Can Embiid Dominate? Sixers vs. Magic Preview & MVP Odds
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00:03 - We go to Florida for a matchup tonight
00:05 between the Sixers and the Magic.
00:07 Philly booked as a five and a half point favorite
00:10 on the road in Orlando.
00:11 J.Y. what's your breakdown for this matchup
00:14 on a Friday night?
00:15 - Well, to me, as long as Joe Jordan B is playing,
00:19 they're in trouble.
00:21 And I think that's the thing that you look at
00:23 is when you look at Philadelphia folks,
00:25 when Joe Jordan B plays,
00:27 it's a completely different element, right guys?
00:30 Because it's your number one score.
00:32 It's a guy that can command so much attention.
00:34 And Orlando, although they're really good defensively,
00:37 they're good defensively at the guard position, right?
00:40 With a guy like Assange, who's a pretty good defender.
00:42 When you get to that center position,
00:44 Wendell Carter Jr. has been hurt on and off.
00:48 There's no one to check JoJo.
00:49 And I think Miami, I'm sorry,
00:51 Orlando has been a team that was member folks.
00:53 At one point, I think, man, they were third in the East.
00:56 They've kind of slid back.
00:57 I know they're three and seven in their last 10.
01:00 I know they won in New York on Monday,
01:02 but that took a Julius Randle absolute dud, right?
01:06 And no Brunson to win by four.
01:10 So to me, Orlando started to come back to the pack.
01:13 I love Philadelphia minus a point.
01:15 JoJo goes absolutely nuclear.
01:17 That third, listen, 30 and 10, put it in the bank.
01:21 This kind of stuff means a lot to JoJo.
01:23 And the more he starts racking it up,
01:26 the more you'll see his MVP odds keep coming up
01:29 because it's that versus the 11 games
01:32 that he's missed so far this year.
01:34 That's going to be like how this sliding scale works.
01:37 Does he keep playing?
01:39 And if he keeps playing at the level, his odds will shrink.
01:41 As he starts missing more games,
01:43 you'll see it go the other way.
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