This will be a pivotal game number five in this first round playoff series between the fifth seed Orlando Magic and the fourth seed Cleveland Cavaliers. The series will return to Cleveland after a pair of games in Orlando last week and it’ll be a welcomed sight for a Cleveland Cavaliers team that dominated the opening two games of the series at home. Cleveland went down to Orlando with a two games to zero lead with an opportunity to shut the door or at least put Orlando on the brink of elimination before coming back home. However, what happened was the complete opposite, as Orlando put up two incredible performances to swing the momentum and up the series before coming into game five with an opportunity to grab a third consecutive victory here on Tuesday night.
The Orlando Magic are riding high after back-to-back victories at home and they will look to make it a third consecutive win on the road in Cleveland here on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, for Orlando, they have been one of the worst road teams in the NBA this season and that is something they will look to improve upon down the final stretch of this opening round series. If they do not manage to pick up a victory here on Tuesday night in Cleveland, but do win game six back in Orlando they will have to come back to Cleveland for game seven and they will certainly need to win at least one of these two games if they want to advance to the second round of the playoffs.
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History Between These Two Teams After multiple meetings throughout the regular season and the opening four games of this playoff series, these two teams are pretty familiar with each other by this point. So there should be no surprises to come for either Orlando or Cleveland here in game number five of this series on Tuesday night. As both teams look to pull out a pivotal victory series and their favor heading into the final two games later this week. Both Orlando and Cleveland have been pretty evenly matched throughout the season as each team has won four games in this series as they had into their ninth meeting of the year overall.
The home team in the previous matchup between Orlando and Cleveland have picked up six victories and that is a trend that Cleveland hopes will continue throughout this game on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, the last time the Orlando Magic beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland was their final meeting of the regular season and Orlando hopes that momentum will carry over into this game as well. With Cleveland going three and one against the Orlando Magic at home with a pretty sizable margin of victory Cleveland will hope to recapture the performance from the opening two games of this series. As they will look to put behind the disaster that was the previous two games of this series in Orlando. As they look to recover and get back on track with a much needed third victory here on Tuesday.
Today’s Predictions I expect another close and competitive matchup here on Tuesday night in Cleveland as Orlando comes into this one with all the momentum, and they will surely keep this one in doubt until the final buzzer. If Cleveland wants to be successful and grab the third victory in this series, they will need Donovan Mitchell to break out of his scoring slump and put up an incredible performance like he did during the opening two games of this series. They will also need the other members of their supporting cast to step up in a big way and shut down former number one overall draft pick Paolo Banchero as he has been wreaking havoc throughout the last two games.
I expect Donovan Mitchell to wake up throughout this game with them being back in Cleveland however, I’m not sure if the Cleveland Cavaliers can relight the fire they had in the opening two games after a pair of rough shooting performances. This game will likely come down to how well Cleveland does at slowing down Orlando’s offense throughout the early stages of this game and coming out of the half because that is where they’ve been lackluster in the previous two games. I look for this game to go right down to the wire and potentially into overtime here on Tuesday night between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the end, I do look for Cleveland to finally bounce back after a rough stretch of games and pick up a pivotal victory on Tuesday night against the Magic at home. Not only do I look for Cleveland to grab the win in this game, but I also expect them to cover the spread in the process.
Tips For Betting Cleveland has been incredible at home this season as they have been among the elite ranks in the NBA in terms of their home record. They have compiled a record of 28-15 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse this season. Meanwhile, as previously mentioned Orlando has been one of the worst road teams in the NBA, putting together a record of 18-25 away from home. That is something that will surely factor into the outcome of this game on Tuesday night, as Cleveland not only looks to pick up victory number three of the series but cover the nearly 5 point spread in this game as well.
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