{"id":13353,"date":"2011-02-13T09:03:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T14:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13353"},"modified":"2011-02-13T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T14:03:23","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-at-orlando-magic-nba-betting-preview-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/los-angeles-lakers-at-orlando-magic-nba-betting-preview-predictions-13353\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers at Orlando Magic NBA Betting Preview & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Orlando Magic
\nSunday, 2\/13\/11, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pick
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers look to make it a perfect 5 for 5 on their current seven-game road trip in Orlando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles is aiming to make it a perfect 5 for 5 on its current seven-game road trip and faces Orlando at the new Amway Center on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re feeling good about what we\u2019re doing,\u201d said Pau Gasol.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been successful playing the way we\u2019re playing.\u201d\u00a0 Defensive intensity has been key to the club\u2019s recent run, holding their last three opponents to an average of 88.7 points and 40.4 percent shooting.\u00a0 The team is a solid 19-8 on the road this season, including a 9-1 mark when facing Eastern Conference opponents away from the Staples Center.\u00a0 In their last contest, the Lakers hammered the Knicks by a 113-96 score, led by star Kobe Bryant\u2019s 33 points and 10 rebounds.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 15-12 ATS on the road this season and bettors will be watching the NBA lines page throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The Lakers split last season\u2019s series with the Magic 1-1, after dropping the 2008-09 season series for the first time in series history.\u00a0 Los Angeles holds a 31-12 advantage in the all-time series and is 15-5 against them under the direction of coach Phil Jackson.\u00a0 Bryant has played in 24 games against Orlando, averaging 25.7 points in those contests.\u00a0 Today\u2019s game is the first of a back-to-back set, as the team is 7-3 in the first game and 9-1 in the second game of this particular situation.\u00a0 Jackson said he\u2019s tried to limit minutes in handling the situation but doesn\u2019t know what the trick has been in the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

Orlando brings in a 34-21 overall record into this particular contest and looks to improve upon its 7-3 home mark against Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 The Magic are 9-9 in the last 18 games, allowing them to slid all the way to No. 5 in the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 The team is coming off a 99-93 loss to the Hornets, as center Dwight Howard\u2019s 20 points and 17 rebounds wasn\u2019t enough.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to get Dwight the ball,\u201d said coach Stan Van Gundy.\u00a0 \u201cOur perimeter play is mind boggling right now.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, the unit still leads the NBA in 3-pointers made (513) and attempted (1,419), but they have dipped to 10th in field-goal percentage.\u00a0 Orlando is 13-14 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Magic have actually lost eight straight games against winning clubs over their last 18 games, which has left Van Gundy looking for answers.\u00a0 \u201cRight now if you look at the results, bottom line is that we can\u2019t beat a good team,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to play at the level we need to play.\u201d\u00a0 Orlando has won four of the last six regular season meetings against the Lakers, but have also lost eight of the last 12 meetings at home.<\/p>\n

Bettors are likely to back the Lakers due to the road team being 5-0-1 ATS in the series, while the Magic are 1-4 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge day and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Orlando Magic Sunday, 2\/13\/11, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pick Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 195 Los Angeles is aiming to make it a perfect 5 for 5 on its current seven-game road trip and faces Orlando at the new Amway Center on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3648,833,3622,67,68,659,3693],"class_list":["post-13353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amway-center","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-orlando-magic","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13353","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=13353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13354,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13353\/revisions\/13354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}