{"id":15077,"date":"2011-04-22T11:49:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=15077"},"modified":"2011-04-22T11:49:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T16:49:23","slug":"game-3-orlando-magic-at-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/game-3-orlando-magic-at-atlanta-hawks-15077\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 3: Orlando Magic At Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game 3:\u00a0 Orlando Magic AT Atlanta Hawks<\/strong>
\nApril 22, 2011 at 8 PM EST<\/strong>
\nSeries Tied 1-1<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 ORL -2<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 ORL -1.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 ORL -330, ATL +280<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 ORL -125, ATL +105<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 181<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 180.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jameer Nelson is the only other player besides Dwight Howard to score in double figures in both games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Game two went to the Magic.\u00a0 Their suffocating defense forced the Hawks into taking a lot of late shot clock shots, some of which went in (in the first half Atlanta sank three threes at the end of shot clocks).\u00a0 It seemed there was a definite momentum shift in the second quarter when Magic guard J.J. Redick stole the ball, dove on the floor, then flipped it over his shoulder to a breaking away Jameer Nelson for the layup.\u00a0 From that point onward, the Magic went from 5 down to leading by 6 at the half.\u00a0 Magic TV Analyst Pat Garrity said after the steal, “Those are the kind of plays that can change a series.”\u00a0 We’ll see if that’s the case tonight, as the Magic are still narrow favorites despite being on the road.<\/p>\n

Of all teams above .500, Atlanta had the second worst home record in the league.\u00a0 A lot of it could be said to be due to the lack of fan participation in Atlanta, and that’s fair enough, but a team has to defend its homecourt.\u00a0 Atlanta has never been relevant, but a lot of cities go for decades between Finals appearances.<\/p>\n

Dwight Howard has been absolutely show-stoppingly dominant so far in this series.\u00a0 Howard played the entire game on Tuesday and played all but 2 minutes in the opener.\u00a0 He is 25 of 35 from the field (71.4%), 70.7% from the free throw line (!), averaging 39.5 points per game, and 19 rebounds per game, as well.\u00a0 He has turned it over 15 times in two games, but a lot of that is simply due to how much he has the ball.\u00a0 He’ll eventually learn to make very wise decisions, but it took Shaq a while before he became the great passer he is.<\/p>\n

Jameer Nelson is really the only other Magic player providing much.\u00a0 Jason Richardson is averaging 6 points per game and went 3 of 12 from the floor last game.\u00a0 The Magic as a team shot 5 of 23 from three, against the Hawks, a team that was the 4th best in the league at defending the three.\u00a0 Hedo Turkoglu is also performing horribly.\u00a0 He put up 25 shots in the first two games and sank only 6 (24%).\u00a0 He’s 2 of 11 from three point range.\u00a0 The only positive from Turk is the distribution of his assists, as he has 10 assists and only 2 turnovers, but his shot selection must improve and he must capitalize on the open threes he does get.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Orlando’s last 18 games and the Magic are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.\u00a0 The Magic are 6-16 ATS in their last 22 games and the total has gone OVER In 4 of their last 6 on the road.\u00a0 Orlando is 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games on the road and they are 12-5 SU In their last 17 against Atlanta.\u00a0 Orlando is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against the Hawks and the total has gone UNDER In 7 of their last 8 against Atlanta.\u00a0 Orlando is 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against the Hawks and the Magic are 6-3 SU In their last 9 on the road against Atlanta.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in all 5 of the Magic’s last 5 games on the road in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta’s last 5 games and the Hawks are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games.\u00a0 Atlanta is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games and the total has gone UNDER in all 5 of their last 5 games at home.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta’s last 8 games against the Magic and the Hawks are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games against the Magic.\u00a0 Atlanta is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Orlando and the total has gone UNDER In 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games at home against the Magic.\u00a0 Atlanta is 3-6 SU in their last 9 games at home against Orlando and the Hawks are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games at home against the Magic.<\/p>\n

The Hawks have had no answer for Howard this series, but they have kept the Magic from getting hot from three.\u00a0 That takes away a huge part of the Orlando offense, and more than anything else that is what has kept the Hawks in this series.\u00a0 The Magic are going to need the role players to step up more than they have, though, or an upset is entirely possible.\u00a0 And at -2 pointspread, it wouldn’t be a huge upset in the eyes of Vegas Oddsmakers, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Game 3:\u00a0 Orlando Magic AT Atlanta Hawks April 22, 2011 at 8 PM EST Series Tied 1-1 Opening Line:\u00a0 ORL -2 Current Line:\u00a0 ORL -1.5 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 ORL -330, ATL +280 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 ORL -125, ATL +105 Opening Total:\u00a0 181 Current Total:\u00a0 180.5 Game two went to the Magic.\u00a0 Their suffocating defense forced the Hawks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":5468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[834,833,658,659],"class_list":["post-15077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-dwight-howard","tag-jameer-nelson","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077","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=15077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15079,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15077\/revisions\/15079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}