Orlando has lost three of its last four games, and the most recent was a 93-67 blowout defeat to the awful New Orleans Hornets on Friday night. That's the game Dwight Howard slammed his own teammates. "I look at guys and they don't look like they want to play," Howard said "I told them at halftime, “If you don't want to play, just stay in the locker room, because it don't make sense for a team who we should beat to just demolish us." So this is their first game since that debacle and this is their first home game since blowing a 27-point lead to Boston. There's a LOT on the line for the Magic, including trying to keep Howard from leaving town via a trade. Orlando has been a great bounce back team, as the Magic is 26-9-1 ATS in their last 36 games following a loss of more than 10 points. Indiana comes to town and the Pacers are 5-13-1 ATS in their last 19 games as an underdog of +0.5 to +4.5, 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 games as a road underdog of +0.5 to +4.5. And the Pacers are just 1-4 ATS in the last five meetings with Orlando. Play the Magic.
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