The Orlando Magic and the Sacramento Kings duke it out at the Golden 1 Center on Tuesday night.
Orlando Magic Betting Preview
The Orlando Magic have been in a real slump as they’ve lost seven of their first nine games of the season and they will be hoping to avoid a fifth straight defeat after falling painfully short to the Warriors in a 126-119 overtime road defeat on Saturday. Franz Wagner led the team with 30 points and 11 assists on 11 of 22 shooting, Tristan da Silva and Wendell Carter Jr each scored 19 points while Jamal Cain and Anthony Black scored 18 points apiece. As a team, the Magic shot a miserly 38 percent from the field and 18 of 54 from the 3-point line as they worked so hard to erase a 16-point deficit after trailing for most of the contest, but they couldn’t get any stops in overtime which cost them in the end. Jase Richardson had a night to forget as he shot just one of 13 from the field for his two points.
Sacramento Kings Betting Preview
Meanwhile, the Sacramento Kings have been in worse form as they’ve lost nine of their first 10 games of the season and they are now on a three-game losing streak after getting burned by the Heat in a 114-108 loss on Sunday. Darius Acuff Jr led the team with 32 points and 10 assists on 11 of 21 shooting, Zach LaVine added 15 points while De’Andre Hunter chipped in with 14 points. As a team, the Kings shot 46 percent from the field and 11 of 37 from the 3-point line as they showed plenty of fight to claw their way back from a 16-point deficit, but they ran out of steam and scored just seven points in the final 3:52 to fall short in the end. Precious Achiuwa had a quiet game of just seven points with six turnovers while Malik Monk scored just nine points on three of nine shooting off the bench.
Orlando v Sacramento Free Prediction
The Magic are still short handed with Paolo Banchero, Jonathan Isaac, Noah Penda and Jalen Suggs all out, while the Kings have ruled out Maxime Raynaud with Keegan Murray and Domantas Sabonis both questionable.
This is definitely a game where you should check the lineups before tipoff given the injury cloud hanging over both rosters. With that being said, the Magic are still clear favorites in this matchup, they almost beat the surging Warriors in their last outing and they have the advantage of extra rest as they haven’t played since Saturday. The Kings can make pests of themselves and hang around like they did in their last outing, but I prefer a play on the more predictable Magic to bounce back with a win and cover at the reasonable line.