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Milwaukee +9 -108 over Orlando

7:00 PM EST.Orlando is laying nine points at home, and Orlando cannot win at home. The Magic are 0-4 at Kia Center this season with a minus 12.3 point differential per game, and they have failed to cover the spread in each of their last five home games. The road team has covered in six of Orlando's last seven games. Home court is supposed to be worth something, and for this team, in this building, it has been worth nothing. Laying a big number with a team that cannot win at home is how favourites burn money.

The injury list explains why. Paolo Banchero is out with an ankle injury until around November 21, Jonathan Isaac is out with a knee injury, Noah Penda and Izaiyah Nelson are both out, and Jalen Suggs, Tristan da Silva and Jamal Cain are all questionable. That is the best player on the roster and most of the rotation, either out or in doubt, and the Magic just flew home from a western swing, playing at Sacramento on Tuesday and at Utah on Wednesday, their third game in four nights. Milwaukee, meanwhile, has no players on the injury report at all. The Bucks are fully healthy, with Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kyle Kuzma and Kel'el Ware all available, and they have had a day off since Wednesday's home game against the Lakers.

Nine points is a lot to lay with a short-handed team on the third game in four nights, in a building where it has not won all season. Milwaukee does not need to win this game. The Bucks need to stay within shouting distance against a team missing its star and half its rotation, and a healthy roster with scorers can do that.

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