Friday Night Winner. Get to the Free Throw Line.

The Pick of the Day on Friday was Orlando +1.5.  It wasn’t a pretty win, but Orlando won the game outright by a score of 102-100 moving our season record to 11-6 for a profit of 4.3 units.

Dallas had this game in the bag for most of the night, but fatigue got to them in the end.  In our preview, we pointed out the fact that Dallas might be a little tired in this one from playing in Chicago the night before and that did turn out to be a deciding factor.  Most of the stat categories were even except free throws where Orlando got to the line 14 more times than Dallas.  In a close game, 14 extra trips will usually produce a win.