Pistons.

The Orlando Magic are set to face the Portland Trail Blazers in an interconference regular season matchup on Thursday.

The fourth-year guard is 'feeling better' and 'itching to get back onto the court' as he works through his rehab.

Magic guard Jalen Suggs wasn’t coy about his potential return to the court Saturday before Orlando hosted the Pistons at Kia Center.

Magic forward Paolo Banchero said Orlando will have to be “really close and together” on its 5-game trip that starts Thursday at Portland.

Prior to his low back injury, Suggs averaged 16.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.47 steals during 29.0 minutes in 34 starts.

Like several NBA teams this season, the Orlando Magic have endured their own tragic bout of injuries to star players and role players alike. During that battle, Orlando managed to stay above water in the Eastern Conference just enough.

The Orlando Magic have seen their share of unfortunate injury luck this season. While they recently welcomed Paolo Banchero back in the lineup, and as well as getting Franz Wagner back from injury, they suffered another injury scare on Saturday.

Getting healthy has presented some unexpected challenges for the Orlando Magic. Orlando has dropped six of its past seven games despite having its stars back in the mix, but the Magic feel like a turnaround is imminent as they head into a meeting with the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.

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Of the 34 remaining regular season games and however many the postseason could bring, the Orlando Magic picture a lot of situations similar to M