{"id":10184,"date":"2010-11-02T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10184"},"modified":"2010-11-02T07:42:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T12:42:54","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-orlando-magic-at-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-orlando-magic-at-new-york-knicks-10184\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Orlando Magic at New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at New York Knicks
\nTuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 199
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire was 11-1 SU versus Orlando during his time in the Valley of the Sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando looks to rebound from a terrible 96-70 road loss to the Miami Heat in a game that it managed to score just 25 points in the second half.\u00a0 \u201cAgainst a good defensive team, we have trouble,\u201d Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy commented.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t have great one-on-one players.\u00a0 For us to play offensively, we have to move the ball.\u201d\u00a0 Center Dwight Howard looked sensational on the offensive end in the first half, scoring 19 points, but failed to score after the break due to foul trouble.\u00a0 The team\u2019s 70 points was the fewest for them since December 2, 2005 against Memphis and also set a franchise low with just five assists.\u00a0 Guard Vince Carter was also hurt in the first half due to hitting his head on the floor, but he should be ready to return to action tonight.\u00a0 The team is 92-68 ATS as a favorite and the NBA odds page has them listed as a solid road favorite.<\/p>\n

The Magic have a great opportunity in rejoining the win column by facing a team that it beat by double-digits three times last year.\u00a0 Orlando shot 53.9 percent last season in sweeping the season series and Howard averaged 22.7 points and 13 rebounds.\u00a0 The squad is 43-38 all-time versus New York, including a 19-21 mark on the road during the regular season.\u00a0 Van Gundy\u2019s club has always been highly-focused on beating Eastern Conference opponents, posting a 115-43 record during his tenure.\u00a0 Orlando is currently 0-1 on the road this season and finished with a 25-16 mark away from home in 2009-10.<\/p>\n

New York experienced a festive atmosphere in its home opener only to drop a 100-95 decision to the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cWe gave them a run for their money and we didn\u2019t play particularly well,\u201d forward Amare Stoudemire said.\u00a0 \u201cWe are going to be OK.\u201d\u00a0 The Knicks haven\u2019t dropped their first two home games since the beginning of the 2006-07 season, but will have a tough time tonight, with all five starters having played just three games together. \u201cWe\u2019re still getting used to each other, still trying to get that chemistry,\u201d said point guard Raymond Felton.\u00a0 New York enters the season as one of the youngest teams in the NBA with an average age of 24.6.\u00a0 The club is 2-0 ATS this season.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have been led by the scoring of Wilson Chandler and Stoudemire, which have averaged 21.0 and 21.3 points respectively.\u00a0 New York\u2019s new-look team should gain confidence in knowing that Stoudemire went 11-1 in his career versus Orlando as a member of the Phoenix Suns.\u00a0 He has managed to average four straight double-doubles versus the Magic, averaging 23.3 points and 12.0 rebounds.\u00a0 The offense desperately needs to get Danilo Gallinari going offensively, as he says the wrist sprain he suffered on his shooting hand in the preseason isn\u2019t an excuse for his poor shooting.\u00a0 \u201cThe more we make a big deal out of it, he\u2019ll make a big deal,\u201d said head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s got to fight and hunker down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Magic are 20-5-1 ATS following a SU loss of more than 10 points, while the Knicks are 16-5 ATS on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The action has just started on the hardcourt and there’s no better time to get NBA expert picks from Maddux Sports for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at New York Knicks Tuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 199 Current Total:\u00a0 201 Orlando looks to rebound from a terrible 96-70 road loss to the Miami Heat in a game that it managed to score just 25 points in the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,212,833,114,115,659,3649],"class_list":["post-10184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-dwight-howard","tag-mike-dantoni","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-orlando-magic","tag-stan-van-gundy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10187,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10184\/revisions\/10187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}