NBA Playoff Betting Preview Game 6 Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers

Published on April 30, 2009 by admin · No Comments

The Philadelphia 76ers will play host to the Orlando Magic in Game 6 of their best of 7 NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff series. The Orlando Magic leads 3-2 in this series after their 91-78 home victory over the 76ers on Tuesday as 8-½ point closing line favorites. Game 6 is set for Thursday night at 7:30PM Eastern Time with NBA TV providing the television coverage. LVSC has sent off the home team Philadelphia 76ers as 2-point favorites with the over under lined at 180. There has been heavy money coming in on the favored 76ers, as Philadelphia is currently a 5-point favorite. The total has seen slight movement to the under as the over under is now lined at 179 ½.

Orlando will miss two rotation players heading into their series clincher against Philadelphia. The big news for game 6 is the one game suspension for Dwight Howard who will miss this game. Howard was suspended for game 6 due to an elbow that was thrown at Philadelphia center Samuel Dalembert. The Orlando Magic has suffered an injury for game 6, as guard-forward Courtney Lee will miss the game with a fractured sinus. Lee was the recipient of an elbow to the face by his teammate Dwight Howard. Without Howard and Lee in their lineup the Magic will be challenged for scoring. The Magic is also without their point guard Jameer Nelson who is out with a season ending injury suffered during the regular season. Orlando has averaged just 91.2 points per game over their past 4 with Philadelphia. Lee has averaged 12 ½ points per game in the playoffs and Howard has averaged 24 points per game. The Magic will have to account for the 36-½ points per game averaged from these 2 players in their rotation who will be missing for game 6. Philadelphia guard-forward Andre Iguodala should have an easier route to the basket without Orlando’s 2 key starters in the lineup. Iguodala is coming off a 26-point performance in game 5 and is shooting 45% from the field.

Trend: The Under is 4-0 in their past 4 meetings

The Wagerline consensus has 59.3% of the bettors on Philadelphia -5

The Wagerline consensus has 52.9% of the bettors playing over 179 1/2