Been reading up on their game against Washington. Washington has won the last 10 meetings with these teams. In the articles I have read, this is definitely in the back of the minds of the Magic players, especially Victor Oladipo, who is from the DC area. He talks about how this has been a consistent subject with his family. Orlando was one of the hottest teams in December, and is finally assimilating to Scott Skiles type of play. Moving Oladipo to the 2nd unit has helped also. I see some special motivation in this game. Earlier in the season, they stopped an 11 game losing streak against the Raptors. With Beal also out, I see this new attitude translating to victory. Bought a half point just in case though.
Magic +3 -120
On a side note, also like North Texas ML over UTSA. UTSA is a very young team, probably the worst in the conference this year. North Texas has 4 new starters from last year, but they are starting to jell together now wining 3 of their last 4 games. With the Mean Green on the road with a 5-8 record, I'm not going all out with the full -2 1/2, but I'll give the ML a hit.
North Texas -140
Magic +3 -120
On a side note, also like North Texas ML over UTSA. UTSA is a very young team, probably the worst in the conference this year. North Texas has 4 new starters from last year, but they are starting to jell together now wining 3 of their last 4 games. With the Mean Green on the road with a 5-8 record, I'm not going all out with the full -2 1/2, but I'll give the ML a hit.
North Texas -140
