ORLANDO (2) vs. CHARLOTTE (7) Playoff Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\nGame 1: Sunday, April 18: Charlotte at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.
\nGame 2: Wednesday, April 21: Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.
\nGame 3: Saturday, April 24: Orlando at Charlotte, 2 p.m.
\nGame 4: Monday, April 26: Orlando at Charlotte, TBD
\nGame 5: Wednesday, April 28: Charlotte at Orlando, TBD*
\nGame 6: Friday, April 30: Orlando at Charlotte, TBD*
\nGame 7: Sunday, May 2: Charlotte at Orlando, TBD* ![\"Online](\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\")
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If this was Larry Brown vs. Stan van Gundy, the Magic might be in a little hot water. But the players will decide this one, and that means the Bobcats\u2019 nice little run will be history come late April. <\/p>\n
Ray Felton is an above-average point guard, Stephen Jackson has kept his nose clean since shooting his way out of Golden State, and Gerald Wallace can flat-out defend as well as anyone not named LeBron James.<\/p>\n
But Orlando will win this series, for reasons too numerous to mention here but primarily because Dwight Howard plays for one team and not the other. <\/p>\n
Howard will do just enough damage inside to make the Charlotte defense collapse a half-step, and that\u2019s all the room Orlando\u2019s excellent outside shooters need.<\/p>\n
Vince Carter can shoot the Magic in or out of any game, but though he\u2019s the leading scorer, there are lots of other options. <\/p>\n
The Magic appear on a collision course with Cleveland for the Eastern title, and there\u2019s not much anyone can do about it, least of all the Bobcats.<\/p>\n
Bobcats vs Magic Series Betting Odds:<\/strong>
\nBobcats +650
\nMagic -900<\/p>\nBobcats vs. Magic Prediction: Orlando in 5. <\/strong><\/p>\nCharlotte allowed the fewest points in the league this season (93 ppg), but that\u2019s due in no small part to its walk-it-up style. Orlando is comfy playing that game, too, so don\u2019t expect any 117-113 games in this series. Should be over quickly, though the Bobcats might catch Orlando texting while driving and snatch Game 3 or 4. <\/p>\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 7 game series between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Orlando Magic opens on Saturday night, here’s the NBA betting odds and our prediction for the series… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[10330,27786,27787,27794,27795,27796,27797,10582,27798,27799,23074,12358,13136,12357],"class_list":["post-21235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-10330","tag-2010-nba-futures","tag-2010-nba-playoff-picks","tag-bobcats-magic-lines","tag-bobcats-magic-picks","tag-bobcats-magic-predictions","tag-bobcats-vs-magic-series-preview","tag-bobcats-vs-magic","tag-charlotte-bobcats-vs-orlando-magic-predictions","tag-charlotte-vs-orlando","tag-nba-betting-picks","tag-nba-playoff-picks","tag-nba-playoff-prediction","tag-nba-playoffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107134,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21235\/revisions\/107134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}