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#512 Milwaukee Bucks -6.5 over Orlando Magic 7:10 PM CT

A surprise start to the season has the Magic at 16-10 but the run as a contender may be slipping away with Orlando losing five of the past seven games. After falling short in last night’s big home game with the Heat, this will be a difficult turnaround heading to Milwaukee where the Bucks have been a dominant home team. There has been some inconsistency for the Bucks, but Milwaukee is 15-2 S/U at home and has scored at least 128 points in all five wins on the current winning streak. Six of the past seven Milwaukee home wins have come by at least nine points and Orlando has played a bottom 10 schedule so far this season. The Magic beat Milwaukee 112-97 in November to provide an extra incentive for the Bucks tonight and that was a game where the Magic shot extremely well from 3-point range and Milwaukee had 19 turnovers while the Magic had a 30-12 edge in made free throws for results that are not likely to repeat Thursday. Orlando does have the depth to handle back-to-back set-ups, but Orlando has only five wins on the road this season and this will be a challenging matchup and situation to get road win #6.