Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks Prediction, 12/19/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks

Date: Monday, December 19, 2022

Location: State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA

TV: Bally Sports Southeast-Atlanta

Odds/Point Spread: Orlando (+7)

The Orlando Magic are hitting the road to State Farm Arena on Monday where they will try to beat the Atlanta Hawks. Atlanta is 7-point favorites. The over/under is 229.

The Magic took the court against the Celtics and went home with a win by a final score of 117-109 in their last game. Orlando ended the game with a 46.2% field goal percentage (42 of 91) and made 9 of their 33 3-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Magic converted 24 of their 28 attempts for a percentage of 85.7%. In terms of pulling down boards, they earned 53 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 19 assists for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and getting 7 steals. In the matter of the defense, Orlando allowed 41.7% from the field on 35 of 84 shooting. Boston earned 17 dimes and had 9 steals for this game. Furthermore, Boston pulled down 38 rebounds (10 offensive, 28 defensive) and got 1 block. Boston finished the game at 82.4% at the charity stripe by knocking down 28 of their 34 attempts. They converted 11 of 46 shots from beyond the arc. When talking about fouls, the Magic ended up walking away with 26 while the Celtics recorded 21 fouls.

Moritz Wagner is a guy who had an impact for this game. Wagner walked away from this one shooting 75.0% from the field and dished out 1 assist. He played for 23 mins and also collected 8 boards. He scored 25 points on 9 of 12 shooting.

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Orlando will play this contest with a mark of 10-20 so far this season. They are averaging 109.4 pts per game (28th in the league) while hitting 46.9% from the field. The Magic are shooting 34.2% on shots from distance (318 of 930) and 80.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Orlando is collecting 43.3 boards per game and is sitting with 645 assists for the season, which is 29th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 16.5 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 21.4 fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Magic are forcing 13.6 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.3 personal fouls. They are ranked 20th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 755 surrendered this year. The Magic are giving up a shooting percentage of 47.2% (1,240 of 2,626) and they concede 40.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They give up 33.4% from beyond the arc and they are ranked 16th in the league in points per game allowed (113.5).

The last time they took the court, the Hawks walked away with a victory by a final of 125-106 when they faced the Hornets. The Hawks snagged 37 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds for a total of 41 in this contest. They also gave up possession of the ball 12 times, while getting 3 steals in the game. The Hornets were called for 25 personal fouls for this game which got the Hawks to the charity stripe for a total of 34 attempts. They were able to bury 28 of the free throws for a rate of 82.4%. Pertaining to shots from distance, Atlanta made 15 out of 29 attempts (51.7%). At the conclusion of this game, the Hawks shot 41 for 75 from the field which gave them a percentage of 54.7%. The Hawks permitted the Hornets to knock down 39 of 98 tries from the field which left them with a shooting percentage of 39.8% for this game. They went 34.9% from beyond the arc by going 15 of 43 and finished the game at 13 out of 19 at the free throw line (68.4%). When discussing team rebounding, Atlanta permitted Charlotte to get 43 overall (15 on the offensive glass).

Trae Young ended up having an impact for the Hawks in this matchup. Young had 31 points in his 34 mins of playing time and accumulated 9 assists for the matchup. He converted 8 of 18 for the matchup giving him a rate of 44.4%, and had 1 rebound.

Atlanta has a record of 15-15 on the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Hawks are connecting on 46.5% from the floor, which is 19th in the league. Atlanta has earned 3,417 pts on the campaign (113.9 per game) and they average 44.0 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 23.7 times per contest (22nd in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.6 times per game. The Hawks commit 20.0 fouls per game while shooting 82.0% from the charity stripe.

The Hawks on defense are ranked 19th in basketball in points given up per game with 115.0. They have forced 15.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 47.3% from the field (19th in the league). The Atlanta defense concedes 34.4% on shots from beyond the arc (336 of 976) and their opposition makes 80.4% of their foul shots. They have given up 25.1 dimes and 45.7 total boards per game, which has them ranked 13th and 27th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta (-7)

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