Orlando Magic – Charlotte Hornets: Hornets buzzing at Disney
The Magic and the Hornets meet in a Southeast Division clash with very different aims this season. It’s the third and penultimate meeting between the sides, and despite the gap in the standings, recent form means anything can happen.
Orlando Magic: don’t get carried away 
This is the Magic’s first game back on US soil after a European swing that produced a 118-111 win and a 109-126 loss to Ja Morant’s Grizzlies. Orlando sit seventh in the East, level with the 76ers in sixth. This team is the poster child for split-personality basketball — one night they grind out a 104-103 defensive scrap with the Nets, the next they’re in a full-on shootout and win 128-118 against New Orleans.
The stats tell the same story: 116.1 points scored per game (18th) and 115.2 allowed (13th). They tend to adapt to their opponent’s style — useful sometimes, harmful other times when the matchup doesn’t suit Jamahl Mosley’s men. A possible return from Jalen Suggs could help them control the tempo depending on the group’s form.
INJURY REPORT : Jalen Suggs (questionable)
Charlotte Hornets: finish the road trip strong 
The Hornets have alternated wins and losses over their last six games. Flashes of brilliance — the 150-95 thrashing of Utah — then huge defensive holes, like the 116-136 loss in Golden State. They’ve produced eye-catching wins (110-87 vs the Nuggets) and flat nights (87-94 to Cleveland). Charles Lee’s side sit 12th in the East, but the numbers show they’ve been better in recent weeks.
Across the season they score almost as much as they concede — 115.8 for vs 115.9 against — which leaves them 19th in offense and 16th in defense. Not headline-grabbing, but clear progress from past years. The LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel trio is a real offensive threat, and the paint, led by Moussa Diabaté, dominates the boards (7th in the league). That rebounding helps close out defensive possessions.
INJURY REPORT : not yet published
NBA Pick Orlando Magic vs Charlotte Hornets
Under 229,5 points
The Magic are coming back from Europe and the Hornets are on the second night of a back-to-back — so expect tired legs on both sides. Both teams have shown they can switch between defensive and offensive modes and be effective either way. On top of that, six of the last meetings between the Magic and Hornets finished under this points total.
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