Orlando Magic vs Memphis Grizzlies Prediction: the Grizzlies will take away a victory from Florida

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on February 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Orlando Magic

The Magic, after a great start to the championship, fell out of the playoff zone, so now the team needs to win as much as possible. Actually, last night's game against Atlanta was a game against a direct competitor, so Orlando got a really important win. The Magic were down by -19 in the second quarter, but managed to come back with a 114:108 victory. Paolo Banquero had a double-double for the Floridians with 36 points and 10 rebounds. Franz Wagner scored 25 points.

Thus, Orlando got closer to the 50% win mark - 28-29. The Magic are now 2.0 wins behind the top-6 in the Eastern Conference, which is tied with Detroit.

Memphis Grizzlies

The Grizzlies will also play back-to-back games. Yesterday, the team also played Indiana on the road. The match was expected to be quite productive, but Memphis failed to confirm the status of the favorite - 113:127. Ja Morant scored only 12 points on 4-of-12 field goal attempts. But Desmond Bain again proved to be the team's main scorer - 23 points for efficiency score.

Memphis has now lost three of its last four games. During this stretch, the Grizzlies lost to the Los Angeles Clippers (114:128, away) and Oklahoma (112:125, home), outscoring only Phoenix (119:112, away). However, the tournament situation now allows the team from Tennessee not to care too much about the results. Memphis is second in the Western Conference with a total balance of 36-19 wins.

H2H Meetings

This season, the rivals met at the very beginning of the championship, and Memphis defeated Orlando at home with a difference of 13 points - 124:111.

In the previous two championships Memphis has three wins in four games against Orlando.

Betting Stats

• Memphis won against Orlando 7 out of 9 previous matches.
• In 3 of the last 4 face-to-face meetings, the rivals have not scored more than 223 points for two.
• In 12 out of 14 previous home games Orlando failed to reach the 111-point mark.
• Memphis scored at least 113 points in the last five away games.

Expert Betting Tips

Orlando, although they beat Orlando in the previous match, can hardly be called a serious competitor for Memphis today. For example, if you take a stretch of the last 20 games, the Magic have only 7 wins with 13 losses. The Grizzlies are exactly the opposite at this stage - 13-7. The history of head-to-head meetings in recent seasons is also fully behind the team of Taylor Jenkins, so we bet here on the guests. In addition, take bets on the total more points scored, because Memphis has the best offense this season, but the defense is at the level of the third ten in the league.

W2 for 1.63

Total Over 224.5 for 1.91

Total 2 Over 113.5 for 1.86