Free NBA Pick: Magic vs. Knicks NBA Odds
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2022 NBA Handicapping
(0-3) Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks (1-1)
Date: Monday, October 24
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
NBA Moneyline Odds: Magic +245 | Knicks -312 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: NYK -7
NBA Betting Total: 218.5
The Knicks enter this contest coming off a tough, hard-fought loss on national TV against the Memphis Grizzlies on opening night, shortly there followed by a comfortable win over the Detroit Pistons.
The Magic come into this one with three straight losses to tip off the year, giving up 115 points per game while scoring just 109 per game themselves.
ESPN’s Matchup Predictor has New York favored in 74.4 percent of its simulations against 25.6 percent in favor of the Magic.
It’s tough to picture Orlando gaining any momentum on its season outlook in this one.
Orlando Magic
Paolo Banchero has been the obvious bright spot for this Orlando squad. The No. 1 pick is averaging 23.3 points per game on 41.8 percent shooting, although he’s completing just 23.1 percent of his 4.3 long balls each night.
Banchero has been a reliable 80.8 percent from the free-throw line while also pulling down 8.7 rebounds per game while collecting 3.3 assists and 2.2 blocks in the process.
Outside of Banchero, what can you say? Terrence Ross has looked good as a second or third scorer; Franz Wagner continues to look promising, if not a bit underwhelming based on high expectations.
Orlando’s schedule has a couple of games on the horizon that may be easier outlooks (Charolote, and namely OKC), but the Knicks are one of many teams also in the immediate outlook more ready to pounce.
If Orlando falls behind early, it could be difficult to bounce back on the road on Monday. This isn’t a team built to bounce back late in games.
New York Knicks
The Knicks won 60.5 percent of their games in 2021-22 where they were favored on the moneyline, going 23-15.
Also last season, the Magic were the underdogs 73 times and won just 17 of those contests—23.3 percent.
Quite frankly, the numbers point toward New York, but the Knicks still don’t have a large enough sample size to give bettors faith game in and game out.
On the year, New York is scoring up 121 points per game while giving up 110.5 points per contest.
Luckily! … This game isn’t one where you need to worry. Orlando really is as bad as it looks. And even if the Knicks haven’t proved they’re anything worth writing home about yet this season, it means something that the Magic are willing to give up wins in grand fashion despite Banchero looking ready to lead a real life NBA team to real life wins.
This really could be one where the Knicks come out of the gate striking early and keep fire into a third quarter that puts any doubt to rest.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Magic are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS win.
- Magic are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 road games.
- Magic are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
Free Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks NBA Prediction:
This could be one of those games that gets the BING BONG crowd back on board in Manhattan. No, it doesn’t have any real stake attached to it…and I won’t even lie, I’m too young and too Pacific Northwesterner to really know what that rallying cry actually means… But! Knicks fantatics should have something to get excited about in this one, and it will be necessary going into a challenging part of the early schedule.
Knicks win, and Knicks win big.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: NYK -7
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