NBA regular season is coming to its end and on Thursday night, Orlando Magic will host Cleveland Cavaliers. After 79 games played, the Magic has 34 wins, 45 losses and 11th place in the Eastern Conference while the Cavaliers have 50 wins, 30 losses and 4th place. In this game, I'm predicting that the Magic will cover the handicap.
For quite some time it is known that Orlando won't be available to get to at least the TOP10. Despite this fact, the team has been playing well lately and isn't approaching the tanking system. In the last 11 games, the Magic has won 7 times and those 4 losses have been against good teams: the Suns (-4 on the road), Lakers (-6 on the road), Grizzlies (-5 on the road) and Cavaliers (-4 at home). In front of their fans, the Magic has 5 wins in the last 6 games and they have beaten teams like the Heat, Knicks and Nets.
If it would be a standard regular season game, the Cavaliers would be favorites. On Wednesday night, the team announced that all starting five won't be playing tonight, meaning there won't be Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland and Caris LeVert on the floor. These 5 players score the most points for Cleveland. Cedi Osman is the 6th best scorer with 8.6 points per game and even the next-best scorer Isaac Okoro won't be available.
The Magic won't miss any players except Jonathan Isaac. A few days ago, the teams met already in Orlando and the Cavaliers won just by 4 points. Mithcell had to score 43 points to secure a win. Although Cleveland is the 4th best team in the conference, they struggle to cover the handicap on the road as they have done in just 46% of the games. On the other hand, Orlando has been a good home team despite poor overall performance as they have covered the spread at home in 56% of the games,
When teams met in Cleveland, the Cavaliers won just by 11 points. It is not so much if we know how the teams played during the regular season. This is Orlando's last home game in the regular season and they will want to say goodbye in a great way. I don't know who is going to score for Cleveland and I'm expecting a very comfortable win for the Magic.
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NBA常规赛即将结束,周四晚上,奥兰多魔术队将主场迎战克利夫兰骑士队。经过79场比赛,魔术34胜45负,排名东部第11位,骑士队50胜30负,排名东部第4位。在这场比赛中,我预测魔术会赢得让分。
很长一段时间以来,人们都知道奥兰多至少无法进入TOP10。尽管如此,这支球队最近打得很好,并没有接近坦克系统。在过去的11场比赛中,魔术赢了7场,而这4场输球的对手都是强队:太阳(客场负4),湖人(客场负6),灰熊(客场负5)和骑士(主场负4)。在他们的球迷面前,魔术队在过去的6场比赛中取得了5场胜利,他们击败了热火、尼克斯和篮网等球队。
如果这是一场标准的常规赛,骑士队将是夺冠热门。周三晚上,球队宣布所有首发五人都不会在今晚比赛,这意味着贾勒特·艾伦、埃文·莫布里、多诺万·米切尔、达利斯·加兰德和卡里斯·莱弗特都不会在场上。这5名球员是骑士队得分最高的球员。塞迪·奥斯曼以场均8.6分排名第六,即使是排名第二的艾萨克·奥科洛也将无法上场。
魔术队不会错过任何球员,除了乔纳森·艾萨克。几天前,两队已经在奥兰多相遇,骑士队仅以4分的优势获胜。米斯塞尔必须得43分才能确保胜利。尽管骑士队在联盟中排名第四,但他们在客场比赛中很难克服障碍,因为他们只有46%的比赛做到了这一点。另一方面,奥兰多虽然整体表现不佳,但仍然是一支优秀的主场球队,因为他们在主场的比赛成功率为56%,
当两队在克利夫兰相遇时,骑士队仅以11分的优势获胜。如果我们知道球队在常规赛的表现就不那么重要了。这是魔术在常规赛的最后一个主场比赛,他们想用一种很棒的方式说再见。我不知道骑士队谁能得分,我期待魔术队能轻松取胜。