Orlando has won three of its last four after coming from behind and winning 115-113 at Brooklyn on Monday. Aaron Gordon scored 27 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to move the Magic one and a half games back of the Nets for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta lost 129-112 at Philadelphia in another terrible defensive effort as the 76ers shot 51.1 percent and the Hawks are allowing 119.0 points per game on the season. Orlando gives up only 105.8 points and a .459 field goal percentage for the big defensive edge in this matchup. The Hawks won the first two meetings this season before Orlando beat them 135-126 on Feb. 10. The Magic has covered nine of its last 12 versus teams with losing records and 11-of-15 against teams with .400 or worse winning percentages. Atlanta is 7-16-1 ATS over its last 24 versus teams with losing records. Play the Magic.
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NBA
Orlando at Atlanta
February 26, 2020
7:35 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Orlando -2 (-110) (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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