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(6-22) Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic (12-15)
Date: Thursday December 13
Time: 9:30 PM EST
Venue: Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Magic -3
NBA Betting Total: 212
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Chicago Bulls
The first regular season NBA game played in Mexico City was over twenty-one years ago, on December 7, 1997. Charles Barkley scored nineteen with seventeen rebounds to lead his Rockets to a 108–106 win over Michael Finley (who scored thirty-five points) and the Dallas Mavericks.
That game was the first NBA regular season game played at a neutral, international setting, aside from Japan, which hosted the first eight such games and four more after the Houston/Dallas tilt in Mexico.
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The last regular season game played in Japan was in 2003, when the Supersonics beat the Clippers by nineteen at the Saitama Super Arena. Since, the only two international sites for NBA regular season games have been London and Mexico City.
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Six regular season games have been played in the Latin American metropolis since. Last December, the Nets hosted two games there, like the Magic is this season. Brooklyn went 1–1, beating Oklahoma City and losing to Miami.
Chicago followed up its 56-point home loss to the Celtics over the weekend with a mere 19-point defeat (again, at the United Center) to the Sacramento Kings. In their last ten games, the Bulls have won just one.
Orlando Magic
So the Magic is the home team in Mexico City. It will “host” the Utah Jazz on Saturday but it really has to win this game first.
Orlando is still the eighth-seed in the East and while playoff positioning doesn’t particularly matter right now, Orlando’s player’s comments in the media suggest they are worried the season is slipping away, just like last season.
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Last year, Orlando started hot and was 8–4 in the second week of November. Then it went on to lose nine in a row. It never recovered and finished poorly enough to lose out on the lottery and still draft Texas big man Mo Bamba, who was suspended for Orlando’s last game for showing up late to a walk-through.
This season, the Magic used a hot run to sit at 9–8 on November 19. Three weeks later, its 12–15 and starting to slide in a familiar way down the conference standings. Orlando really doesn’t want to return to the States at 12–17.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 18-7-1 in CHI last 26 overall.
- Under is 5-2-1 in CHI last 8 vs. NBA Southeast.
- CHI are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games overall.
- Under is 9-4-1 in ORL last 14 Thu. games.
- ORL are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games overall.
- Head to Head: Under is 17-4 in the last 21 meetings in Orlando.
- Head to Head: Under is 16-5 in the last 21 meetings.
Free Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando Magic NBA Prediction: Magic wins, Bulls cover.
I’m not fond of backing the Magic at this point but the Bulls are absolutely the one team in the NBA to avoid right now. I guess the Magic wins but something’s telling me it stays close, close enough for Chicago, which is going to be a big underdog, to cover.
Lots of points, too, by the way.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Magic -3.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Chicago 114 – Orlando 116
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