{"id":21097,"date":"2012-01-15T21:50:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21097"},"modified":"2012-01-15T22:49:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T03:49:26","slug":"nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-new-york-knicks-21097\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at New York Knicks
\nMonday, 1\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 MSG
\nOpening Point Spread: N\/A
\nCurrent Betting Line: N\/A
\nOpening Total: N\/A
\nCurrent Total: N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Orlando Magic C Dwight Howard has been living on the free-throw line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando will look to finish off a perfect four-game road trip when taking on the New York Knicks inside Madison Square Garden, as the team has scored at least 104 points in the previous three games.\u00a0 The Magic are led by the play of star center Dwight Howard, who is seeking his sixth All-Star berth and leads all NBA players in voting.\u00a0 He just shot an NBA-record 39 free throws in the team\u2019s 117-109 win over the Warriors last time out. \u00a0 Orlando is 4-1 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 46-39 all-time against the Knicks, including a 20-22 mark on the road.\u00a0 Orlando has won 13 of the last 16 overall meetings, while proving victorious in 12 of the last 18 games inside Madison Square Garden.\u00a0 Winning on the road is something this franchise has done well over the years, posting a 106-64 mark away from the Amway Center over the last four-plus years under the direction of head coach Stan Van Gundy.<\/p>\n

New York returns home after an 0-2 road trip and failed to cover the spread in each contest.\u00a0 The Knicks have been playing some defense recently, with the \u2018under\u2019 cashing in their last six games.\u00a0 Star forward Carmelo Anthony will likely sit out a second-straight game with an ankle injury, which could be a problem for a squad that is among the worst in the league in shooting just 41.7 percent from the field.\u00a0 Power forward Amare Stoudemire will need to step up his game, as he\u2019s tallied a 1-3 mark against Orlando during his time in the Big Apple, after posting an impressive 11-1 record during his time in Phoenix.\u00a0 New York is 3-11 ATS in its last 14 games.<\/p>\n

The Knicks lost three of four meetings with the Magic a year ago, but may be able to turn things around on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.\u00a0 New York is 18-7 overall when playing on the holiday, including an 18-6 mark at home.\u00a0 Anthony\u2019s production will be missed greatly if he is out of the lineup, averaging 29.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists versus the Magic during the 2010-11 campaign.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely play the Magic due to their 4-1 ATS mark in the last five games, while the Knicks are 1-7 ATS in their last eight home games.<\/p>\n

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Orlando Magic at New York Knicks Monday, 1\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 MSG Opening Point Spread: N\/A Current Betting Line: N\/A Opening Total: N\/A Current Total: N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Orlando will look to finish off a perfect four-game road trip when taking on the New York Knicks inside Madison Square Garden, as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,49,833,3902,18,115,659],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-dwight-howard","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","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=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21099,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions\/21099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}