Game: 701 Orlando
Magic @ 702 Charlotte Bobcats
For the
first time this season, the Bobcats scored +100 points in b2b games! It helped
the fact that they faced 2 up tempo teams in PHI & GSW so they could
generate some extra possessions but still having Off.Rtg of 110.5 and 112.2 is
a sign of some improvement on the offensive end. Bismack Biyombo and Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist are OUT due to injuries and we are talking about two of their
best defensive players. Without MKG, Charlotte will now give some minutes to
Tolliver and Ben Gordon and on an offensive standpoint, it will help them to
spread better the floor because MKG really can’t shoot from the outside. CHA
went 6-12 behind the line against the Warriors and not coincidently, 3 of the
made treys were converted from Tolliver and Gordon. The Magic is a good matchup
for this Bobcats offense. Kemba Walker will face Jameer Nelson who really won’t
have a chance to stop his dribble penetration and when Walker has a good game,
the Bobcats are extremely competitive.
Orlando is
struggling offensively as of late. In 5 of their last 6 games they couldn’t
even reach the 100-pts per possession mark. They just can’t score inside
without Nikola Vucevic while their outside shooting is super inconsistent. L5
games they are shooting 33-117 behind the line – an awful 28% mark!
POTENTIAL PLAYS: CHARLOTTE -6 (without Vucevic)
or OVER (with Vucevic)
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