Orlando Magic 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
In 2024-25, Orlando is going through a market correction that has them in the red both on the hardwood and at the betting window. Orlando is in the thick of the play-in portion of the NBA postseason race. But Orlando is a one-dimensional team with no offense and a heavy emphasis on defense. That is not a realistic path to big things in 2024-25. Last year, with the casual sector and squares looking the other way, Wise Guys took a liking to the Orlando Magic. As the masses ignored the Magic, they quietly put together a good season on the hardwood as they managed the cashier’s cage. Orlando was one of the biggest moneymakers on the board.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Orlando Magic NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the Orlando Magic are 24-27 straight up, 23-27-1 against the spread, and 20-31 over/under the total. Orlando is 8th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Orlando is 16.5 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Orlando has NBA metrics of 30th for scoring offense, 28th for field goal percentage, 30th for 3-point field goal percentage, 26th for free throw percentage, and 26th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Magic have NBA metrics of 2nd for scoring defense, 22nd for field goal percentage permitted, 25th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 2nd for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
In 2023-24, PF Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 22.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game. Banchero was the first overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Duke. He was the 2023 NBA Rookie of the Year and a 2024 NBA All-Star. In the playoffs, he averaged 27.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per contest. This year, he is averaging 22.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
SF Franz Wagner averaged 19.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest last season. Wagner was the eighth overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft out of Duke. He was named to the 2022 NBA All-Rookie team. Wagner is a native of Berlin, Germany. So far this season, Wagner is averaging 24.9 points per game.
Head Coach
Jamahl Mosley took over as head coach of the Magic in 2021. He broke into the NBA in 2005 with the Denver Nuggets in the player development department before serving as an assistant for several teams. Mosley has improved the Magic each season he has been in charge. Last year marked the first postseason for Mosley in Orlando.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
47 |
35 |
1st, Southeast |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Cavaliers) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
34 |
48 |
4th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
22 |
60 |
5th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
21 |
51 |
5th, Southeast |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2019–20 |
73 |
33 |
40 |
2nd, Southeast |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Bucks) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
42 |
40 |
1st, Southeast |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Raptors) |
Orlando Magic History
The Orlando Magic have not been as successful as their fellow Florida expansion team, the Miami Heat. Orlando has only had spurts of relevancy, but the Magic have had some of the most exciting players in the NBA at one time or another.
Orlando had its first superstar in 1992. The Magic selected Shaquille O’Neal with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, and O’Neal led the Magic to the NBA Finals alongside Penny Hardaway in just his third season in the league. However, Orlando failed to win a game against the Houston Rockets, and O’Neal left for Los Angeles a few years later.
The Magic had Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill on the roster in the early 2000s, and it looked like they could become title contenders with those two stars. However, Hill suffered multiple injuries and only played in 200 games during his seven years with the Magic.
Stan Van Gundy helped lead the Magic to the 2009 NBA Finals, the last time that Orlando was relevant. Dwight Howard was the star of a team that also had solid players like Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu, and Jameer Nelson, but Orlando was only able to win a single game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Howard followed in Shaq’s footsteps and left for LA a few years later.
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