{"id":165393,"date":"2026-02-23T07:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165393\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:47:08","slug":"los-angeles-plays-orlando-for-out-of-conference-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165393\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles plays Orlando for out-of-conference contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/orlando-magic-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic<\/a> (30-26, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> (34-22, fifth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lakers -6.5; over\/under is 227.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic visit the Los Angeles Lakers in non-conference action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Lakers are 16-11 in home games. Los Angeles is ninth in the Western Conference with 14.6 fast break points per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/lebron-james-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeBron James<\/a> averaging 5.6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Magic are 12-16 on the road. Orlando is 9-3 in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Lakers average 115.7 points per game, 1.0 more point than the 114.7 the Magic give up. The Magic average 115.2 points per game, 0.9 fewer than the 116.1 the Lakers allow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/luka-doncic-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Doncic<\/a> is averaging 32.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the Lakers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/rui-hachimura-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rui Hachimura<\/a> is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/desmond-bane-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desmond Bane<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points and 4.1 assists for the Magic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/paolo-banchero-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paolo Banchero<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Lakers: 6-4, averaging 114.7 points, 39.2 rebounds, 27.2 assists, 8.8 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 51.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.8 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Magic: 6-4, averaging 114.1 points, 39.8 rebounds, 26.6 assists, 10.4 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.6 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">INJURIES: Lakers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jaxson-hayes-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Hayes<\/a>: day to day (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Magic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/franz-wagner-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franz Wagner<\/a>: out (ankle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jalen-suggs-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Suggs<\/a>: out (back), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/colin-castleton-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Castleton<\/a>: out (thumb).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic (30-26, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (34-22, fifth in the Western Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9254,5798,70652,5819,5803,78775,8085,15357,78773,16489,139,141,1239,140,5799,78774],"class_list":{"0":"post-165393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-colin-castleton","9":"tag-desmond-bane","10":"tag-event_preview","11":"tag-franz-wagner","12":"tag-jalen-suggs","13":"tag-jaxson-hayes","14":"tag-lebron-james","15":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","16":"tag-luka-doncic","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-orlando","19":"tag-orlando-headlines","20":"tag-orlando-magic","21":"tag-orlando-news","22":"tag-paolo-banchero","23":"tag-rui-hachimura"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}