Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks Prediction, 10/21/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks

Date: Friday, October 21, 2022

Location: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA

TV: Bally Sports Southeast-Atlanta

The Atlanta Hawks are hosting the Orlando Magic at State Farm Arena on Friday.

The Magic stepped onto the hardwood against the Pistons and ended up losing by a score of 113-109 in their last contest. Orlando finished the game having earned a 48.8% field goal percentage (42 out of 86) and made 11 of their 30 shots from beyond the perimeter. At the free throw line, the Magic made 14 of 19 tries for a rate of 73.7%. Concerning hauling in boards, they collected 48 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. They also doled out 21 dimes in this game while forcing 12 turnovers and earning 5 steals. In relation to defense, Orlando allowed the other team to shoot 42.6% from the floor on 40 out of 94 shooting. Detroit distributed 31 dimes and had 11 steals for the contest. In addition, Detroit collected 41 boards (12 offensive, 29 defensive) and earned 5 blocks. Detroit finished the game at 79.2% at the charity stripe by knocking down 19 of their 24 tries. They also converted 14 of their 38 tries from 3-point range. Regarding personal fouls, the Magic ended up finishing with 24 and the Pistons racked up 21 personal fouls.

Paolo Banchero is one player who was a major contributor in this contest. He scored 27 points on 11 of 18 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 35 minutes and grabbed 9 boards. Banchero finished the game at 61.1% from the floor and also totaled 5 assists.

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Orlando will play this game after finishing with a record of 22-60 last season. They turned it over 14.5 times per contest and as a group committed 19.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Orlando grabbed 44.3 boards per game and accumulated 1,947 assists throughout last year, which was 20th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Magic hit on 33.1% on three-point attempts (999 of 3,022) and 78.7% from the free throw line. They averaged 104.2 points per game (29th in the league) on 43.4% from the floor.

Defensively, the Magic forced 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 18.3 personal fouls. They were ranked 14th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 2,034 conceded last year. The Magic allowed and opponent field goal percentage of 45.8% (3,346 of 7,300) and they surrendered 47.1 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They gave up 36.3% on three-point shots and they ranked 20th in the league in PPG allowed (112.2).

The last time they took the court, the Hawks got the win with a final of 117-107 when they faced the Rockets. With respect to attacking the glass, Atlanta allowed Houston to get 54 in total (15 offensive). They finished 25.7% from 3-point land by going 9 of 35 and finished the contest at 14 out of 15 at the charity stripe (93.3%). The Hawks allowed the Rockets to knock down 42 out of 98 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.9% for the contest. Overall, the Hawks walked away from this one shooting 45 for 90 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.0%. With respect to shooting from beyond the arc, Atlanta made 7 out of their 25 attempts (28.0%). They were able to make 20 of them for a clip of 83.3%. The Rockets earned 20 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Hawks to the charity stripe for 24 attempts. They also gave up possession 9 times, while recording 12 steals in this game. The Hawks pulled down 34 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 38 in the matchup.

Dejounte Murray pitched in for the Hawks for the game. He converted 8 out of 19 in the game for a field goal rate of 42.1%, and had 5 rebounds. Murray racked up 20 points in his 38 minutes on the court and had 11 assists in this game.

Atlanta had a win-loss mark of 43-39 last year. The Hawks committed 18.7 fouls per game while shooting 81.2% from the free throw line. They earned an assist 24.6 times per contest (15th in the league) and they turned the ball over 11.9 times per game. Atlanta accumulated 9,343 points last season (113.9 per contest) and they averaged 44.0 rebounds per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Hawks shot 47.0% from the field, which was ranked 7th in the league.

The Hawks were ranked 21st in basketball in points allowed per game with 112.4. They forced their opponents into 12.8 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 47.1% from the field (23rd in basketball). The Atlanta defense allowed 36.4% on shots from behind the 3-point line (1,051 of 2,888) and opponents made 79.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquished 25.4 dimes and 43.9 boards every game, which ranked them 23rd and 13th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Orlando

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