Orlando Magic (14-25) vs. Golden State Warriors (20-19)
January 7, 2023 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: Golden State Warriors -6.5; Over/Under: +230
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The Orlando Magic and the Golden State Warriors duke it out at the Chase Center on Saturday night.
The Orlando Magic have been in a rut as they’ve lost four of their last five games and they will be looking to bounce back here after falling just short to the Grizzlies in a 123-115 loss on Thursday. Paolo Banchero led the team with 30 points, nine rebounds and three assists, Franz Wagner added 22 points while Wendell Carter Jr. chipped in with 18 points. As a team, the Magic shot 46 percent from the field and 11 of 36 from the 3-point line as they leaked 43 points in the second quarter to trail by as many as 25 points which proved too much to overcome as they exploded for 72 points in the second half but couldn’t cut the margin to less than six points.
Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors have been in fine form as they were on a five-game win streak before they got stopped in their tracks by the lowly Pistons in a 122-119 loss on Wednesday. Klay Thompson led the team with 30 points on 11 of 23 shooting, Jordan Poole added 24 points with six assists, Ty Jerome added 18 points while Anthony Lamb chipped in with 17 points on six of nine shooting. As a team, the Warriors shot 51 percent from the field and 15 of 40 from the 3-point line as they worked hard to tie the game after trailing by seven points in the fourth quarter, only to get stunned at the buzzer as the Pistons’ Saddiq Bey drained the game-winning 3-point with the clock expiring to snatch the game from the Warriors in the end.
Looking at the betting trends, the Magic are 4-1 ATS in their last five road games, 6-1 ATS in their last seven games against a team with a winning record and 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall. The Warriors are 52-24-3 ATS in their last 79 home games, 5-1-1 ATS in their last seven games against a team with a losing record and 4-1-1 ATS in their last six games overall.
Head to head, the Magic are 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings overall.
The Magic are still shorthanded as Chuma Okeke, Jonathan Isaac and Bol Bol are all out, while the Warriors are still missing Stephen Curry, James Wiseman and Jonathan Kuminga, but the good news is that Andrew Wiggins is probable to return here. The Magic haven’t been able to get anything going lately and they lost a close one to the Grizzlies on Thursday, so I don’t like their chances against a Warriors team who just had their five-game win streak snapped. The Warriors have been rock-solid at home all season and they the return of Wiggins will be a boost here, so I’ll back the Warriors to get the job done.
