{"id":12410,"date":"2011-01-12T11:40:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2011-01-12T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:40:40","slug":"orlando-magic-at-new-orleans-hornets-nba-basketball-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/orlando-magic-at-new-orleans-hornets-nba-basketball-betting-predictions-12410\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic at New Orleans Hornets NBA Basketball Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at New Orleans Hornets
\nWednesday, 1\/12\/11, 8:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Hornets look to snap Orlando's winning streak inside the New Orleans Arena Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando goes after a franchise-record 10th straight win on Wednesday night when taking on the New Orleans Hornets inside the New Orleans Arena.\u00a0 The Magic are 25-12 overall, but are just 2-4 against Western Conference opponents on the road.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve just been talking about getting better and reach our peak at the right time,\u201d said All-Star center Dwight Howard.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to have momentum going into the playoffs.\u00a0 Right now, it\u2019s early.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad that we\u2019re playing good basketball, but we\u2019ve got to keep it up.\u201d\u00a0 The team is coming off an impressive 117-107 road win over Dallas last time out, with Hedo Turkoglu tallying 13 points and a career-high 17 assists.\u00a0 Orlando shot 51.9 percent from the floor, including 14-of-32 from three-point range.\u00a0 The team is 6-11 ATS on the road this season and currently favored in tonight\u2019s contest on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 31-34 all-time versus the Hornets and have won seven of the last 12 meetings between the clubs.\u00a0 Orlando is averaging 107.7 points per game during its nine-game winning streak and has won those games by an average margin of victory of 13.9 points per game.\u00a0 Winning on the road under head coach Stan Van Gundy has not been a problem over the last five seasons, as the team has posted a 89-51 record over that span away from the Amway Center.<\/p>\n

New Orleans is 22-16 overall this season and has tallied a 14-5 mark at home.\u00a0 The Hornets record at tonight\u2019s venue is even more impressive against Eastern Conference opponents, with just a single loss in nine games.\u00a0 The team is giving up 92.2 points per game, which is tied with Miami for the second best mark in the NBA behind Boston.\u00a0 That unit was key in the squad\u2019s latest 96-87 victory at Denver, especially considering it allowed more than 100 points in the previous two games.\u00a0 \u201cThis was a big win for us,\u201d said point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 \u201cThis shows a little bit of growth for us, to hold this Denver team down.\u201d\u00a0 New Orleans is 11-8 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Hornets have won six of their last 10 games and have held 14 opponents to fewer than 90 points this season.\u00a0 New Orleans has also fared well on the boards of late, out-rebounding opponents in 11 of the last 14 games.\u00a0 The team will be finishing off a tough three-game stretch tonight against 20-win teams, posting a 1-1 mark in the first two contests, as the three teams have a combined record of 70-37.\u00a0 A key in tonight\u2019s game is stopping Howard inside the paint, as he averaged 25.5 points and 11.0 rebounds against the Hornets in last year\u2019s series.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in backing the Magic due to their 8-1 ATS mark as a favorite, while the Hornets are 6-0 ATS versus the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

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

Orlando Magic at New Orleans Hornets Wednesday, 1\/12\/11, 8:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191 Current Total:\u00a0 191 Orlando goes after a franchise-record 10th straight win on Wednesday night when taking on the New Orleans Hornets inside the New Orleans Arena.\u00a0 The Magic are 25-12 overall, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,833,3622,4170,836,659],"class_list":["post-12410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-new-orleans-arena","tag-new-orleans-hornets","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12410","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=12410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12411,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12410\/revisions\/12411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}