Washington Wizards at Orlando Magic Pick – Odds and ATS Predictions

The Washington Wizards (2-8) will square off with the Orlando Magic (4-7) at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida on Friday, November 9th, 2018. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and scheduled to be televised on FSN for regional audiences. Overall, the Wizards have won seven of the previous ten meetings. Most recently, Orlando ended a four-game Washington winning streak when they defeated the Wizards 101-92 on the road in D.C. as a six-point underdog in April.

Washington Wizards at Orlando Magic Overview

Washington Wizards

The Wizards come into this contest on the heels of a nasty loss in Dallas at the hands of the Mavericks, when Washington was defeated 119-100 as 1.5-point chalk. Washington’s only other win this season was an impressive won when they beat the Portland Trailblazers in Rip City by a score of 125-124 in overtime on October 22nd.

Orlando Magic

The Magic are looking to wrap up their three-game home-stand with a win before taking to the road and facing this powerful Wizards team on the road in D.C. on Monday. Orlando saw a two-game winning streak come to an end on Wednesday when they were defeated by the Detroit Pistons 103-96, failing to cover as a 2.5-point dog.

Reasons To Avoid Washington

At this point backing, Washington is nothing more than betting on a name. Overall, the Wizards are in bad form and cannot be justified laying points on the road to anyone. The Wizards stand at 1-5 SU on the road this year, so there is an excellent chance that not only can the Wizards not cover but be upset here. Washington’s demise can be mostly chalked up to its 30th ranked scoring defense which gives up an incredulous 120.5 points per game.

Reasons To Back Orlando

In addition to home court advantage combined with the opportunity to exploits the Wizards’ defense, the Magic are own edges in the rebounding department while also committing fewer turnovers compared their counterparts. The epicenter of the Wizards are their guards John Wall and Bradley Beal, but outside of these two, the Magic own an overall deeper roster to provide itself with more options to attack Washington. On the contrary, Washington is continually hoping that the dynamic duo plays a good game as they are always a Wall/Beal cold night away from a loss and even then that can’t protect from the prospect of being simply outscored do their lack of defense.