Jay Sanin on January 6, 2025
Caleb Houstan projections and prop bets for Orlando Magic at New York Knicks on Jan 6, 2025
Points Prop Bet Odds:
Among all players in the league, Caleb Houstan rates in the 13th percentile for personal fouls, putting up only 0.8 fouls per game away from home this year.
The Orlando Magic rank as the 4th-best offensive rebounding offense in the league over the last 5 games (offensive rebounds maintain possession and may therefore lead to additional chances for scoring and assists).
Relative to last season's 77.0% mark, Caleb Houstan's foul-shot proficiency has jumped this season to 100.0%.
Caleb Houstan has made just 25.3% of his shot attempts from the field this year, significantly less than his 41.7 rate last year.
Caleb Houstan has tallied just 8.6 minutes per game this year, significantly less than his 13.4 minutes per game last year.
The Orlando Magic have been the lowest scoring offense in the league this year.
This year when they are on the road, the other team's starting SFs have averaged 33.3% on shots from the field (lowest in the league) against the New York Knicks, identifying this as a tough matchup.
The least up-tempo pace team in the league this year has been the Magic.
Caleb Houstan is projected to have 6.9 Points in this weeks game.
Made 3 Point Shots Prop Bet Odds:
Caleb Houstan has sunk 42.4% of his attempts from downtown over the last 10 games, 16.6% higher than he's sunk overall this year.
Among all players in the league, Caleb Houstan rates in the 13th percentile for personal fouls, putting up only 0.8 fouls per game away from home this year.
The Orlando Magic rank as the 4th-best offensive rebounding offense in the league over the last 5 games (offensive rebounds maintain possession and may therefore lead to additional chances for scoring and assists).
Caleb Houstan has tallied just 8.6 minutes per game this year, significantly less than his 13.4 minutes per game last year.
As it relates to shots from downtown, the Orlando Magic's feeble 30.8% rate of made threes rates weakest in the league this year.
The matchup vs. New York is a challenging one for threes; when the Knicks are playing at home, the opposing team's starting SFs have totaled the 6th-least three-point shots per game in the league this year (1.3).
The least up-tempo pace team in the league this year has been the Magic.
The Magic will likely suffer a reduction in plays in this contest from competing against the 7th-most lethargic pace team in the NBA this year (the Knicks).
Caleb Houstan is projected to have 1.7 Made 3 Point Shots in this weeks game.
