LAS VEGAS, Nv.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Magic are 12-8 in conference matchups. Orlando ranks fifth in the league with 54.1 points in the paint led by Franz Wagner averaging 11.8.<\/p>\n
The Knicks are 13-7 in Eastern Conference play. New York ranks fourth in the NBA with 46.1 rebounds per game. Karl-Anthony Towns paces the Knicks with 12.0.<\/p>\n
The Magic are shooting 47.1% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 45.9% the Knicks allow to opponents. The Knicks are shooting 47.6% from the field, 0.5% higher than the 47.1% the Magic’s opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n
The two teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Knicks defeated the Magic 106-100 in their last meeting on Dec. 7. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 30 points, and Jalen Suggs led the Magic with 17 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Desmond Bane is averaging 19 points and 4.5 assists for the Magic. Suggs is averaging 20 points, four assists and two steals over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Brunson is averaging 28.3 points and 6.3 assists for the Knicks. Josh Hart is averaging 21.0 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 72.7% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Magic: 7-3, averaging 120.7 points, 45.3 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.5 points per game.<\/p>\n
Knicks: 8-2, averaging 120.2 points, 44.8 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.7 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Magic: Franz Wagner: out (leg), Moritz Wagner: out (knee).<\/p>\n
Knicks: Landry Shamet: out (shoulder), Pacome Dadiet: day to day (ankle), Miles McBride: out (ankle).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS, Nv.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Magic are 12-8 in conference matchups. Orlando ranks fifth in the league with 54.1 points…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2205,28,139,141,1239,140,1240,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-81970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-magic","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-professional-basketball","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81970","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=81970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}