Hawks vs. Magic Game 2 NBA Playoffs Eastern Semifinals: The Orlando Magic won the Eastern Conference title last year, and they looked fully capable of defending that honor when they took a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series vs. the third-seeded Atlanta Hawks with a 114-71 thumping on Tuesday night. Orlando will look to go up 2-0 when it hosts the Hawks for Game 2 Thursday night (8 pm Eastern, ESPN). The teams then move to Atlanta for Games 3 and 4 Saturday (5 pm, ESPN) and Monday (8 pm, TNT).
Including the first game of this series, Orlando has taken four of five games from the Hawks this season. And while Atlanta's lone victory came by two points, the Magic's four wins came by an average of 27.5 points.
Odds makers at SPORTSBETTING.com are currently listing Orlando as 10-chalk favorites for Game 2 versus Atlanta with a 190 total. Hawks backers are getting +460 odds on the SPORTSBETTING money line while the Magic are giving -650. The Magic are also posted at -2,000 to win this semifinal series, with Atlanta getting +1,200.
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