Owners of the league's worst record, the Knicks look for a season-high third straight win when the Magic come to town Friday night. Orlando, too, has had very little success so far, having lost nine of their last 11.
Line: Orlando -2.5, Total: 206
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The average score after 10,000 simulations performed by AccuScore is 102-98, and Orlando has a 59.9 percent chance to win the game outright and about a 53 percent chance of covering a -2.5 spread. But even though New York is 1-7 ATS in its last eight games at home and Orlando is 5-2 ATS in its last seven games on the road, we’ll look to the total for our recommended play.
AccuScore Best Bet: There's about a 58 percent chance the total combined score stays UNDER 206, a 4-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend.
Supporting trend: Ten of the Knicks’ last 15 home games have stayed UNDER.
Projected Leaders
Nikola Vucevic: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, 2 TOs
Langston Galloway: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 TO
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