The New York Knicks have caught fire, winning five consecutive games as they welcome the Orlando Magic to Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks take the court with no rest after beating the Grizzlies on Tuesday, 133-120 to improve to 7-0 at home. The Magic have been up and down recently, alternating wins and losses in their past five contests.
Orlando knocked off Portland, 115-112 on a buzzer-beater on Monday as the Magic seeks consecutive wins for the second time this season.
Let’s look at the Magic vs. Knicks prediction and picks for Wednesday night’s battle in Manhattan, tipping off at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Magic vs. Knicks Prediction, NBA Picks
- New York’s offense has exploded of late, topping the 130-point mark in three straight wins.
- The Knicks knocked down a season-high 22 shots from 3-point range against Memphis. New York has connected on 42.8% of its attempts from downtown the last five games.
- After splitting a pair of games against Boston, the Magic stunned the Trail Blazers on G Desmond Bane’s game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer on Monday.
- Bane’s trey capped off a sluggish night from deep as Orlando shot 8-of-30 from 3-point range. In their last two games, the Magic have shot 25% on 3-pointers.
- The Knicks took care of the Magic last season, winning three of four matchups. Orlando won the final meeting in New York, 103-94 in early January.
- Orlando owns a 2-3 road record, with all three losses coming by 12 or more points.
- New York C Mitchell Robinson is questionable with an ankle injury. He is averaging 5.0 points per game and tied a season-high with 8 points in Sunday’s 134-98 rout of Brooklyn.
Orlando Magic
- Last season, the Magic compiled the second-best defensive rating in the league at 109.1. Through 11 games, Orlando has slipped to 15th at 114.2.
- Orlando posted the slowest pace in the NBA in 2024-25, but is up to 14th in pace, which could be the reason for the declined defensive rating.
- The Magic’s defense has disappeared through nearly the first month, allowing opponents to shoot 47.5% from the floor.
New York Knicks
- New York ranks 26th at home in opponents’ 3-point percentage, allowing foes to shoot 38.5% at Madison Square Garden.
- The Knicks are seventh in the league in defensive rating at 112.0. In three of the last four games, New York has yielded a defensive rating of 108.1 or lower.
- Through this 7-0 home start, the Knicks are shooting 41.1% from 3-point range, but fall to 33.1% on the road..
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Knicks G Jalen Brunson vs. Magic Projection: 24.5 Points
- Brunson is coming off his fifth 30+ game of the season in Tuesday’s win over Memphis, finishing with 32 points, including hitting 6-of-9 shots from long distance.
- The All-Star has not scored 25 points in consecutive home games this season.
- Brunson averaged 25.5 points per game against the Magic last season. However, he finished below 24 points in each of the two home matchups.
- At MSG, Brunson’s field goal percentage sits at 43.8%, a sharp decline from his road numbers at 52.6%.
- In New York’s only game with no rest against Washington on November 3, Brunson was held to a season-low 16 points.
Magic F Paolo Banchero vs. Knicks Projection: 22.5 Points
- Banchero leads Orlando in scoring with 23.3 ppg, a slight dip from last season’s career-best 25.9 ppg.
- The former Duke star has been more productive on the road, posting 25.2 ppg in five contests away from Central Florida.
- Banchero has scored exactly 28 points in three of the last five games, while pouring in at least 30 points once at Philadelphia on October 27.
- During a three-game stretch from November 4 through November 9, Banchero shot 1-of-12 from downtown. In Monday’s victory over Portland, he knocked down 2-of-3 attempts from 3-point range.
- The Magic faced the Knicks four times in less than a 35-day span last season. Banchero managed to miss all four games due to injury.
Knicks C/F Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Magic Projection: 32.5 Pts+Rebs
- KAT is averaging a double-double in his second season with the Knicks. racking up 20.7 points and 12.7 rebounds per contest.
- Towns compiled his 10th straight double-double to open the season against Memphis, scoring 21 points and grabbing 13 boards.
- In five of the past six home games, the former top pick has eclipsed this points and rebounds projection.
- Towns faces an Orlando team that ranks 24th in the NBA in defensive rebounds per game on the road at 30.8.
- In three matchups last season, KAT put up at least 38 points and rebounds. His best performance was a 22-point, 22-rebound effort in a mid-December victory in Orlando.
The Knicks look to stay unbeaten at home tonight against the Magic in an intriguing Eastern Conference matchup.
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