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Bet the Total When Magic and Jazz Square Off on Thursday Night NBA Lines Match!

Written by on December 3, 2015

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The Orlando Magic have won three straight as they head to Thursday night’s NBA lines matchup against a Utah Jazz team that came this close to handing the unbeaten Golden State Warriors their first loss of the season the last time out. With the Magic looking to extend their winning ways and the Jazz looking to hold it down at home, let’s find out which one of these teams will bring home the bacon.

Orlando Magic (10-8) @ Utah Jazz (8-8) NBA Lines Game Information and Odds

When: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 9:00 pm Where: EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT TV: FSFL, ROOT NBA Odds: Utah Jazz -3.5 Over/Under: 189.5

Orlando Magic (10-8 SU, 12-6 ATS)

Orlando has played inspiring ball all season after hiring former longtime NBA point guard Scott Skiles as head during the summer. “We’ve got a nice thing going, but we can’t get satisfied,” Magic center Nikola Vucevic told reporters after scoring a team-high 18 points on Monday. “We’ve got to get back to work. “We haven’t achieved anything yet. We have gotten better, but this is nothing. We have to keep wanting and stay hungry.” Orlando jumped out to a 17-point lead in the first half against Minnesota on Monday before holding off the hard-charging T-Wolves en route to a close, 96-93 win. Six Orlando players scored in double figures and the Magic limited Minnesota to 37.7 percent shooting in the win. “I feel like last year we would have lost that game,” Magic guard Victor Oladipo told reporters. “We’re growing up a lot, but we’ve just got to build on it.” The Magic are averaging 101.6 points per night on 43.5 percent shooting while limiting their opponents to just 99.6 points per game on 42.0 percent shooting. Evan Fournier is averaging a team-high 16.9 points while Vucevic is averaging 15.3 points and 8.7 rebounds.

Utah Jazz (8-8 SU, 10-6 ATS)

The Jazz had their two-game winning streak snapped in their heartbreaking 106-103 loss to Golden State on Monday. Still improvement is taking place in Salt Lake City this season. “I think you have to be consistent,” coach Quin Snyder told reporters. “When we lose, we talk about getting better. When we win, we talk about getting better. You may feel a little better after a win.” Utah got 24 points from Gordon Hayward and 23 points and 10 rebounds from power forward Derrick Favors in the loss while allowing three Warriors to reach the 20-point mark, including Steph Curry’s game-high 26 points. The Jazz are averaging 96 points per game on 43.9 percent shooting while limiting their opponents to just 94 points per night on 44.4 percent shooting. Hayward is averaging a team-high 18.1 points per game while Favors averages 16.7 points and 8.6 rebounds per contest. utah-jazz-nba-betting

Magic @ Jazz NBA Lines Game Analysis:

60 percent of the betting public likes Utah to get the win and ATS cover at home, but I’m going with the 40 percent of the betting public that likes the Orlando Magic to cover and you should too. The Magic are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall and an incendiary 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games following an ATS win. I know the Utah Jazz are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games following an SU loss and an impressive 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 home games, but Orlando is also 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games following an SU win and a blistering 21-8 ATS in their last 29 games against teams from the Northwest division. These three head-to-head trends also suggest an Orlando win:
  • Magic are 9-3-1 ATS in the last 13 meetings in Utah.
  • Underdog is 20-6-1 ATS in the last 27 meetings.
  • Road team is 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
My Pick: Orlando +3.5
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