New Orleans - Orlando Magic
Date: Oct-29-2014
Category: NBA basketball
New NBA season has finally started. In the first game of the new season, New Orleans "Pelicans" will face Orlando "Magic". According to bookies, New Orleans "Pelicans" is obvious favorite in this game and I fully agree with that. I will explain why.
Hosts, New Orleans "Pelicans" are one of the most intriguing squad in the league. After bad last season, when their starting five players didn't play in tons of games because of injuries, they are back with new hopes and expectations. Ryan Anderson, the sniper beyond the 3pt line is back together with Jrue Holiday, who is mostly known because of numbers of assists he makes per game. Tyreke Evans, Eric Gordon seems to be fully fit and ready to play. Omer Asik and the rising superstar Anthony Davis, the protectors of the rim are also fully concentrated to their first game of the new season at home. "Pelicans" just proved the ourselves as very powerful team in per-season games, where they managed to get 5 wins out of 7. Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon were guiding their team to success in preseason games, but they only played around 25 minutes, so I'm sure "Pelicans" haven't shown their real potential.
On the other hand we have still struggling "Orlando Magic" who can't find their way back to play-offs. The team is made of really promising, but not so experienced players, who ain't that high class. Their most important player, I can surely call him team's leader. Tobias Harris and Nicola Vučevič were probably the most important players for "Magic" in preseason games, they scored 30 points average together. Elfrid Payton and Evan Fournier might be the only players who can play well enough to keep rotation on, cause other young players just are too weak. Kyle O'Quinn and Aaron Gordon are very inconstant players, they can score many points in one game and make lots of else for team, but in other game they can be a black hole.
So all-in-all I'm expecting big win for better team "Pelicans" with 10 points or more, because they are really capable to do that.
Pick: New Orleans Pelicans (-9.5)
Odds: 1.95 Stake: 10
WIN (101:84)
WIN (101:84)