{"id":203568,"date":"2026-03-24T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:00:08","slug":"cleveland-takes-on-orlando-seeks-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203568\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland takes on Orlando, seeks 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic<\/a> (38-33, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (44-27, fourth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Cleveland; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -10; over\/under is 229.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland will try to keep its three-game win streak going when the Cavaliers take on Orlando.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers are 28-17 against Eastern Conference opponents. Cleveland is fifth in the Eastern Conference with 28.3 assists per game led by James Harden<\/a> averaging 8.0.<\/p>\n

The Magic have gone 24-22 against Eastern Conference opponents. Orlando is seventh in the Eastern Conference with 32.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Paolo Banchero<\/a> averaging 7.2.<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers score 119.0 points per game, 4.5 more points than the 114.5 the Magic allow. The Magic are shooting 46.3% from the field, which equals what the Cavaliers’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the fourth time this season. The Magic won the last meeting 128-122 on March 11. Desmond Bane<\/a> scored 35 points to help lead the Magic to the win.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Donovan Mitchell<\/a> is averaging 28 points, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Cavaliers. Harden is averaging 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7.7 assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Bane is scoring 20.4 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Magic. Jalen Suggs<\/a> is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 7-3, averaging 116.1 points, 43.9 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 6.4 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Magic: 5-5, averaging 119.5 points, 44.0 rebounds, 26.5 assists, 8.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.3 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Cavaliers: Craig Porter<\/a> Jr.: out (groin), Jaylon Tyson<\/a>: out (toe), Tyrese Proctor: day to day (quadricep), Jarrett Allen: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Magic: Franz Wagner<\/a>: out (ankle), Jalen Suggs: day to day (illness), Anthony Black<\/a>: out (abdomen), Jonathan Isaac<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic (38-33, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (44-27, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Cleveland;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5815,15356,93600,5798,65406,70652,5819,5803,34464,93601,35695,16489,139,141,1239,140,5799],"class_list":["post-203568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-anthony-black","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-craig-porter-jr","tag-desmond-bane","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-event_preview","tag-franz-wagner","tag-jalen-suggs","tag-james-harden","tag-jaylon-tyson","tag-jonathan-isaac","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-news","tag-paolo-banchero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203568","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=203568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203568\/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=203568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}