Stephen Nover's NBA Total of the Week
(NBA) Minnesota vs. Orlando, 11/07/2014 2:00 PM, Score: 103 - 112
Total: 201.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Loss
This is the highest total on an Orlando game this season - and it's not justified. The under is 13-6-1 in Orlando's last 20 games.

Minnesota is improved defensively ranking a respectable 15th in points allowed per game at 100, while Orlando's weak offense has yet to reach triple digits. The Magic have broken the 95-point barrier only once in five games.

Neither team is very good from the foul line either. Orlando ranks 28th in free throw percentage while Minnesota is 19th.

The Magic lack a perimeter game missing last year's leading scorer Arron Afflalo. Both teams rely on their key big men, Nikola Vucevic for Orlando and Nikola Pekovic for Minnesota, to do their scoring. Those two are going to neutralize each other. The Timberwolves figure to have trouble scoring from the outside as only 10 teams rank higher than Orlando in defensive field goal percentage.