Denver at Orlando

The Denver Nuggets are not the same team they were a year ago, and have been even worse when Ty Lawson can't run the offense. That was seen when the Nuggets went 1-8 straight-up when Lawson was sidelined, but they own a pair of wins since his return, including one vs. Dallas. Since an impressive home wins vs. Oklahoma City and Indiana, the Magic have not been nearly as good. They have followed by going 3-9, and two of the wins came against a Philadelphia team that is 0-17 in their last 17 games, and another in overtime against the New York Knicks. Denver is a much better team with Lawson at the point, and Orlando just has not done enough over their last 12 games to prove worthy of finding the win column here. Play Denver straight-up.