Over\/Under<\/strong>: 191.5<\/p>\nDon\u2019t you think the offseason had to grate on the Orlando Magic?<\/p>\n
The Heat sucked all the oxygen out of the air for three months, while the Magic could only stew about their 6-game playoff loss to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals last spring. It was as if the 59 gvames they won last season somehow didn\u2019t matter, and that the Magic \u2013 as young and talented as they are \u2013 were being treated like yesterday\u2019s newspaper. ![\"Online](\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\")
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Well, the Magic now get their chance to remind everyone that they are still viable. Dwight Howard has not gone anywhere, Jameer Nelson is still a plus at the point, J.J. Redick is smarter and ready for a solid season, and Vince Carter is out to prove that he isn\u2019t the dog that he showed in the Celtics series. <\/p>\n
Rashard Lewis also has a chance to prove that last year was an aberration.<\/p>\n
The TNT audience will also get its first look at Washington rook John Wall, who in the wake of the Gilbert Arenas mess last season couldn\u2019t have come along at a better time for the Wizards. <\/p>\n
Arenas remain on the roster onl because of his bloated contract, and the team has made it clear that Wall is now and for the next decade will be the man in D.C., Arenas or no Arenas.<\/p>\n
Betting Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 15 of Washington’s last 20 games on the road
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington’s last 10 games when playing Orlando
\nOrlando is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Orlando
\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando’s last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
\nOrlando is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games
\nOrlando is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington<\/p>\n
Best parlay bet<\/strong>: Thirteen and change is way way way too much to lay. Washington will be trying to get things going to energize its dispirited fan base, and while there aren\u2019t enough arrows in the quiver to win this one, grab the points. Package it with the Suns-Jazz under for a parlay play. Phoenix is not the offensive juggernaut it was with Amare Stoudemire, an d the Suns may spend most of the season trying to find their way.<\/p>\nGet Your Free $10 Bet Today at Sportsbook.com<\/h4>\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":"Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Thursday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action…tonight on the hardwood we get the Washington Wizards vs. Orlando Magic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":27644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,5595,8665,20992,20991,9273,9921,22581,37632,37631,37625,8101,37626,37627,8102,37628,37629,37630],"class_list":["post-28541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-nba-on-tnt","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-thursday-nba-picks","tag-thursday-night-nba-betting","tag-tnt","tag-washington-orlando-picks","tag-washington-wizards-vs-orlando-magic","tag-wizards-magic-odds","tag-wizards-magic-picks","tag-wizards-vs-magic","tag-wizards-vs-magic-lines","tag-wizards-vs-magic-odds","tag-wizards-vs-magic-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541","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=28541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107180,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541\/revisions\/107180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}