00:00The Philadelphia 76ers at home to take on the Orlando Magic.
00:04This line opened up roughly a minus one point favorite in the landscape for the Philadelphia 76ers.
00:08But we've seen that grown, Joe.
00:10You see the graphic right there, minus two and a half and a total of 222 and a half.
00:14Most people would have thought that the Orlando Magic would have this game at home.
00:17But playing against, you know, the G League team, Gatorade League team,
00:22they weren't able to come up with a victory late in the season.
00:24So the Sixers are the home team tonight without Joel Embiid.
00:27What's your spread line tonight for this play-in matchup?
00:30Well, I think it's interesting, Donnie, because we've seen the total get bet up from the open of the 220
00:36and a half.
00:37We saw one, one and a half as the opening number for Philadelphia.
00:41And we saw twos, you know, now maybe two and a half in some spots.
00:45So, but we all know Joel Embiid is not playing in this game.
00:48So that was already baked into the numbers.
00:51So it's not that there is some sort of hope that Joel Embiid is going to all of a sudden
00:56show up on the court here for this game.
00:58So where is the Sixer love coming from?
01:02Or is it just that there's no Orlando love in the marketplace here?
01:07And listen, it's been, it's been up and down for Orlando,
01:10who had a chance to avoid this game altogether and couldn't beat the backups of Boston last game.
01:16But styles make fights here, Donnie.
01:19And without Joel Embiid, exactly who's protecting the rim against Boncaro and Franz Wagner here?
01:25And the answer is nobody.
01:26You're going to put a lot on Tyrese Maxey's shoulders here in order to be able to carry the load
01:32against Orlando.
01:34And I think, listen, Philadelphia wants to speed this game up.
01:37And if you like Philly, I get why you're betting me over here.
01:41But if you like Orlando, I don't think Orlando wants anything to do with a track meet.
01:45I think they want to make it physical.
01:46They want to slow the game down.
01:48And they're going to have to play some defense.
01:50And I think they can do that.
01:52I like the under in the game, Donnie.
01:54That's where I'm looking.
01:55I think Orlando, without Embiid, I think they can absolutely control the paint, control the rim.
02:00And I think that's going to lead to an under here tonight.
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