LiontipsOrlando vs New Orleans. Predictions and Betting Tips for NBA
Command Analysis
Mags occupied the bottom spot of the Eastern conference, so this season can be described as a disaster. Club board made a risky move, trading away Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon, and now will rely on young players.
Orlando lost three games in a row: at first they had a terrible game against Toronto (102:113), then lost to Houston (110:114), despite Rockets' poor form and finally went down to Atlanta (96:112). The situation is critical, but that was expected, because Orlando has six injured players.
Magic will take on New Orleans, who still have something to fight for, but Stan Van Gundy's team is not on their best form as well.
Pelicans are still in play-off battle, but they are not succeeding so far. They had a great opportunity to break into Western conference top 10, but they went for a hard way.
Team is on a four-game losing streak, two of those games were lost in overtime. New Orleans are capable of better performance, but their results are disappointing, to say the least. But they put up a spirited performance against Brooklyn in last game, though Nets took the victory anyway (129:134).
Pelicans should improve their coaching staff, because the current one is underachieving. This roster is capable of fighting for 7th or 8th seed.
Trends
СтавкаOrlando: total under 109.5
Mags are averaging 104 points per game
СтавкаNew Orleans: total under 116.5
Pelicans are averaging 115 points per game
СтавкаTotal of tied quarters - under 0.5
In last five head-to-head games not a single quarter ended with a draw
Tip and bets
Orlando is finishing this season without any objectives. They don't have a leader in the squad plus they had a number of injuries recently. It's hard to find your game in that situation. New Orleans lost four consecutive games and that's too much if they want to get to the play-offs. We think that guests will step up and defeat an Eastern conference outsider.
Our prediction is on New Orleans to win with handicap (-5.5) points.
Magic is obviously not a high-scoring team, especially after the departure of their key players. Pelicans will try to lead the game, but they have many problems as well, so it's hard to expect a high-scoring game.
Our second bet is on total under 229.5 points.
