Trail Blazers vs Magic prediction NBA · Monday, November 10
At a glance
The Orlando Magic (4-6) host the Portland Trail Blazers (5-4) on Monday, November 10 at 7:00 PM ET at Kia Center in NBA action. Final score: Trail Blazers 112 – Magic 115. Before tip-off, the Basketlog model gave the Magic a 54% chance to win: prediction correct. This season, the Magic are 2-3 at home and the Trail Blazers are 2-2 on the road. Since the start of the season: 4-6 for the Magic and 5-4 for the Trail Blazers (current streaks: Magic L1, Trail Blazers L1).
The analysis Model
Close to a coin flip: nothing really sets either side apart. The model projects Magic 113 – 112 Trail Blazers, a margin of about 1.4 points in favor of the Magic and a total around 225 points. Expect a game at a standard NBA pace. The Magic played yesterday: fatigue often shows in the fourth quarter.
- The Trail Blazers need to win the pace battle to stay in the game.
- The Trail Blazers' offense (115.5 pts/game) is the more productive of the two.
- The Magic's defense allows clearly fewer points (110.4 pts/game).
What tips the balance
Scenarios
Stat comparison Current season
PORORL
Top performers
Trail Blazers
Shaedon SharpeG · #1731pts / game
Jrue HolidayG · #57assists
Donovan ClinganC · #239reboundsMagic
Paolo BancheroF · #528pts / game
Desmond BaneG · #37assistsPaolo BancheroF · #59reboundsRecent form
PORORL
POR
Team comparison
| POR | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 5-4 | Record | 4-6 |
| 115.5 | Points scored / game | 110.2 |
| 116.4 | Points allowed / game | 110.4 |
| -0.8 | Adjusted margin / game | -0.1 |
| L1 | Current streak | L1 |
| 5-4 | Last 10 games | 4-6 |
| 2-2 road | Home / road record | 2-3 home |
| 36-46 (-3.0) | Last season | 41-41 (-0.1) |
| No | Played yesterday | Yes |
Injury report Trail Blazers
Injury report Magic
Probabilities estimated by the Basketlog model from available public data. They are neither a certainty nor betting advice.