This is an 8* play on the Orlando Magic.

There is just 11 games left for Detroit and it will basically have to run the table as well as get some outside help to make the postseason. With that almost insurmountable task on the front of their collective brains, I think the Pistons are set up for a classic letdown here, the home side (and us!), can definitely take advantage. The Pistons have won three straight, but Charlotte, Brooklyn, Indiana and Boston all are in better shape than Detroit. Orlando has already been looking ahead to next season for quite some time now but would obviously love nothing more than to play spoiler today, despite losing eight of nine including Wednesday's 95-83 setback to Atlanta. Note that the Magic are also getting much closer to full strength after Tobias Harris returned last time out, he had 14 points in his return after a three-game absence; also Channing Frye and Dewayne Dedmon returned. Orlando took the first game of the season series, but the Pistons have taken the last two, this definitely sets up as revenge contest as well for the home side. Also note that Detroit is just 1-2 ATS this year as a road favorite of 3 points or less or pick, while Orlando is 27-24 ATS this season in revenging a loss vs. an opponent. The situation, the numbers and the trends do all indeed point to the MAGIC as the savvy move in this contest in my opinion.

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