NBA Betting Lines - New Jersey Nets at Orlando Magic

The New Jersey Nets and the Orlando Magic will both be gunning for a victory on Friday at 7:00pm EST when they meet at Amway Arena in a game that can be seen on Sun Sports. NBA lines makers currently have the Magic listed as 15.5-point favorites against the Nets at online sportsbooks while the game's total sits at 189. The Nets were defeated 82-79 by the 76ers last time out as 5-point underdogs in NBA betting lines. The teams played UNDER the posted total of 189. Brook Lopez had a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough to stop Andre Iguodala's three-pointer with .16 second left in the game. It was the eighth straight loss of the season for New Jersey.

The Nets bench looked somewhat like a hospital emergency room since New Jersey were without guards Courtney Lee, Keyon Dooling, Chris Douglas-Robert and Devin Harris not to mention forwards Tony Battie, Jarvis Hayes and Yi Jianlian all fighting injuries. "You go with what you got," head coach Lawrence Frank said. "It's not a sympathy league." Heading into tonight's match-up in NBA betting lines; the Nets are 0-8 straight up, 3-4-1 against the spread and are 2-8 after a loss.

Vince Carter netted 29 points in the Magic's 102-93 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers last time out as 1.5-point favorites in NBA betting. The combined score made it OVER the posted total of 190.5 at online sportsbooks. LeBron James sliced through the Magic defense dropping 36-points, grabbing 8 rebounds and dishing out 4 assists. "We're not playing great basketball right now," Carter said. "For us to win and be as good as we want to be, we have to want it. We have to go get it." The Magic are 6-3 straight up, 5-4 against the spread in NBA lines and are 6-4 after playing the Cavaliers.

Whitmore's NBA Picks: With all the injuries the Nets are facing, can anyone in their right mind bet on them? Even if they are getting 15.5 points on the road against last year's Eastern Conference champions? Not I... my NBA pick for tonight's NBA match-up will be to take the Magic at home laying the points to the UNDER in a 2-team parlay. Vegas odds at the Hilton sportsbook have the Orlando Magic -15.5 favorites in NBA lines against the New Jersey Nets with a total of 189.