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Steffen Schmidt - November 25, 2022
Orlando Magic will host Philadelphia 76ers for the second time in the last 48 hours on Sunday evening at Amway Center.
Analysis and Reason for Predictions
Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic will take on each other for the second time in the last 48 hours at Amway Center.
Both teams have problems with injured players going into the game. Normally, the Sixers would have been huge favorites here but we are not certain about the status of their star man Joel Embiid.
James Harden has been absent for a while now and he will almost certainly not be ready to feature on Sunday.
In the absence of these two stars, Phila fell 107-101 away at Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday evening. It was the second loss in the last three games for Doc Rivers’ troops who dropped to a 9-9 record as a consequence.
Orlando Magic are among the worst teams in the country this season. They are bound for lottery and a high pick in the next year’s draft.
Nevertheless, Philadelphia have just lost to the same type of team on Wednesday when they fell away at Charlotte.
Nevertheless, Orlando have really been struggling of late. They lost four of the previous five matches.
The Magic sit deep in the bottom half of both offensive and defensive ratings for this season. They fell 123-102 in the away loss to Indiana Pacers six days ago.
This is exactly the type of game we expect Philadelphia to win even without Joel Embiid in the starting lineup. Orlando Magic did have some unexpected home wins such as those to Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns earlier in the season.
Nevertheless, the Sixers can ill afford to drop the ball after a slower start to the season. We will back the visitors to win in -5.5 points at the -110 odds. The main pick will, however, be Under 214.5 points at the same -110 odds.
