Magic Vs. Hornets Prediction, Odds And Best Nba Prop Bets For Thursday, Oct. 30

LaMelo Ball and nan Charlotte Hornets are coming disconnected a blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Miami Heat connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic they look to get backmost complete .500 successful a divisional matchup pinch nan Orlando Magic.

This is nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back for Orlando, arsenic it mislaid erstwhile again connected Wednesday against nan Detroit Pistons (on nan road). The Magic are taking immoderate clip to mesh pinch their caller halfway now that Desmond Bane is successful nan fold, but oddsmakers still expect them to contend for a apical spot successful nan Eastern Conference.

Charlotte has been up and down this season, beating Washington and Brooklyn while losing to nan Philadelphia 76ers and Miami. Orlando is intelligibly a measurement up successful people from nan Wizards aliases Nets, but nan Hornets did triumph their lone location crippled truthful acold successful nan 2025-26 campaign.

Let’s return a look astatine nan latest odds, my favourite prop stake and a prediction for this Eastern Conference battle. 

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This season, LaMelo Ball has picked up 15 aliases much rebounds and assists successful 3 of his 4 games, tallying 10, 18, 26 and 17 heading into this matchup pinch nan Magic. Orlando had a stout defense successful nan 2024-25 play -- ranking 2nd successful protect standing -- but it is conscionable 23rd successful protect standing truthful acold this season.

Ball has a penchant for stuffing nan stat sheet, and he's averaging 12.0 rebound chances and 13.5 imaginable assists per crippled this season. He's coming disconnected an eight-rebound, nine-assist outing successful nether 29 minutes successful a blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Miami Heat earlier this week.

If Ball and nan Hornets tin support this crippled adjacent -- they are only 2.5-point underdogs -- he should easy push 15 aliases much rebounds and assists connected Thursday.

Orlando is conscionable 1-4 successful nan 2025-26 season, and now it has a reliable roadworthy back-to-back against a Hornets squad that is 13th successful nan NBA successful nett standing this season. 

The Magic are conscionable 26th!

It’ll beryllium absorbing to spot if anyone is connected nan wounded study for nan Magic connected Thursday aft a reliable nonaccomplishment to Detroit connected Wednesday night. 

Meanwhile, nan Hornets are location dogs – apt because Brandon Miller is retired – but are 3-1 against nan dispersed this season. 

Orlando’s discourtesy remains a awesome activity successful progress, and it has losses to Detroit, Philly, Chicago and Atlanta this play while failing to screen nan dispersed against nan Heat successful its opener. The Magic are 1 of 2 teams that are 0-5 against nan spread, and I’m not buying them arsenic a roadworthy favourite connected Thursday.

I deliberation Charlotte tin support this crippled adjacent and is unrecorded to propulsion disconnected an upset astatine home. 

Pick: Hornets +2.5 (-105 astatine DraftKings)

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