Orlando Magic vs Los Angeles Lakers Predicions, Player Props & Odds (Nov 21)

• The Los Angeles Lakers host the Orlando Magic on Thursday night
• The Lakers are a perfect 7-0 at home while the Magic are just 2-7 on the road
• Below, see the Magic vs Lakers predictions, player props, and odds on Nov. 21

The Los Angeles Lakers (10-4, 7-0 home, 7-7 ATS) put their perfect home record on the line Thursday night against the Orlando Magic (9-7, 2-7 away, 8-8 ATS), who are also a perfect 7-0 at home but just 2-7 in road games. The Magic and Lakers tip-off at 7:40 pm ET at crypto.com Arena. Los Angeles is a 4.5-point home favorite in Thursday’s Magic vs Lakers odds.

Orlando Magic vs Los Angeles Lakers Predictions

• Lakers -2.5 (-140) at ESPN Bet – two units
• Wagner over 25.5 points (-120) at DraftKings
  
  

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The Magic remain without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero (29.0 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 5.6 APG) due to a torn oblique. They’ve somehow managed to win all seven games at the Kia Center this year but have had almost no success away from home. Their only road wins this season were on opening night against Miami (116-97) and this Monday against an injury-riddled Phoenix Suns team (109-99).

Ugly home/road splits plagued the Magic last year, as well, when they went 29-12 at home but just 18-23 away, which included a 106-103 loss at the Lakers with Banchero in the lineup.

The Lakers, meanwhile, haven’t falthered in the slightest on their home court this year. Not only are they 7-0 straight-up, they’re also an excellent 5-2 against the spread with four of seven wins coming by at least six points. Anthony Davis (30.7 PPG, 11.4 RPG) is having a career-best season so far and has inserted himself squarely into the conversation with respect to the NBA MVP odds (though that conversation is being dominated by Nikola Jokic).

They’ve run into some injury issues of their own with Rui Hachimura (12.7 PPG, 6.1 RPG) listed as questionable with an ankle injury, and Davis listed as probable due to a plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Davis didn’t show any effects from his foot injury on Tuesday, though, dropping 26 points, 14 rebounds, six assists, and two steals in a 124-118 win over the Jazz in NBA Cup group play.

The Magic lost the front-end of their back-to-back games last night against the Clippers (104-93). Anthony Black had a team-high with just 17 points while Franz Wagner () had an off night with just 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting (0-of-4 from three). That broke a streak of four straight games with at least 29 points for the German, who has become the focal point of the Magic offense while Banchero is sidelined.

ORL vs LAL Player Props

NBA player props from DraftKings on Nov 21. Check out SBD’s updated list of available sports betting payments. 

Despite the foot injury, Davis leads the Magic/Lakers player props with a point total of 27.5. He’s followed by Wagner at 25.5 and LeBron James at 24.5.

Davis also has the highest rebound total at 12.5 while LeBron has the highest assist total at 8.5.

Best Magic vs Lakers Odds

There is little variety in the Magic vs Lakers spread. All books have the line at 4.5 currently. Caesars has the best odds on Magic +4.5 (-105) while FanDuel has the best price on Lakers -4.5 (-108).

Sensically, Caesars also has the longest odds on the Magic moneyline at +170, while bet365 has the Lakers at a market-best -190.

The game total shows a half-point range. ESPN Bet, FanDuel, BetMGM, and bet365 are on the high end at 216.5 (all with -110 odds both ways) while DraftKings and Caesars have the total at 216.0.

The NBA public betting splits for Thursday show that the public is enamored with the Lakers tonight. Los Angeles is getting 92% of moneyline handle and 82% of ATS handle. The public also loves the over, putting 88% of game-total handle on the over as of 3:10 pm ET.