Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell made plenty of waves with his decisions to go for it on five different occasions against the Green Bay Packers. In the team’s 34-31 win, the Lions converted on four of those attempts.

Campbell has gotten extra attention for his aggressiveness given the situations in which the team went for it against Green Bay. Their one failed attempt came on a fourth-and-1 on their own 30-yard line.

Additionally, the Lions elected to go for it with the game tied and less than a minute left in the game. While they were within field goal range, Campbell opted to go for it as a first down would’ve allowed Detroit to run the rest of the clock down prior to a field goal from Jake Bates.

The Lions, who rank ninth in the league in fourth down attempts with 23, converted on a run by David Montgomery. They were able to bleed the remainder of the clock and cement the win with Jake Bates’ field goal at the final horn.

Speaking Tuesday during his weekly radio interview, Campbell acknowledged that not all coaches are as willing to be aggressive in those situations. He noted the backlash that comes with not converting, as fans can turn on their coaches if decisions like that turn costly.

Campbell encountered this last season, as the Lions’ failed fourth downs in the NFC Championship game led to the doxxing of his address and resulted in angry fans coming to his house. He and his family moved in a decision that became public early in the 2024 season.

“I don’t know. Well, here’s the obvious. What happens when we don’t get that? That’s the obvious. Well, we’re moving to the next house,” Campbell said. “That’s why. To each his own, there’s plenty of philosophies that work in this league. And you can win a lot of games doing it your way, and I just lean more this way. It doesn’t mean that we’re always gonna be this way, but that was right for that game.” 

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Now in his fourth-year as the Lions’ coach, Campbell has experience in a number of unique late-game situations. The choice he faced against Green Bay was similar to one the Lions dealt with last season in a game at the Los Angeles Chargers.

In that game, the Lions went for it on a fourth-and-2 from the Chargers’ 26 with the game tied. Similarly, they were in field goal range and the Chargers were out of timeouts. Jared Goff hit Sam LaPorta for a first down, then took three knees before Riley Patterson kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired.

Situations such as that, along with the many others that Campbell has encountered in his time as a coach, serve as one of the influences for shaping the decisions that the coach makes in these moments. In 2024, the Lions have converted 68.8 percent of their fourth-down attempts.

While Campbell has become one of the figures most synonymous with taking risks, he admitted that he won’t always opt to take a chance. Rather, his decisions are based on evaluating each situation. Against Green Bay, he felt that the aggressive decisions were what the team needed to win.

“I think everything that I’ve been through as a coach, a lot of those come in. Things that happened in New Orleans, certainly things that have happened here,” Campbell said. “And then you think about how the game has gone, where you’re at, where your guys are at. Where you feel like you’re best suited to finish the game out. Look, if you think you can win the game and you don’t have to worry about anything else after that moment, I’m gonna be drawn to that more times than not. It’s not always gonna play out like that, and it doesn’t mean I’m always gonna go for it in that situation. But we were under a yard, and I felt like that was the right thing to do in that moment.”

The Orlando Magic and Milwaukee Bucks do battle Tuesday evening with a trip to the NBA Cup semifinal round on the line. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET from the Fiserv Forum.

Orlando advanced to the knockout round by earning the East’s Wild Card spot. After going 3-1 in Cup group play, the Magic finished with a point differential of plus-45, which was the best of any non-group-winning team. They sit 17-9, third in the East, and have won eight of their last 10 games – including Sunday’s game without both Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner.

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Milwaukee won East Group B and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the East’s knockout bracket by having a better point differential than Atlanta and New York –– the other two group winners). After a slow start to the campaign, they also come into the contest 8-2 in their last 10, sitting at 12-11 and sixth in the East so far this season.

Who: Orlando Magic (17-9, 3-1) at Milwaukee Bucks (12-11, 4-0)
What: Emirates NBA Cup Knockout Round Quarterfinals
When: Tuesday, December 10, 7 p.m. ET
Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
TV: TNT, FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass
Radio: 96.9 The Game, Orlando Magic Audio Network, SiriusXM
Point Spread: Milwaukee -6.5
Last Meeting: Orlando 113, Milwaukee 88 on 4/14/24

Orlando Magic

Milwaukee Bucks

Jamahl Mosley, Orlando Magic: Mosley tipped off his fourth NBA season as a head coach this season, all of which having come with the Magic. He’s 119-152 in the regular season all-time, and 3-4 in the playoffs. Before Mosley was named the head coach of the Magic, he was an assistant with Dallas, Cleveland, and Denver. He’s a Colorado alum, and played four years of professional basketball in Mexico, Australia, Finland and South Korea.

Doc Rivers, Milwaukee Bucks: Rivers is in his first full campaign with the Bucks after taking over for Adrian Griffin in the middle of the 2023-24 season. His coaching career began with the Magic in 1999-2000, when at age 38, he led the Magic to a 41-41 record and won the NBA’s Coach of the Year award. He’s a former NBA champion with the 2008 Boston Celtics, and has spent parts of 26 seasons manning NBA sidelines. Milwaukee is the fifth team he’s coached, with previous stops in Orlando, Boston, Los Angeles with the Clippers and Philadelphia. As part of the NBA’s 75 year anniversary celebration during the 2021-22 season, Rivers was named one of the 15 greatest coaches in league history.

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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The City of Minneapolis is investing nearly $18.5 million to help build new affordable housing and refurbish existing locations. 

What we know 

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, along with city and community leaders, will unveil the 11 affordable housing projects which will be awarded funding from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF). The funding will help aid in construction of new affordable housing and refurbish current locations.

The announcement will be made at a 10 a.m. press conference, which can be watched live in the player above.  

The AHTF helps provide gap financing for multifamily rental projects and is awarded through a competitive Notice of Funding Availability process. Those interested submit an application to be considered, then project recommendations are made to the BIHZ Committee before heading to the City Council for approval, according to the city’s website. 

What we don’t know

The Native American Community Clinic is one of the projects to receive funding. The remaining 10 will be named during the press conference.

This is a developing story, check back for updates.