{"id":21374,"date":"2012-01-30T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21374"},"modified":"2012-01-30T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:32:24","slug":"nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-orlando-magic-vs-philadelphia-76ers-21374\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers
\nMonday, 1\/30\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 179.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 179
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia 76ers have won all 10 of their home games by a double-digit margin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orlando has certainly fallen flat offensively during its three-game losing streak in failing to score over 85 points, as the team continues to deal with the distraction of trade rumors surrounding star center Dwight Howard.\u00a0 The Magic have averaged just 81.1 points over their last seven games, which has head coach Stan Van Gundy looking for answers.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re in a real tough stretch and guys are playing poorly,\u201d he stated this week to the media.\u00a0 Howard continues to do his job, scoring 20.1 points and grabbing 15.5 rebounds a night.\u00a0 Orlando is 3-1 ATS after a loss by 10 points or more this season.<\/p>\n

The Magic have tallied a 6-4 mark on the road this season, which includes wins in three of five games versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Orlando is 59-27 all-time in this particular series, winning 11 of the last 12 meetings.\u00a0 Over the last four-plus years during the Van Gundy era, the franchise has registered a solid 108-66 mark away from home, including a 23-18 road record during the 2010-11 season.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has won and covered as double-digit home favorites the past two games, including a 95-74 victory over the Detroit Pistons last time out.\u00a0 The 76ers have also managed to fall \u201cunder\u201d the total in their last four games.\u00a0 The team has been one of the biggest surprises of the 2011-12 campaign, posting a 14-6 overall record, which includes a 10-2 home mark.\u00a0 Sports bettors will find that the squad\u2019s 10 wins inside the Wells Fargo Center have all come by a double-digit margin.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 12-4 ATS in January, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 5-11 in that span.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are outscoring opponents by a league-best 11.7 points per game this season.\u00a0 Philadelphia still has the seventh highest point differential (+234) of any team through the first 20 games of the season dating back to the 1985-86 season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is extremely balanced, with sixth man Lou Williams actually leading the team in scoring 15.7 points in 25 minutes of play a night.\u00a0 Forward Andre Iguodala is another player to watch, averaging 12.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 8-2 ATS mark in the last 10 meetings, while the Sixers are 0-5 ATS when playing at home in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers Monday, 1\/30\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SUN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 179.5 Current Total:\u00a0 179 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Orlando has certainly fallen flat offensively during its three-game losing streak in failing to score over 85 points, as the team continues to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3181,833,3622,6299,18,659,832,6293],"class_list":["post-21374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-andre-iguodala","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lou-williams","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-wells-fargo-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21374","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=21374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21376,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21374\/revisions\/21376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}