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Cleveland Cavaliers vs Orlando Magic prediction: Who will win Game 7 in NBA playoffs?
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The Cleveland Cavaliers will play in a Game 7 after failing to close out their first-round NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic on Friday night , spoiling a 50-point performance by Donovan Mitchell .
With the home team being 6-0 in the series, the Cavs are back at home for Game 7 after winning here 104-103 in Game 5 , 96-86 in Game 2 and 97-83 in Game 1 .
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Here's how our two writers who've followed the Cavs all season, Ryan Lewis and Nate Ulrich, view Game 7. So far, they are both 6-0 in picking the winner in this series.
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Cavs vs. Magic prediction: Who wins Game 7 Sunday afternoon?
Cavaliers guard Max Strus (1) and forward Evan Mobley (4) try to box out Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. during the second quarter of Game 6 of a first-round playoff series, May 3, 2024, in Orlando.
LEWIS: Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs looked gassed at the end of Game 6, as the offensive flow fell apart. Jarrett Allen 's status is up in the air. Evan Mobley at one point was limping after landing awkwardly on his ankle. It's not a great situation with only roughly 36 hours of a turnaround. But all of that being said, the Magic have simply been a completely different team on the road all year. I'll take the Cavs to win and advance, but it's more a pick for the Magic to lose the game as a team that just hasn't seemed to figure it out how to win away from Orlando than for Cleveland to really play well and win it. Cavs 101, Magic 97
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ULRICH:Home-court advantage didn't matter for the Cavs last year in their first-round flameout against the New York Knicks . It had better matter this time. So far, this series has been all about location, location, location. If an NBA playoff series doesn't start until one team wins on the other's home court, then my guess is this series will have never started. If the Cavs were to lose, though, coach J.B. Bickerstaff and others whose jobs are likely at stake would wish it were all a dream. Cavaliers 106, Magic 101
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Cavs vs Magic prediction for Game 7 of NBA playoff series
