The Orlando Magic (3-6) bring a five-game slide into a home matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans (3-6), who have lost three straight. The Pelicans are underdogs by 5.5 points in the contest, which starts at 7:00 PM ET (on Gulf Coast Sports and FDSFL) on Friday, November 8, 2024.

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Magic vs. Pelicans Game Info

• When: Friday, November 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
• Where: Kia Center in Orlando, Florida
• TV: Gulf Coast Sports and FDSFL
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Magic vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Jalen Suggs Over 18.5 PTS

• The 18.5 point total set for Jalen Suggs on Friday is 1.2 more than his season scoring average (17.3).
• So far this season, Suggs is 5-for-10 at scoring more than the total set for his points prop.
• The Magic are at the 29th spot in the NBA’s scoring rankings (105.8 points per game), while the Pelicans concede the 23rd-lowest amount of points (117.8 per game).

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Zion Williamson Over 25.5 PTS

• Zion Williamson has scored 22.7 points per game during the 2024-25 season, 2.8 points less than Friday’s over/under.
• So far this season, Williamson is 3-for-10 at hitting the over on the total set for his points prop.
• New Orleans’ squad is currently the 22nd-ranked scoring team in the NBA (109.3 points per game), while Orlando is ninth in points conceded (109.7 per game).
• New Orleans has put together a 2-2 record when it scores more than 109.7 points.

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Pick ATS: Magic (- 5.5)

• Orlando has posted two wins against the spread this season.
• New Orleans has two wins against the spread this year.
• The Magic have one win ATS (1-2) as a 5.5-point favorite or greater this year.
• The Pelicans don’t have a win ATS (0-1) as a 5.5-point underdog or more this season.

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Pick OU:

Over (213.5)

• The Magic’s nine games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 213.5 points five times.
• Pelicans games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 213.5 points in seven of nine outings.
• Orlando’s outings this year have an average total of 219.9, 6.4 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
• New Orleans has a 222.9-point average over/under in its matchups this season, 9.4 more points than this game’s point total.
• The Pelicans are the NBA’s seventh-highest scoring team this season compared to the 12th-ranked Magic.
• The Pelicans have surrendered the 27th-fewest points in NBA play this season, while the Magic have given up the 22nd-fewest.

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Moneyline Pick: Magic (-210)

• This season, the Magic have been favored three times and won two of those games.
• The Pelicans have won in one of the three contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
• This season, Orlando has won two of its three games when favored by at least -210 on the moneyline.
• New Orleans has been named as an underdog of +170 or more just one time this season and left with a loss in that game.
• The implied probability of a win from the Magic, based on the moneyline, is 67.7%.

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