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Franz Wagner is a versatile player who has averaged 6.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game this season. In terms of this prop, he has finished with at least nine combined rebounds and assists in seven of his 10 games. It’s noteworthy that Markelle Fultz (knee) has already been ruled out. In the five previous games that he has missed, Wagner finished with at least nine combined rebounds and assists four times. Expect him to remain productive in both categories again.
Nikola Vucevic is a model of consistency. He has averaged exactly 17.6 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists in both of the last two seasons. This season, he is averaging 17.6 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He has recorded at least 12 rebounds in six of 11 games and he had at least 13 rebounds in all three games versus the Magic last season. Both the Bulls and the Magic rank inside the bottom-10 in the league in terms of team field goal percentage, which should afford Vucevic with enough opportunities to hit this over.
The Bulls are not as good as the Magic, which really makes me want to cry a little with how far things have fallen, but Orlando was a bit banged up entering Tuesday's game at Brooklyn and nothing can go good for the Magic in that one in terms of player injuries, heavy minutes, etc. Chicago is 1-0 with rest advantage this season and Orlando 1-1 with a rest disadvantage. Obviously trash this if Zach LaVine is traded in the next 24 hours (really hope he is dealt eventually). Update: DeMar DeRozan is out for personal reasons (I always check injury report on look-ahead plays) so I no longer would play this unless Orlando rules Paolo Banchero or the like out.