The Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 10.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Amway Center (18.846);
City – Orlando, Florida, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5) for Nuggets – 1.805.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 237 – 1.625.
The Western Conference leaders should have no problem. The level of Denver’s players is significantly higher. We think the Nuggets can easily handle the Magic.
On the road, the Nuggets have very often used a defensive game model. For example, in 3 of the last 5 away games, the Nuggets have not allowed their opponents to score even 100 points. The Magic does not have a very strong offensive line, so we doubt that they will play a productive game.
Although the Magic won its last two games before facing the New York Knicks (98-102), things were very bad against the Knicks as the Magic couldn’t even get to the 100-point mark.
The best player against the Knicks was Markelle Fultz, who scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.
There were victories over the Minnesota Timberwolves (127-120) and Charlotte Hornets (119-113).
The Orlando Magic is currently in 13th place in their conference with 22 wins and 33 losses. In the game against the Nuggets, there is virtually no chance of success, as the teams’ strengths are simply not comparable.
The Orlando Magic is averaging 113.9 points per game at home.
The Nuggets lost only one game in their last five games, which came against the Minnesota Timberwolves (98-128). However, in the second meeting against the Wolves, the Nuggets scored 146 points.
Michael Porter Jr. was Denver’s best player in that meeting, scoring 30 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Jokic again had a triple-double with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 16 assists.
The Nuggets are currently in first place in the Western Conference. Malone’s team has won 38 games and lost 17. In the game against the Magic, the visitors will be the clear favourites, as the balance of power is obviously unequal in this pairing.
The Denver Nuggets are conceding an average of 117.2 points per game on the road.
The Denver Nuggets have won 12 of their last 14 head-to-head meetings.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Orlando Magic: Markelle Fultz – Kevon Harris – Franz Wagner – Paolo Banchero – Wendell Carter Jr.
Denver Nuggets: Christian Braun – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – Michael Porter Jr. – Aaron Gordon – Nikola Jokić.
Mo Bamba (Out) and Gary Harris (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Orlando Magic.
Collin Gillespie (Out), Zeke Nnaji (Out) and Jamal Murray (Day-to-day) are injured players for the Denver Nuggets.
The fixture will be played at Amway Center (18.846) in Orlando, Florida, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 10th of February, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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