A pair of big-time NBA games will be featured in today’s best games. Starting things off is a Southeast division showdown at Philips Arena, where the Orlando Magic collide with the Atlanta Hawks for the first time this season. That game will be followed shortly by an East-West matchup between the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns. Read on below for a quick look at both contests.
Orlando enters this game as losers of its last three games (0-3 ATS); an ugly stretch where the Magic have lost by an average margin of nearly 20 points. But it’s encouraging to know that they’ve won the last two meetings with the Hawks, who haven’t taken advantage of their home games lately, losing three of their previous four (0-4 ATS). But Atlanta’s won its last two games, including a huge come-from-behind win over in Milwaukee last Friday night. Dennis Schroder scored a career-high 33 points there, and he’ll hope to build on that against an Orlando defense that’s conceded 109 or more points in the previous four games.
New York is scorching hot right now, winning seven of its last eight games (6-2 ATS). The latest win came on Sunday night at Staples Center, wherein Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis combined for 51 points to dispatch the Lakers down the stretch, 118-112. Expect the Knicks to stay on track against a Suns team that’s won just seven games this season, and has lost eight of its last 11 games overall (4-7 ATS).
