{"id":11291,"date":"2010-12-05T21:50:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T02:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2010-12-05T21:50:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T02:50:18","slug":"free-nba-picks-atlanta-hawks-at-orlando-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-nba-picks-atlanta-hawks-at-orlando-magic-11291\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NBA Picks: Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic
\nMonday, 12\/6\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Orlando Magic have been bothered by a stomach virus that has run rampant in the locker room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta expects to have star guard Joe Johnson out of the lineup for four to six weeks due to elbow surgery, as the team was unable to win a third straight game without its best player.\u00a0 The Hawks dropped an 89-77 contest to Miami on Saturday, ending a five-game winning streak and it was their third road loss in 10 games.\u00a0 Many NBA experts have pointed out that the squad continues to struggle against the Eastern Conference elite.\u00a0 \u201cYou get tired of talking about this,\u201d said Al Horford.\u00a0 \u201cSooner or later, it has to sink in.\u00a0 We can\u2019t afford to start slow against these teams or anyone else.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 9-5 versus East opponents this year, including a 5-3 mark on the road.\u00a0 Atlanta is 6-2 ATS in its last eight road games and the NBA lines page is available to monitor this line throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The Hawks visit the Orlando area for the second-and-final time this year in the second-of-four games between the clubs.\u00a0 Atlanta dropped a 93-89 decision in the first game on November 8 and will undoubtedly miss Joe Johnson\u2019s 23 points that paced the club that night.\u00a0 The team has lost six straight games in Orlando and hasn\u2019t won here since a 99-85 victory on October 29, 2008, averaging 85.3 points in those six losses.\u00a0 Despite its struggles in tonight\u2019s venue, the Hawks still bring in the best road record in the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 Last season, Atlanta was 6-4 through 10 road games and finished 19-22 on the year away from Philips Arena.<\/p>\n

Orlando dropped an 96-85 contest to the Milwaukee Bucks in its last game and had a six-game winning streak snapped in the process.\u00a0 The Magic had only eight players active before the game due to a stomach virus that spread within the team.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t look at this as an excuse for tonight\u2019s game,\u201d said Quentin Richardson.\u00a0 \u201cWe know we\u2019re a deep team and have at least one other player at each position.\u201d\u00a0 A key player that hopes to be back on the floor is All-Star center Dwight Howard, as he\u2019s missed just three games in his career.\u00a0 He has averaged 22.0 points and 16.8 rebounds versus the Hawks in the last six meetings.\u00a0 Orlando is 21-5-1 ATS following a SU loss of more than 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Magic still bring in a solid 15-5 overall record that includes a 6-1 home mark against the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 Orlando is currently 9-2 at home this season and is enjoying its first season in the new Amway Center.\u00a0 The team is outscoring opponents by 17.1 points per game at home on the season.\u00a0 An important number for the squad this season is scoring 100 points on offense, posting a 9-1 record when they hit that mark.\u00a0 From the field, Orlando is shooting 47.3 percent, which ranks fourth in the league.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Hawks are 2-10 ATS in the last 12 meetings, while the Magic are 4-10 ATS versus the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on another huge night on the hard court and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get a season package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic Monday, 12\/6\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Atlanta expects to have star guard Joe Johnson out of the lineup for four to six weeks due to elbow surgery, as the team was unable to win a third straight game without its best player.\u00a0 The Hawks dropped an 89-77 contest to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3277,3648,834,833,3622,2897,659],"class_list":["post-11291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-horford","tag-amway-center","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joe-johnson","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291","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=11291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11292,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11291\/revisions\/11292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}