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Let FantasyPros help you find the most value from tonights six-game slate. FantasyPros Miles Bridges has scored 33+ FPTS in each of his last four games. See below for a breakdown of value plays for tonight’s slate of games on Fan Duel by FantasyPros. Cole Anthony (ORL) $6,300 vs. NOP The Orlando Magic don’t have much to play for besides pride in the final weeks of the regular season. With that in mind, the Magic are giving more minutes to their younger players, including Cole Anthony. An...

ORLANDO -- Over the last two games, the Orlando Magic have played stretches of impressive basketball. However, slow starts to the second half in back-to-back contests have proved costly and resulted in losses to the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets. Now, the Magic (18-39) will look to put together a complete performance when they visit the red-hot Atlanta Hawks (31-26), who’ve won eight of their last 10 games, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. “We played three out of four good quarters (on Su...

Writing Switch The past few days have been a heartbreaking time for Denver Nuggets fan as their star point guard Jamal Murray tore his ACL and is out for the season. The Nuggies finally felt confident in the pieces built around MVP candidate Nikola Jokic, but hopes of making a deep playoff run are fading. It sucks (see Arenas, Gilbert; 2007). We’re pretty sure not everyone who reads this column follows the NBA as closely as us, but who knows, maybe both of you do. This week, we play around wi...

Jazz play the Magic on 8-game win streak By The Associated PressApril 3, 2021 GMT Orlando Magic (17-31, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (37-11, first in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Saturday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Utah aims to keep its eight-game win streak alive when the Jazz take on Orlando. The Jazz have gone 21-2 at home. Utah has an 18-7 record against teams over .500. The Magic have gone 7-16 away from home. Orlando has an 11-28 record when giving up 100 or more...

For many of those who follow the New Orleans Pelicans on a regular basis, a March 11 loss vs. struggling Minnesota was a frustrating evening that marked a low point in 2020-21. For guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker, the 30-point defeat served as a “reality check.”

The Wolves as buyers at the deadline By TayKZY on Mar 13, 2021, 5:53pm CST + The Timberwolves find themselves at the bottom of the western conference, yet find themselves in the rumor mill as buyers, not sellers. I’ve seen rumblings around about our interest in John Collins and Aaron Gordon. With these rumors I think it is safe to assume that Wolves have identified their biggest need is a power forward on their second contract. Power Forward is by far the Wolves weakest position c...

Heat 111, Magic 103: Shorthanded Magic go cold in fourth quarter Share this story Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The start of the second half of the Magic season looked a lot like a majority of the first half: with the Magic struggling to put together a lineup. And as a result, struggling to hit shots. In the first game after the All-Star break, the Magic were without Terrence Ross, Evan Fournier, James Ennis and Cole Anthony. It’s not easy to win an NBA basketball game with a bulk o...

Game Recap As they’ve done many times for over a year now, the Miami Heat pulled out a gritty win led by Jimmy Butler. He finished with 27 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in the win without fellow All-Star Bam Adebayo (left knee tendinitis). In typical Miami fashion, there were key contributors in big moments of the game. Kelly Olynyk scored 13 points in the first quarter for the second straight game, Tyler Herro and Goran Dragic played key minutes off the bench combining for 28 points ...

Joel Embiid makes strong MVP case; James Harden dominant in his return to Houston play Embiid drains game-tying 3-pointer (0:25) Joel Embiid rushes behind the 3-point line and knocks down the shot to tie the game at 118-118 as the Jazz and the 76ers head to overtime. (0:25) Wednesday nights NBA slate of games included numerous intriguing matchups, from the top team in the East facing the top team in the West, the drama of James Hardens return to Houston, All-Stars going up against each other wi...

NBA-leading Jazz rebound to beat Magic Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orlando Magic 124-109 on Saturday night. The Canadian Press Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell , The Canadian Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and Joe Ingles filled in well again at point guard in place of Mike Conley to help the Utah Jazz beat the Orl...