NBA betting action sees the Los Angeles Lakers<\/strong> taking on the Orlando Magic <\/b>on\u00a0Friday, Jan. 9 at Staples Center\u00a0in Los Angeles, Calif. Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n Orlando<\/a>\u00a0(13-25) vs. Los Angeles<\/a> (11-25)<\/strong> Click here to view…\u00a0NBA ATS Stats<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Expert NBA Betting Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Orlando Magic are about to enter a brutal part of their schedule. Following Friday’s game against the Lakers, the team will take on the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder in consecutive matchups.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63742&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The Lakers aren’t on the level of any of those franchises, which is why Friday’s game is the best chance for the Magic to pull out a win during such a tough stretch.<\/p>\n So far this season, Orlando has struggled putting the ball in the basket. The team is just 28th in points per game (93.8 PPG), but the good news is that it’s going up against the 29th team leaguewide in terms of points allowed.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, history doesn’t bode well for this matchup. <\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=66501&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The Magic are just 5-19 in the all-time series between these two organizations.<\/p>\n Los Angeles’ problem is obvious: The team can’t stop anybody.<\/p>\n Thirty-six games into the season, L.A. is giving up 108.2 points per contest. <\/p>\n It’s 29th in that category, and it’s also 29th in field-goal percentage allowed.<\/p>\n The good news is that the team has been more competitive as of late. <\/p>\n The point margin since Dec. 26 is a minus-1.8, and while that still equates to more losses than wins, it lends hope to the idea that the team can be effective defensively at home against a struggling offense.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63741&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n The line favors the homeside by -3.5 at the time of publication, and we know that the Magic give up approximately 100 points per game while scoring less than 93 of their own. <\/p>\n The question is: Will the Lakers’ awful defense step up at home?<\/p>\n If the answer is no, Orlando could come away with a win both straight up and against the spread. But if the team locks down a struggling offense, as we expect them to, it could be smooth sailing in the final minutes for L.A.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63706&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NBA Betting? Orlando vs. Los Angeles\u00a0Predictions NBA betting action sees the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the Orlando Magic on\u00a0Friday, Jan. 9 at Staples Center\u00a0in Los Angeles, Calif. Cappers Picks provides free NBA handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":986,"featured_media":92194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61013,3121,8781,21148,749,2381,2704,65083],"class_list":["post-92193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-61013","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-magic-vs-lakers","tag-nba-basketball-predictions","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-magic-vs-los-angeles-lakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92193","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\/986"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92201,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92193\/revisions\/92201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
2015 NBA Picks<\/h3>\n
\nFriday,\u00a0Jan. 9<\/strong>
\n10:30 p.m. ET<\/strong>
\nStaples\u00a0Center<\/strong>
\nTV: Local<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Lines: Lakers -3.5 \u00a0<\/strong>
\nNBA Betting Total:\u00a0202.5<\/strong>
\n***2015 NBA BONUSES***<\/a><\/strong>
\n [dfads params=’groups=63740&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/strong><\/p>\nOrlando Magic<\/h3>\n
Los Angeles Lakers<\/h3>\n
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4* NBA\u00a0Prediction: Los Angeles 100 – Orlando 90<\/h3>\n
Check out our\u00a0Updated NBA Betting Odds<\/a>.<\/h3>\n