Orlando Magic - Utah Jazz (-3,5) Good evening to all. Quite interesting is the Saturday schedule in the NBA, which includes 7 matches and several teams playing back to back. The first game I will focus on is the one between Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz, where I will choose the double with a handicap of -3,5 points, at odds of 1,70.
First of all, it should be noted that this match will take place in the city of Mexico, and not in the headquarters of Orlando, in the context of the international matches that the league holds every year. So as we understand the home factor and whatever advantage it would give the hosts is virtually non-existent, although the Magic already played a game there against the Bulls 3 nights ago.
Utah with a record of 14-15 is in 12th place in the western region and we could say that it has made a bad start, however things are not exactly like that. More specifically, Quin Snyder's team has made the third consecutive difficult program so far in the league, while according to NBA experts on the other side of the Atlantic is 1 game behind compared to what they expected at the beginning of the season. This is exactly what the coach of the last Mormon opponent, Eric Spoelstra, pointed out in his statements, after the end of the imposing Jazz victory against the Heat. More specifically, he said: "their program so far has been outrageous, come and talk to me about them again in two months and we will see what position they will be in, I think they will rise in the ranking very, very quickly". As far as the purely competitive part is concerned, the problem so far for Utah has been the instability observed in the team's appearances from game to game, a problem that seems to be solved, as in the last 8 the Mormons have won 5, even starting to perform on the parquet according to their capabilities.
On the opposite bank, the Magic are not at their best lately, even counting 5 defeats in the 8 most recent. Overall, Orlando seems to be having a hard time on the offensive side, as it has the 26th worst performance in the league with 104,3 points per game. The leader and top scorer of the team is Nikola Vucevic, while it is characteristic that when he finds them in the dark, the Magic can not easily find baskets and this fact may play a decisive role tonight, as the Montenegrin center will find its top defender against him. last season, Rudy Gobert.
In summary, the Jazz are in a period of beginning and "rolling", gaining stability in the peripheral shot that they missed so much at the beginning of the season and now playing their well-known defense that can "choke" you, at the moment that Orlando does not seem to be at its best with the game taking place in a neutral venue. With all the above on the scales, I consider that the double has the first reason and because of that I will bet on 1,74 from Pamestoixima.gr.
