Betting Picks for Suns-Magic
The Phoenix Suns are set to play the Orlando Magic that features notable players such as Chris Paul and Paolo Banchero questionable heading into Friday.
The Suns are 7.5-point favorites on SI Sportsbook, expected to move to 9-3 on the season before finishing their road trip in Miami on Monday.
For Wednesday night's win over the Timberwolves, our previous betting article hit 2/3 bets. Shoutout to D'Angelo Russell first basket and Suns ML.
Tonight, we kept it simple with two bets we found on the web:
John Ryan, Gambling.com
"Orlando’s Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick of the 2022 draft, was held out of the Magic’s impressive 94-87 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.
"His replacement Chuma Okeke did a terrific job defending Luca Doncic, holding him to 24 points. That marked the first game in which Doncic did not score 30 or more points. Still, the Suns have far more offensive weapons that should wear down the short-handed Magic tonight.
"The following situational betting system has earned a 66% winning bets against the spread on a 45-23 record spanning the past 10 seasons. The requirements are:
- Bet on road favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points
- The favorite is coming off a game in which the combined score exceeded the total by at least 18 points
- The opponent has seen the Over win by a total of at least 49 points over their last 10 games.
- If the total of this game is between 211 and 220 points, our favorite has earned an 11-5 ATS record, good for 69% winning bets.
Suns - 7.5
Johnny Perun, BettingPros
"Averaging 23.5 points per game to lead all Magic players by more than six points, Paulo Banchero has exploded onto the scene and is already an early front-runner for NBA rookie of the year. The Magic have also started to turn a slight corner, having now covered in three of their last four games (2-2 SU), including beating the Warriors outright a week ago.
"As for the Suns, the reigning Western Conference Champions will once again be favorites to repeat; that is, if they can stay healthy. With Jae Crowder already missing time due to contractual issues, Chris Paul has missed time early, and Cam Johnson is now out until January with a knee injury.
"Already facing the number one defense in the league, the Magic limp into this one short-handed, as Markelle Fultz and Cole Anthony are out, and Banchero is questionable for tonight. For me, the total move was the wrong one, and I’m grabbing the under 217.5 in this one."
Under 217.5
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