Orlando Magic at New York Knicks Odds Analysis – Free Pick

The New York Knicks (4-9) will welcome the Orlando Magic (5-7) to the World’s Most Famous Arena Madison Square Garden in The Big Apple when the two sides meet on Sunday, November 11th, 2018. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM and scheduled to be televised on both MSG and FSN. The two teams last met in April when the Magic went to work on the Knicks, defeating New York 97-73 here as a one-point underdog. The Magic are 3-1 both against the spread and straight up in the last four meetings between both sides.

Orlando Magic at New York Knicks Betting Overview:

Orlando Magic
The Magic come in off an impressive home performance on Friday night when they hosted divisional rival Washington at the Amway Center and handed the Wizards a 117-108 loss as a 3.5-point underdog. Overall, Orlando has been in good form as they have won three of their last four contests.

New York Knicks
Contrarily, the Knicks enter into this contest in overall poor form, losing three of their last four fixtures. Most recently, the Knicks were handed a nasty loss in the Great White North last night when they fell 128-112 at the hands of the Toronto Raptors, failing to cover as a 14-point underdog.

Reasons To Avoid New York

There is an ideology that when you back the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, you often pay the price to do so. That is assuredly the case here as they no other reason to justify why the Knicks are positioned as the favorite and moreover why much of the consensus is taking a fondness to them. With this being said, New York is 2-4 SU at home with a 3-3 ATS record showcasing the liability that they can impose on those that back them in this situation.

Reasons To Back Orlando

The Magic continue to play an excellent brand of basketball. Though Orlando averages only 102.6 points per game (28th in the NBA), better days seem ahead of Orlando as their offense has seen an uptick in production over their recent hot streak. The Magic have now scored 117 points in two of their last three wins while never falling below the 102-point threshold in any of their victories over this span. In addition, the Magic are overall the more physical team on the boards while committing fewer turnovers compared to their counterparts. When you factor these two variables in particular into the equation, the Magic are just the better team offered at a better price.