{"id":14903,"date":"2011-04-13T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14903"},"modified":"2011-04-13T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:32:01","slug":"tune-up-for-the-playoffs-indiana-pacers-visit-orlando-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/tune-up-for-the-playoffs-indiana-pacers-visit-orlando-magic-14903\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune Up For the Playoffs: Indiana Pacers Visit Orlando Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers AT Orlando Magic <\/strong>
\nApril 13, 2011 at 8 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Orl -2<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Orl -2.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 197<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Orl -145 \/ Ind +125<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Orl -145 \/ Ind +125<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pacers
Danny Granger and the Pacers are back in the playoffs for the first time in 6 seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “throw in” from the Vince Carter trade of last summer has begun to look like much more than a throw in, playing at a level rarely seen from the aging Carter during his stint in Orlando.\u00a0 This throw in player of course is Ryan Anderson, who over his last two games is averaging 23 points per game, 12 rebounds per game, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, and he held down the fort April 6th against Chicago, while Dwight Howard served a one game suspension.\u00a0 Though the Magic lost the game by 3, it was a moral victory to know they were that close to beating the best team in the Eastern Conference without their MVP Candidate center.<\/p>\n

The Magic have won both games with Indiana this season and will look to sweep them tonight.\u00a0 Orlando has also won their last 5 home games against the Pacers.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are headed towards an almost certain playoff death against the Chicago Bulls, but a team with a 37-44 record would not even be relevant in the West, and only in the top heavy East have teams been regularly making the playoffs with sub .500 seasons.\u00a0 They lost by only one point to the Knicks on Sunday, and have still won 4 of their last 6 games, but Chicago is too much talent for the Pacers to take on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the game, let it get away,\u201d said Granger, who scored 20 points. \u201cI have no comments on the final play of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

That “final play” Granger spoke of was a shot that Anthony blocked.\u00a0 Granger obviously felt he weas fouled.\u00a0 Hibbert has 19 and 10 that night while second year point guard Darren Collison scored 16.\u00a0 Despite the 37 win record, this is still a decent season in Pacers terms, as it will be their first playoff appearance since 05-06.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Indiana is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games and the total has gone OVER In 5 of Indiana’s last 7 games.\u00a0 The Pacers are 3-9 SU in their last 12 on the road and the Pacersa re also 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana’s last 10 games on the road and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 7 against the Orlando Magic.\u00a0 Indiana is 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against the Magic and the Pacers are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road in Orlando.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana’s last 6 games on the road against the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n

Orlando is 5-14 ATS in their last 19 games and the total has gone UNDER in 10 of Orlando’s last 15 games.\u00a0 The Magic are 9-4 SU in their last 13 games and are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 home games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER In 6 of the last 7 Magic home games and the Magic are 4-1 SU in their last 5 home games.\u00a0 Orlando is 5-1 SU in their last 7 games against the Pacers and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Magic’s last 7 games against the Indiana Pacers.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando’s last 6 against Indiana at home and the Magic are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home against the Pacers.\u00a0 The Magic are 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 games at home against the Pacers.<\/p>\n

With both teams already knowing whom they are playing in the playoffs, tonight’s game represents little more than a “tune up” for both teams.\u00a0 Orlando is looking for more strong play from their interior, as they are the 6th best rebounding team in the league and are going to need every bit of that in the rugged Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers AT Orlando Magic April 13, 2011 at 8 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Orl -2 Current Line:\u00a0 Orl -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 197 Current Total:\u00a0 196 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Orl -145 \/ Ind +125 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Orl -145 \/ Ind +125 The “throw in” from the Vince Carter trade of last summer has begun to look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[566,833,565,659,4087],"class_list":["post-14903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-danny-granger","tag-dwight-howard","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-orlando-magic","tag-ryan-anderson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14903","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\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14905,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14903\/revisions\/14905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}