Orlando Magic vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, 11/21/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Orlando Magic vs Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024

Location: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Spectrum Sportsnet

The Los Angeles Lakers (10-4) will compete against the Orlando Magic (9-6) at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday.

The Magic faced off with the Suns and notched a win by a score of 109-99 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Magic ended up with 19 and the Suns had 21 personal fouls. They also knocked down 12 out of their 41 shots from distance. Phoenix finished the game at 68.0% from the free throw line by making 17 of their 25 shots. Additionally, Phoenix grabbed 45 rebounds (16 offensive, 29 defensive) and had 7 rejections. Phoenix totaled 25 assists and had 5 steals in this matchup. When discussing the defense, Orlando let their opponent shoot 42.2% from the field on 35 out of 83 shooting. They also recorded 28 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing 13 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned 38 with 8 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Magic converted 20 of their 25 shots for a percentage of 80.0%. Orlando walked away from the game having earned a 51.3% field goal percentage (39 of 76) and knocked down 11 of 29 shots from distance.

Franz Wagner is one guy who was a contributor for this contest. Wagner went 50.0% from the field and recorded 8 assists. He played 39 mins played and snagged 5 rebounds. He accounted for 32 points on 12 of 24 shooting.

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Orlando heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 9-6 on the campaign. They turn it over 14.7 times per contest and as a group they are committing 19.7 fouls every game. As a team, Orlando is pulling in 43.1 rebounds per game and has tallied 366 assists so far this season, which has them ranked 20th in basketball in terms of passing. The Magic are shooting 31.0% on shots from distance (178 of 575) and 78.3% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 106.9 pts per game (28th in the league) on 44.5% from the field.

On defense, the Magic have forced 15.9 turnovers per game and they draw 22.1 personal fouls. They currently rank 7th in the NBA in giving up assists with 352 surrendered for the year. The Magic defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 44.6% (551 of 1,235) and they relinquish 42.3 boards per game as a group. They are giving up 35.7% on shots from distance and they rank 1st in the NBA in PPG allowed (102.2).

When they last played, the Lakers got the victory with a final of 124-118 against the Jazz. The Lakers were able to snag 28 defensive boards and 6 offensive boards totaling 34 for the contest. They also turned it over 14 times, while getting 9 steals for this game. The Jazz were called for 24 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Lakers to the charity stripe for a total of 36 attempts. They were able to knock down 26 of those for a percentage of 72.2%. Pertaining to three-point shots, Los Angeles converted 14 of their 31 attempts (45.2%). In all, the Lakers shot 42 for 76 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 55.3%. The Lakers permitted the Jazz to knock down 45 of 90 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 50.0% for the game. They finished 33.3% from distance by shooting 12 of 36 and finished the game at 16 out of 19 at the charity stripe (84.2%). Concerning attacking the glass, Los Angeles permitted Utah to collect 42 overall (11 on the offensive side).

Dalton Knecht ended up being a major contributor for the Lakers for this game. He made 12 of 16 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 75.0%, and accounted for 5 rebounds. Knecht earned 37 points in his 38 minutes on the court, but wrapped up this contest with no dimes.

Los Angeles has a win-loss mark of 10-4 on the season. As an offensive unit, the Lakers are shooting 48.3% from the field, which is 5th in the league. Los Angeles has totaled 1,642 pts this year (117.3 per game) and they grab 40.4 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 27.4 times per game (11th in the league) and they turn the ball over 12.8 times per contest. The Lakers commit 16.5 personal fouls per contest and they go 79.2% from the free throw line.

The Lakers are ranked 24th in the league in points given up per game with 116.0. They are able to force 14.1 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 47.8% from the floor (24th in the league). The Los Angeles defense surrenders 35.7% on 3-pointers (183 of 513) and their opponents are connecting on 80.1% of their free throw shots. They give up 28.1 dimes and 42.9 total rebounds per game, which ranks 28th and 13th in the league.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Los Angeles and under the total points

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