The No. 4 seed Cleveland Cavaliers take on the No. 5 seed Orlando Magic on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET at Kia Center in Orlando, Fla. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Orlando as the 2.5-point favorite, while the over/under is 201.5 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows Orlando power forward Paolo Banchero has dominated in the postseason. In the Game 3 win, he registered a double-double with a career playoff-high 31 points and 14 rebounds. It was his first double-double of the postseason and 13th of the year. He also had two triple-doubles during the regular season. In three playoff games, all starts, he is averaging 25.3 points, eight rebounds, 4.3 assists and one steal in 37 minutes of action.

The model also knows Cleveland shooting guard Donovan Mitchell will look to get back in the groove, after scoring 30 points in the opener and just missing a double-double with 23 points and eight rebounds in Game 2. During the regular season, Mitchell dominated the Magic, averaging 27.3 points, 7.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals in 34.7 minutes. He was held to 13 points in Game 3, but still managed seven assists and five rebounds. In 55 regular season games, all starts, Mitchell averaged a team-high 26.6 points, 6.1 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 35.3 minutes.

The model has simulated Cavaliers vs. Magic 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits well over 60% of the time!

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