As is custom with the second leg of back-to-backs around these parts, the Philadelphia 76ers will be short-handed against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

The Sixers are a 5.5-point underdog without Paul George and Joel Embiid against an Orlando side that’s coming off a blowout loss to the New York Knicks.

By now, we’re used to seeing the Sixers without Embiid, but it’s disappointing George is being held out after such a strong Tuesday showing against the Charlotte Hornets.

Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain, and Co. will try to get the best of one of the better defensive sides in the NBA. Orlando held the Sixers to 86 points on November 15th with Embiid and George in the lineup.

There’s not a ton of B2B data yet on both sides. Orlando is 1-2 straight up on the second legs, while the Sixers are just 0-1. There’s also a weird scheduling dynamic in play here since the Magic and Sixers meet again at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night.


We’ll probably see a similar game to the November battle on Wednesday night.

Orlando prides itself on defense and just got rolled by the Knicks for 121 points. That was just the third time the Magic conceded 120 or more points this season.

I think it’s very obvious that Maxey and Franz Wagner will take a bulk of the shots. Wagner had 23 field-goal attempts in the last meeting. He’s regularly scored in the 30s and is averaging 18.6 field-goal attempts per game.

Wagner’s also been filling up the stat sheet with averages of 5.6 rebounds and 5.9 assists per contest.

Maxey is averaging 21.7 attempts per game and he managed to get to 20 points Tuesday night despite going 5-for-16 from the field.

I’d use Wagner and Maxey to have 20+ points and 25+ points as parlay pieces for Wednesday. After that, I would just look at rebounding props.

Both teams are on the second leg of B2Bs, defense is Orlando’s calling card, and tired legs could play a factor in the second half.

Wagner (6.5), Guershon Yabusele (7.5) and Kelly Oubre Jr. (5.5) are the top candidates for rebounds. Yabu is coming off a 12-rebound performance and if Oubre is off the wings with McCain in the starting lineup, he should be closer to the rim to pull down boards as well.

There are some NJ sportsbook promos and PA betting promos to look into. DraftKings has a No Sweat Bet available to some customers for Same Game Parlays. The King of the Court promotion is also available for Wednesday’s games at DK. For that promo, you place a bet on any player prop with the KOTC token and if your player leads the NBA in points, rebounds and assists on Wednesday night, you receive bonus bets with the amount based on how many other users select that specific player.

FanDuel is offering a 25 percent boost on a SGP of three or more legs.

I would build those SGPs with Maxey and Wagner 20+ points and 6+ rebounds for Wagner, Yabusele and Oubre. You can even downgrade Oubre to 4+ rebounds and still get that SGP over +200 at most sportsbooks.