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The New York Knicks head to the Magic Kingdom to take on the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night at the Amway Center in Orlando.
Terrible Season
The Knicks are having another terrible season which they wish would be over the soonest. New York has the worst record in the entire NBA and have only a total of 15 wins on the season. It’s interesting to note though that the Knicks have won twice in their last eight games.
Emmanuel Mudiay leads the Knicks in scoring with 14.8 points per game. Mudiay is also averaging 3.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game this season. Dennis Smith Jr. is putting up 14.1 points and 5.5 assists per game for the Knicks. DeAndre Jordan is having a double-double season with 10.9 points and 11.4 rebounds per game.
The Knicks have the third lowest scoring average in the league at 104.8 points per game. New York is last in assists at 20.0 dimes per contest and they are also 21st off the glass with an average of 44.7 rebounds per game. The Knicks have the 6th worst scoring defense in the NBA at 114.1 opponent points per game allowed.
Knicks
-650
Magic
+971
Odds from Betway as of 4/3/19
Playoff Hopes Still Alive
Orlando will try to bounce back from a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday as they try to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Magic are still outside the playoff picture but are just 1.5 games behind the 6th seeded Detroit Pistons. With the teams so close, Orlando has no margin for error here.
The Magic are led by first-time All-Star Nikola Vucevic who is averaging 20.6 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game. Aaron Gordon is averaging 15.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. D.J. Augustin leads Orlando in assists with 5.2 dimes per contest aside from scoring 11.7 points per game. Evan Fournier and Terrence Ross are helping out the scoring load with 14.9 and 14.5 points per game respectively.
Orlando has the 6th lowest scoring average in the league at 106.4 points per game. They are also ranked 14th in passing at 25.4 assists per game and are 15th in rebounding at 45.3 boards grabbed per contest. The Magic are 5th overall in scoring defense, allowing just 106.5 opponent points per game.
Who Wins?
The Knicks are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games played and New York is 0-3 SU in their last three road games. The Magic are 7-3 SU in their last 10 games played and Orlando is 5-0 SU in their last five games played at home. Head to head, the Magic are 6-4 SU in their last 10 meetings with the Knicks.
New York has 15 wins on the season and there is nothing more you can say about this team really. They traded Kristaps Porzingis at the trade deadline and got Dennis Smith and DeAndre Jordan as their main prizes in that deal. Smith has reinvigorated his career in New York and Jordan has played well in New York too.
The Magic are still alive in the playoff race and they need this game badly. In fact, they need to win out their remaining schedule just to get a chance to make it to the postseason. There are no guarantees that Orlando is making the playoffs but what I can guarantee is that they will go all out to get the win here. The Knicks are 7-31 SU on the road while the Magic are 23-16 SU at home. Give me the home team here. I’m picking the Orlando Magic to beat the New York Knicks on 4/3/19.
Other Bets To Make
The Knicks are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games played. New York is 1-2 ATS in their last three games on the road. The Magic are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games played. Orlando is 4-1 ATS in their last five games at home. Head to head, Orlando is 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games played against New York.
Knicks
+12.5 (-110)
Magic
-12.5 (-110)
Odds from betonline.ag as of 4/3/19
New York is 1-4 ATS in their last five games playing on one day rest, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games on the road and 17-36 ATS in their last 53 games overall. Orlando is 1-5 ATS in their last six games when playing on one day rest, 5-2 ATS in their last seven games against the Eastern Conference and 4-1 ATS in their last five home games. Surprisingly, the Knicks are 9-4-1 in their last 14 games in Orlando. This is only the second time this season that Orlando is a double digit favorite and they are also 3-5 ATS as favorites of six or more points. I think the Magic win but this spread is too much despite the Knicks’ poor ATS record. I’ll take the visitors here. Prediction: Knicks +12.5
The under is 3-2 in the Knicks’ last five games played. The under is also 2-1 in New York’s last three road games. The under is also 6-4 in the Magic’s last 10 games played. The total has gone under in four out of the last five home games played by Orlando. Head to head, the under is 6-4 in the last 10 encounters between these two teams.
Knicks
O 212.5 -110
Magic
U 212.5 -110
Odds from betonline.ag as of 4/3/19
The under is 5-1 in the Knicks’ last six road games and the under is 4-1 in Orlando’s last five home games. These are two of the lowest scoring teams in the league and I expect both teams to struggle to put up points against each other. That said, they will both try to beat each other with defense and that is going to lead us to a low scoring game here. Prediction: Under 212.5
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