Washington Wizards – Orlando Magic

Published on 13 March, 2009 | Leave a comment from S Georgiev

Tonight, we have one game which automatically can be ruled as “must bet”, as the spread offered by the bookies is too good to be missed and I expect that it will rise till the start of the match.

Washington continue to play very weak and with all of the injuries in their squad (Gilbert Arenas, Brendon Haywood, Deshawn Stevenson and Etan Thomas) there is no light in the end of the tunnel for them. Again, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison will assume the responsibility to win the game for their team but as we can see from the past Wizards’ results, this happens on a very rare occasions and against much weaker teams than Orlando. In last 10 games, Wizards recorded 2 wins, which are against the tragical Minnesota Timberwolves (with only 3 wins in 21 games), and against Chicago Bulls who are not playing good as visitors. But today, the Wizards will have to do some kind of magic to record even some respectable loss against the Magic.
Orlando, after the injury of Jameer Nelson, were in some inconsistent form, as they alternated win after loss, but now they are playing very good and in last 6 games, the Magic have 5 wins. 2 days ago they trashed Chicago Bulls 107:79, while some days earlier they managed to beat Boston Celtics in their own hall – 86:79. Also, Orlando are fighting for the 2nd spot in the Eastern Conference. One spot which in my opinion will guarantee them a place in the Conference Finals, as in this case they will avoid a clash with the other 2 very good teams on the East – Boston and Cleveland. And this 2nd place is not far from them, as Boston, who are occupying it at the moment, are with 49 wins and 16 losses, while Orlando are with 47 wins and 17 losses and with the injury of Kevin Garnett it is very possible for Boston to lose more games than Orlando. Hedo Turkoglu is with a game-time decision but he also missed the last game of Orlando against Chicago and his absence was not of some importance for the team.

Pick: Orlando Magic (-8.5) at the odds of 1.86 offered by bet365.
Washington Wizards 103:112 Orlando Magic

Good Luck.

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