Orlando Magic vs New York Knicks Prediction, 1/6/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Orlando Magic vs New York Knicks

Date: Monday, January 6, 2025

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

The New York Knicks (24-10) will compete against the Orlando Magic (20-15) at Madison Square Garden on Monday.

The Magic faced the Pistons and took a loss by a final of 105-96 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Magic walked away with 20 and the Pistons had 17 fouls. They made 12 of their 29 tries from beyond the arc. Detroit walked away from this one shooting 64.7% from the free throw line by burying 11 of their 17 attempts. Additionally, Detroit had 31 rebounds (5 offensive, 26 defensive) and had 6 blocks. Detroit distributed 28 assists and had 8 steals for the matchup. In relation to the defense, Orlando allowed the other team to shoot 51.9% from the floor on 41 out of 79 shooting. They also dished out 36 assists in this game in addition to forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and getting 8 steals. In regard to getting rebounds, they compiled 38 with 5 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Magic made 14 of their 20 shots for a percentage of 70.0%. Orlando walked away from the contest having earned a 40.7% field goal percentage (37 of 91) and converted 8 of their 35 3-pointers.

Jalen Suggs is one guy who came through for the matchup. Suggs finished shooting 45.0% from the floor and dished out 3 dimes. He saw the court for 34 mins played and also snagged 4 rebounds. He notched 24 points on 9 of 20 shooting.

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Orlando will enter this game with a mark of 20-15 so far this season. They lose possession via turnover 15.4 times per contest and as a group are committing 20.4 fouls per game. As a team, Orlando is snagging 41.5 rebounds per game and is sitting with 825 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 21st in the NBA in terms of passing. The Magic are shooting 30.6% on three-point shots (392 of 1,282) and 78.8% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 105.6 pts per contest (30th in the league) on 44.8% from the field.

On defense, the Magic have forced 17.3 turnovers every game while drawing 21.3 personal fouls. They are giving up 36.4% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 2nd in basketball in points per game allowed (103.6). The Magic defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 46.4% (1,305 of 2,814) and they relinquish 40.5 boards per contest as a group. They rank 2nd in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 781 surrendered for the campaign.

For their last game, the Knicks got the victory with a final of 119-103 against the Jazz. When discussing how they rebounded, New York permitted Utah to get 42 in all (8 on the offensive side). They shot 30.2% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 13 out of 43 and finished the game at 12 of 15 from the free throw line (80.0%). The Knicks allowed the Jazz to make 39 out of their 96 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 40.6% for this game. When this game wrapped up, the Knicks went 47 for 85 from the floor which gave them a rate of 55.3%. Pertaining to 3-point attempts, New York knocked down 9 out of their 23 tries (39.1%). They were able to convert 16 of those for a clip of 69.6%. The Jazz committed 13 fouls in this game which got the Knicks to the free throw line for a total of 23 shots. They also coughed up the ball 20 times, while earning 11 steals for the matchup. The Knicks recorded 36 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 44 in this contest.

Karl-Anthony Towns ended up being a factor for the Knicks in this matchup. Towns earned 31 points in his 37 mins on the court and tallied 4 dimes in this matchup. He knocked down 10 of 20 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accounted for 21 rebounds.

New York has a win-loss record of 24-10 on the year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Knicks are shooting 49.9% from the field, which has them ranked 3rd in the league. New York has earned 4,008 points on the year (117.9 per contest) and they grab 43.3 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 28.0 times per contest (9th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.2 times per contest. The Knicks are responsible for committing 17.4 fouls every game and they go 80.3% from the free throw line.

The New York defense allows 36.3% on shots from behind the 3-point line (464 of 1,279) and their opponents are connecting on 77.6% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 25.9 assists and 40.9 boards per contest, which ranks 12th and 2nd in the league. The Knicks are ranked 8th in the NBA in PPG given up with 109.6. They are able to force 13.6 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 46.0% from the field (11th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take New York and under the total points

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