Clippers vs Magic Game Breakdown & Projections – Fri, Mar 29th 2024

Hold on to your hats, hoop-heads! The LA Clippers, who’ve been cutting through the Western conference like a hot knife through butter, are set to bring their 45W-27L record to the Magic Kingdom. They’ll be squaring off against the Orlando Magic, who, despite their 42W-30L record, couldn’t conjure up a win against GSW last time out. The Amway Center will be buzzing like a beehive come 07:00PM EST, as both teams look to pull a rabbit out of the hat and narrow that 0.0 game gap in their respective conferences. The bookies have the over/under at 211.5, with the Clippers clipping the line at -1.5, and the Magic pulling a +1.5 out of their wizard hats. After the Clippers’ nail-biter against PHI, and the Magic’s disappearing act against GSW, this game promises to be a spectacle. So, whether you’re a Clipper or a Magician, get ready to witness a game that’s sure to have more twists and turns than a David Blaine street magic special!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: March 29, 2024 07:00PM EST

Location: Amway Center, Orlando

Vegas Odds

	LAC ML	ORL ML	Over/Under	Line
Open	-125	+105	211.0	-1.5/1.5
Recent	-115	-115	211.5	-1.5/1.5
Difference	+10	-220	+0.5	–

Team Performance

LAST 10

4W-6L

AWAY

22W-14L

53.5% Win Probability

LAST 10

6W-4L

HOME

24W-11L

46.5% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Final	O/U
10/31/23	Orlando Magic ORL	18	32	21	31		102	Over
10/31/23	Los Angeles Clippers LAC	13	34	41	30		118	Over
03/18/23	Orlando Magic ORL	31	26	17	39		113	Over
03/18/23	Los Angeles Clippers LAC	30	25	27	26		108	Over
12/07/22	Los Angeles Clippers LAC	32	17	29	21	12	111	Over
12/07/22	Orlando Magic ORL	14	26	31	28	17	116	Over
01/26/22	Los Angeles Clippers LAC	23	26	27	35		111	Over
01/26/22	Orlando Magic ORL	25	23	30	24		102	Over
12/11/21	Orlando Magic ORL	30	14	31	29		104	Under
12/11/21	Los Angeles Clippers LAC	23	26	29	28		106	Under

Clippers Vs Over/Under

Magic Vs Over/Under

Clippers Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Reb	Ast	Tov	Shots
03/27	vs PHI	108-107W	43	28	6	90
03/25	@ IND	116-133L	36	26	8	85
03/24	@ PHI	107-121L	37	27	13	83
03/22	vs POR	125-117W	40	26	17	80
03/20	vs POR	116-103W	42	29	11	86
03/17	@ ATL	93-110L	40	17	15	74
03/15	vs NOP	104-112L	37	18	12	77
03/14	vs CHI	126-111W	35	32	9	80
03/12	@ MIN	100-118L	34	22	18	71
03/10	@ MIL	117-124L	52	30	10	104

Magic Recent Games

Date	vsOpp	Result	Reb	Ast	Tov	Shots
03/27	@ GSW	93-101L	39	25	10	85
03/23	@ SAC	107-109L	49	27	13	90
03/21	@ NOP	121-106W	40	33	14	92
03/19	@ CHA	112-92W	41	32	16	81
03/17	@ TOR	111-96W	39	22	13	85
03/15	vs TOR	113-103W	39	25	14	80
03/13	@ BRO	114-106W	34	29	12	77
03/10	@ IND	97-111L	46	18	12	88
03/08	vs NYK	74-98L	37	12	13	80
03/06	vs WAS	119-109W	42	21	15	84

Starting Lineups

Los Angeles Clippers	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Paul George SF	37.9	41.6	37.0	100%	36.0
James Harden PG	40.5	41.2	40.9	100%	40.6
Kawhi Leonard PF	39.8	37.5	40.8	100%	39.6
Terance Mann SG	16.9	19.0	17.6	100%	17.5
Ivica Zubac C	24.9	28.1	25.4	100%	25.9

Orlando Magic	Proj	L5	L15	S%	S/DFS
Paolo Banchero PF	40.6	38.6	40.6	100%	39.4
Wendell Carter Jr. C	24.9	21.4	25.7	93%	25.0
Gary Harris SG	14.5	11.2	12.7	53%	15.1
Jalen Suggs PG	25.1	24.4	22.8	100%	23.2
Franz Wagner SF	32.1	27.1	32.2	100%	31.4

Clippers Notable Injuries

Kobe Brown (PF): Avg: 1.6pts, 1.2reb, 0.4ast, 7.4 minutes. Last game: 03/25/24. Impact: 0.3
Xavier Moon (PG): Avg: 1.2pts, 0.6reb, 0.8ast, 4.1 minutes. Last game: 03/25/24. Impact: 0.7
Jordan Miller (SG): Avg: 1.6pts, 0.6reb, 0.0ast, 3.5 minutes. Last game: 03/17/24. Impact: 0.4

Magic Notable Injuries

Chuma Okeke (SF): Avg: 2.5pts, 1.8reb, 0.5ast, 9.8 minutes. Last game: 03/21/24. Impact: 0.3
Jett Howard (SF): Avg: 1.6pts, 0.4reb, 0.2ast, 3.7 minutes. Last game: 03/17/24. Impact: 0.4
Admiral Schofield (PF): Avg: 1.0pts, 0.6reb, 0.3ast, 3.6 minutes. Last game: 03/21/24. Impact: 0.4

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

		Stat				Over %				Opposing Defense/Game
Player	Team	Prop	Line	Proj	Diff	L5	L10	L15	L30	Opp	Stat	Rank
James Harden	LAC	Pts	14.5	16.7	+2.2	60%	40%	53%	53%	ORL	-0.9	#9
Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	Pts	9.5	11.2	+1.7	0%	40%	53%	53%	LAC	-1.7	#5
Terance Mann	LAC	Reb	2.5	3.3	+0.8	60%	50%	60%	60%	ORL	-0.1	#14
Paul George	LAC	Reb	4.5	4.9	+0.4	40%	60%	67%	67%	ORL	-3.2	#2

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Clippers Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#5	#21	#15	#11	-2.3%
PF	#27	#13	#28	#24	6.2%
PG	#18	#22	#18	#22	6.3%
SF	#21	#1	#20	#9	-10.4%
SG	#18	#6	#10	#12	-2.4%

Magic Defense vs

Position	Pts	Reb	Ast	Overall	vs NBA
C	#1	#1	#13	#1	-27.1%
PF	#14	#2	#2	#4	-9.7%
PG	#20	#3	#9	#13	-4.6%
SF	#4	#2	#6	#1	-42.8%
SG	#9	#14	#9	#9	-6.3%

Team Comparison

Points per Game

112.1

106.9

Rebounds per Game

40.3

41.5

Assists per Game

25.4

24.5

Steals per Game

7.2

7.7

Blocks per Game

5.7

4.8

Shots per Game

84.3

82.0

3-Pointers Made per Game

12.4

10.9

2-Pt Percentage per Game

57.5

58.0

3-Pt Percentage per Game

36.6

34.4

Turnovers per Game

11.4

14.2

Fouls per Game

16.7

16.6

Recent Trends

Gary Harris (SG): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 32.6% to 18.6, 27.6 min average previous 3 games.
Kevon Harris (SF): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 48.3% to 10.9, 21.2 min average previous 3 games.
Jonathan Isaac (PF/C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 32.3% to 21.1, 15.9 min average previous 3 games.
Joshua Primo (SG): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 49.3% to 11.6, 22.9 min average previous 3 games.