Preview for Orlando Magic at Indiana Pacers
January 25th, 2012
Coming off of a valiant – but fruitless – playoff effort last season against number one Chicago Bulls, the Indiana Pacers came roaring back to begin the 2011-2012 NBA year. The team is experiencing its best early record in the previous eight years, but they still struggle against the better teams in the league.
But the Orlando Magic are a fearsome adversary who are 11-5 on the year so far. Also, recent history is clearly on Orlando’s side. The Magic have defeated the Pacers in Indiana in every one of the previous three meetings between the two.
Both teams come into this meeting with a 7-3 record over their previous ten contests. The Pacers have a 5-0 home record right now, while the Magic are 5-3 on the road. Expect Orlando to make a surprisingly strong first quarter after their pitiful 87-56 loss to the Boston Celtics a few days ago.