A pair of red hot teams meet in an In-Season NBA Tournament Group C matchup when the Boston Celtics face the Orlando Magic on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Boston as the 5.5-point favorite, while the over/under is 222.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model has factored Boston small forward Jayson Tatum has been on a roll, posting back-to-back double-doubles. In Monday's loss at Charlotte, Tatum scored 45 points, while grabbing 13 rebounds, dishing out six assists and making two blocks. In the win over the Bucks, he poured in 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while adding four assists and one block.

The model also knows Magic power forward Paolo Banchero has registered three consecutive 20-plus point games, including a 23-point, four-assist, three-block and three-rebound performance in Wednesday's win over the Nuggets. In 15 games, all starts, Banchero is averaging 19.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

The model has simulated Celtics vs. Magic 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Under on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits in well over 50% of simulations!

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