NBA Picks: Nets vs Magic NBA Odds – February 5, 2010: Looking to avoid a 3-game losing streak, the last place (16-32) Washington Wizards [+12] travel to Amway Arena to take on the Southeast Division leading (33-16) Orlando Magic [-12]. Orlando is trying to extend its win streak to 5 games and improve to 20-4 at home. This game’s opening tipoff is scheduled for 7:10 PM ET and it will be broadcasted live on CSN-W+ and/or Sun-Sports-O. The OVER/UNDER for this NBA Picks: Nets vs Magic NBA Odds – February 5, 2010 matchup is set at 195 points.

The Magic are coming off a 99-82 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. In that game, Vince Carter recorded 17 points, a season-best 10 rebounds and tied a season-high seven assists. This is especially good news for his team, after the former Slam Dunk champ struggled significantly on the first month of the year. "Maybe January just wasn't my month," Carter reasoned.

"He has to remember who he is," Orlando head coach Stan Van Gundy said of his star. "He's had one bad month, but he has had an unbelievable career."

For the visiting sports betting odds underdogs, they might have to go without the services of forward Caron Butler tonight. Butler, who was replaced by Mike Miller, is listed as day-to-day after hurting his knee on Monday’s game against Boston.

"When you're not a very good team, which right now we're not, it's like you can hang around, hang around, but in the fourth quarter the game is determined and when we fall behind, we melt right now," Flip Saunders said. "We are taking too many one-pass shots. Sixty percent of our offense is one-pass or no-pass shots. We keep striving to change that, but we just haven't bought into that and that's the frustrating thing."

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