Orlando Magic vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 10/27/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Orlando Magic vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Friday, October 27, 2023

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: ROOT Sports

Moda Center is the location where the Portland Trail Blazers (33-49 last year) will take on the Orlando Magic (34-48 last season) on Friday.

The Magic took the court against the Rockets and earned the victory with a final of 116-86 in their last game. Regarding fouls, the Magic walked away with 20 while the Rockets racked up 24 fouls. They also made 12 of their 34 tries from beyond the perimeter. Houston finished 62.5% at the free throw line by knocking down 10 of 16 tries. In addition, Houston pulled down 31 rebounds (7 offensive, 24 defensive) and added 5 rejections. Houston totaled 19 assists and had 6 steals for the game. In the matter of defense, Orlando allowed the other team to go 40.5% from the field on 32 of 79 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists in this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and having 8 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 57 with 17 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Magic converted 23 of 26 attempts for a percentage of 88.5%. Orlando ended the game with a 48.3% FG percentage (42 out of 87) and knocked down 9 of 34 3-point attempts.

Cole Anthony is someone who had an impact for this contest. Anthony finished shooting 66.7% from the field and also recorded 2 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 24 mins and also grabbed 8 boards. He ended up with 20 points on 8 out of 12 shooting.

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Orlando comes into this one after finishing with a record of 34-48 last season. They lost possession via turnover 15.1 times per contest and as a squad committed 20.1 fouls per game. As a squad, Orlando pulled in 43.2 boards per contest and tallied 1,906 dimes last season, which had them ranked 26th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Magic shot 34.6% on 3-pointers (883 of 2,551) and 78.4% from the charity stripe. They averaged 111.4 points per contest (26th in the NBA) while hitting 47.0% from the floor.

Defensively, the Magic forced their opponents into 14.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 20.5 personal fouls. They gave up 35.1% on 3-pointers and they ranked 15th in the league in points per game from their opponents (114.0). The Magic gave up a shooting percentage of 47.6% (3,389 of 7,127) and they relinquished 42.0 rebounds per contest as a team. They were 19th in the NBA in allowing assists to the opposition with 2,122 surrendered last season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Trail Blazers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 123-111 against the Clippers. The Trail Blazers collected 25 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 40 for this contest. They also gave up possession 17 times, while recording 10 steals in this game. The Clippers had 20 personal fouls for the game which got the Trail Blazers to the free throw line for 17 attempts. They were able to make 13 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 76.5%. Regarding shots from distance, Portland made 10 out of their 32 tries (31.3%). Overall, the Trail Blazers walked away from this one shooting 44 for 93 from the field which gave them a percentage of 47.3%. The Trail Blazers allowed the Clippers to bury 47 out of their 90 tries from the floor which had them shooting 52.2% for this game. They shot 47.1% from beyond the arc by going 16 of 34 and ended up going 13 of 16 from the free throw line (81.3%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, Portland permitted Los Angeles to snag 45 overall (14 on the offensive side).

Malcolm Brogdon was important for the Trail Blazers for the game. He buried 8 of 16 in this contest giving him a rate of 50.0%, and accounted for 2 rebounds. Brogdon scored 20 points in his 23 minutes on the court and tallied 5 dimes for this game.

Portland had a win-loss mark of 33-49 last season. The Trail Blazers were responsible for committing 20.0 fouls per game and they shot 79.6% from the charity stripe. They earned an assist 24.2 times per contest (22nd in basketball) and they turned it over 14.5 times per contest. Portland tallied 9,299 points last season (113.4 per game) and they pulled in 40.5 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Trail Blazers connected on 47.4% from the field, which was ranked 17th in the league.

The Trail Blazers on the defensive end were ranked 23rd in basketball in PPG surrendered with 117.4. They forced 13.5 TO's per game and let teams shoot 49.1% from the field (28th in the league). The Portland defense conceded 37.9% from downtown (1,029 of 2,717) and opponents knocked down 78.7% of their foul shots. They allow 27.0 assists and 43.2 rebounds per game, ranking them 30th and 14th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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