There are only 4 games on the NBA schedule this Thursday, but we still have an NBA TV double-header coming our way. It all starts with the Knicks and Magic at 7 pm ET and I've prepared a Same Game Parlay which you can see below.
In the last 2 days we're 12-4 on our spread picks, so be sure to head over to our NBA Predictions page tonight's bets!
Let's jump into my SGP bet now.
New York Knicks -3.5 Point Spread (-110)
The Knicks have hit a bit of a rough patch losing their last 2 games against Miami and Minnesota, with their defense struggling to get stops. Things should return back to normal against the Magic here, New York has beaten them in both games this season, including the last one in Orlando 102-98 back in early February. The Knicks have one of the better road records in the NBA this season at 22-15 SU, while also covering the spread 24 times in 37 games played. They've dominated the match-up against the young and inexperienced Magic winning 5 of the last 7 games, a win here would ease the pressure a bit in the standings as the Nets and Heat are just 2 games behind them in the standings. Orlando is pretty much guaranteed to finish 13th in the East as the play-in tournament is 4.5 games away with just 9 left to play. It's been a developmental year for them, so winning 30 games isn't all that bad of a year. They've won just 3 of their last 9, while against teams from the Atlantic Division they're just 6-13 SU in their last 19. I'm going with the Knicks here.