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The Sixers are in a good moment and they come to this match, having won 7 of their last 9 games. They have won their last 6 home games, with a 6-0 ATS run and they are 8th in the Eastern conference right now. Today they have a double revenge game against Orlando, as the Magic have already defeated them twice this month (106-108 @Philadelphia and 115-99 at home last Friday). These two games ended up being over and it will be here where the Sixers are going to work today, in the defense! It seems weird but the Sixers are 1-18 SU this season in matches where they allow more than 100 points to their opponents! Amazing! But in this good run of them, the defense is the key for the good results. Look at their last home games. They have allowed 84 pts vs Knicks; 88 vs Memphis; 76 vs Dallas; 80 vs Clippers; 84 vs Miami and 96 vs Wizards. We are talking about 84.6 ppg! And the team's last game was last Saturday at Miami and when they have more than 3 days to rest, they are 0-3 O/U this season! Today we will see the Sixers ready to give their best in the defense.

Orlando won yesterday at New Jersey and today they will have a b2b game. Actually the team will make tonight their 3rd game in 4 days and their 6th game in 9 days! The team is making a good effort to defend better and Van Gundy has already said that:

Orlando Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy has made it pretty clear what he expects to accomplish in the final 24 games of the season. And he wants to do more than just maintain the No. 3 playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. He wants to use the games as playoff preparation.

"We've got to get tougher in the physical parts of the game over the next 7 1/2 weeks,'' Van Gundy said. "A lot of that is defensively, how we play in the post, putting a body in front of the ball, taking charges, blocking out, getting on the floor for loose balls, all things we haven't been great at. The better teams we'll see [in the playoffs] are more physical. And we have to match those things."

The truth is that in their last two games against the Kings and the Nets, they have just allowed 43.2% and 42.6% FG to their opponents. Also the referees of this match give us also a big edge to the under, as the 1st official Derek Richardson is 20-35 O/U this season, including a 0-3 O/U in matches of the Sixers. Also the 3rd official Mark Wunderlich is 0-3 O/U in Sixers matches this season. With the series being 2-0 O/U right now, the line was put too high and in 29 home games for the Sixers, this is the 2nd highest line of the year and just their game against the Warriors had a higher line. I see a good value in the under in here. Take it.

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Pick : Under 202
Odds : 1.96
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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Date : 2008-02-28
Match Result : 101-89
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