Powers from each conference collide Wednesday night in the NBA when San Antonio hosts Orlando. Both teams have lost just twice in the early going and the Spurs have been installed as a 5-point favorite. The game will match strength vs. strength, as San Antonio is unbeaten at home, and the Magic have yet to lose on the road.

Dwight Howard has helped the Orlando Magic start out 7-0 on the road for the first time in franchise history. That mark will severely be put to the test against Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs, who are 6-0 at home. The two superstar forwards will square off the first time this season Wednesday night when Orlando looks for its sixth straight win overall.

The Magic have split six games against the Spurs (9-2) since Howard's career began in 2004.

The last NBA team to open with eight straight road wins was the 1996-97 Houston Rockets. Orlando is the only team in the league yet to lose a game away from home.

San Antonio (9-2) won for the sixth time in seven games, 95-83 at Atlanta on Tuesday. Tony Parker scored 17 of his 31 points in the second quarter as the Spurs built a 17-point halftime lead and cruised to victory.

Historically, matchups involving elite teams like this have gone to the home team as shown by this prolific StatFox Super Situation:

Play Against - Road teams (ORLANDO) - after successfully covering the spread in 3 or more consecutive games, a top-level team (>=75%) playing a team with a winning record. (57-27 since 1996.) (67.9%, +27.3 units. Rating = 2*)

Regarding the total, set at 189, HC Greg Popovich’s San Antonio teams are 21-10 UNDER (+10.0 Units) against Southeast division opponents.

The FoxSheets Game Estimator calls for a close encounter, with the Spurs winning 96-94 but coming up shy of the 5-points needed to win ATS. Here are the other key ratings:

StatFox Power Rating: Spurs -1
StatFox Outplay Factor Rating: San Antonio -5.4

Get all the rest of the key details for this contest by visiting the Expanded StatFox Game Matchup.