The No. 4 seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the No. 5 seed Orlando Magic battle in Game 6 on Friday at 7 p.m. ET from Kia Center in Orlando, Fla. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Orlando as the 4-point favorite, while the over/under is 200 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows besides having one of the top home records in the league, Orlando has a solid offensive presence in power forward Paolo Banchero. In five postseason games, Banchero is averaging 24.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 35.6 minutes of action. He has scored 20 or more points in four of the five games in the series, including a 39-point and eight-rebound performance in the Game 5 loss. He posted a double-double with 31 points and 14 rebounds in the 121-83 Game 3 victory.

The model also knows Cleveland shooting guard Donovan Mitchell has continued his strong play and is coming off a 28-point performance in the Game 5 win. He also added six rebounds, two assists and two steals. His best game was in Game 1, when he registered 30 points and added three steals, three assists and two boards. In the series, he is averaging 22.4 points, 4.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals. He is also getting it done at the free-throw line, connecting on 85.7% of his attempts.

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 in almost 70% of simulations!

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