The Indiana Pacers (28-34) look to extend their five-game home winning streak when they take on the Orlando Magic (21-43), who have dropped seven in a row on the road. The game starts at 7:00 pm ET on Tuesday, Mar. 10 and will air on FSN-FL and FSN-IN.
The Pacers beat the Knicks 92-86 on Saturday. Rodney Stuckey was the team’s high scorer with 17 points on 4-for-12 shooting. The Magic, meanwhile, are coming off a 103-98 win over the Celtics on Sunday. Victor Oladipo shot 7-for-16 and led in scoring with 22 points.
Over the last five games, Oladipo has been on a tear for the Magic. During that stretch, he has averaged 26.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 2.2 steals, and 2.2 three-pointers.
Second-chance opportunities are projected to be few and far between for the Magic in this contest. They rank 29th in the NBA in offensive rebounding (offensive rebound percentage of 21.7%), while Indiana is second-best in the league on the defensive backboards (defensive rebound percentage of 77.9%).
The Pacers have won both matchups against the Magic this season, including a 106-99 victory in their last matchup. Despite the loss, Nikola Vucevic was the game’s leading scorer with 27 points.
The odds are even for this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is currently unavailable. The Pacers enter the game with records of 28-34 Straight Up (SU) and 34-26-2 Against The Spread (ATS). In their last 10 games they are 8-2 ATS. Teams routinely struggle to score points against the Pacers, who allow only 96.1 points per game. The Pacers do a great job keeping their opponents off of the glass and limiting second-chance points. They average 34.5 defensive rebounds per game, which ranks fourth in the NBA.
On the other side, Orlando has a SU record of 21-43 and an ATS record of 34-29-1. When traveling to play against teams in the Eastern Conference, Orlando has a record of 12-8 ATS, but only 7-13 SU.
Indiana won the last meeting this season between these two teams, moving its SU record against the Magic to 8-2 in their last 10 head-to-head meetings. Additionally, the Pacers lead the matchup ATS with a record of 7-3. Indiana held the edge in field goals, rebounds, and three-pointers five times in the last 10, while Orlando wasn’t able to do so in that span.
Predictions: SU Winner – IND, ATS Winner – IND
Notes
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana’s last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana’s last 5 games at home.
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Indiana is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Orlando.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana’s last 7 games when playing Orlando.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana’s last 8 games when playing at home against Orlando.
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Orlando’s last 8 games when playing on the road against Indiana.
Orlando ranks 25th in points per game with 95.9, while Indiana ranks third in points allowed with an average of 96.1 given up.
While Orlando scores an average of just 94.7 points per game on the road (ranked 26th), Indiana ranks second in points allowed at home, giving up 94.4 points per game.
When giving up fewer than 100 points, the Orlando Magic have a 15-17 record. When scoring fewer than 100 points, the Indiana Pacers have a losing record of 11-28.
The Orlando Magic have an underachieving 6-26 record in games where they have allowed at least 100 points. The Indiana Pacers are 17-6 when they hit the century mark.
The Magic have an offensive rating of 99.4 (ranked 27th), while the Pacers rank eighth for their defensive rating of 99.9.
Orlando has an average field goal percentage of 45.7% (ranked eighth). Indiana is a losing 7-16 when opponents have a similar or higher field goal percentage.
The Orlando Magic rank higher for their field goal percentage (eighth) than their effective field goal percentage (14th), while the Indiana Pacers rank the same for both metrics (23rd).
On average, the Indiana Pacers make 21.3 assists per game and the Orlando Magic make 20.4. Indiana is ranked 18th, while Orlando is ranked 26th.
The Indiana Pacers average 4.5 blocks per game for a rank of 20th. The Orlando Magic rank lower (30th), earning 3.8 blocks each game.
The Indiana Pacers rank 19th in offensive rebounding, while the Orlando Magic rank 20th in defensive rebounding.
The Indiana Pacers average 6.2 steals per game. When giving up 6 or more steals, the Orlando Magic have a poor record (13-36) this season.
