NBA - 703 Orlando Magic @ 704 Atlanta Hawks
Projected line: Orlando by 6 points
Orlando has been consistently outplayed by Atlanta since last season, so every time these two teams face each other, there will always be a feeling of revenge from the Magic. Yesterday, even with some players banged up, Orlando had no problems in winning at New Jersey, with a great ball movement with 32 assists on 45 field goals made.
The 32 assists was only the second time since the 2004 season, and the first time in nearly five years, that the Magic had at least 32 assists in a game! The Magic were very sharp on their offense with a lot of variety. They did well in the P&R's ball handler with 6-9 FG, on cuts with 6-6 FG, off screens with 4-4 FG and okay on spot ups with 9-22 FG with 1.18 PPP. No starter played more than 34 minutes!
On the other side, Atlanta has been struggling lately, especially with bad rebounding as they have been outrebounded by 7 games in a row now! For this game, Joe Johnson is once again out and this is a major blow for Atlanta! We know that the Hawks like to play 1*1 against Howard, but without Horford and Collins, this will be very tough for them. In the last game of the series, Atlanta still tried that and Howard had 8-15 FG 18pts and 18reb. The key edge of Atlanta against Orlando has been Josh Smith and Joe Johnson, as Ryan Anderson isn't tough enough to handle the powerful Josh, while down low Johnson is just too strong for J Rich or Redick. Note that in the last game between these two teams, Josh had 23pts and 19reb, while Johnson had 14pts. Without Johnson, the Hawks have just Josh on the court in terms of great players. Atlanta has no interior game and so, they will be easily stopped offensively tonight. Orlando has a lot of revenge for this game, they are playing much better right now and so, I expect them to get a good win tonight. Therefore, I'll take Orlando in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 703 Orlando Magic (-3) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker
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