New Orleans Pelicans vs New York Knicks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 20 (1/20): NBA

New Orleans Pelicans vs New York Knicks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 20 (1/20): NBA

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Odds
Time 7:30 p.m. EST
Pelicans money line +140
Pelicans spread +3
Knicks money line -141
Knicks spread -3
Over / under 210.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  New Orleans Pelicans New York Knicks
Record 16-28 22-23
Road / home record 6-17 11-10
Streak 2L 2L
Points per game 105.55 104.31
Points allowed per game 110.09 104.62
Rebounds per game 46.07 45.44
Rebounds allowed per game 42.84 43.84
Over / under record 19-25 19-26

 

Preview

The New Orleans Pelicans travel to Madison Square Garden for a road matchup with the New York Knicks on Thursday night. These teams met in October at New Orleans and the Knicks beat them 123-117.

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS

New Orleans suffered their second straight loss as they were upended on the road by Boston as they let a hefty first-half advantage slip away. 

The Pelicans are 24th in the league in scoring offense as they average 105.5 points per game on the season. are 21st in the league in scoring defense as they allow 110.1 points per game so far this year. Brandon Ingram puts up a team-high 22.7 points plus 6.1 boards per contest this season.

NEW YORK KNICKS

New York suffered their second loss in as many days on the heels of winning five of six as their attempts to rally clanked off the rim in the closing seconds against Minnesota. They trailed by 12 points in the second half, then rallied to take the lead before frittering away a five-point advantage in the final 3:41 of a 112-110 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With Kemba Walker's return and rookie Quentin Grimes getting regular rotation minutes lately, the Knicks have plenty of players vying for backcourt minutes.

BETTING TRENDS

Knicks are 4-1 ATS in their last five games and 6-1 ATS in their last seven home games. New Orleans are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road and 1-4 in their last 5 games vs Knicks.

Prediction

The Knicks can't afford to lose another game at home and the return of Kemba Walker should help the offense to get the job done this time. The Pelicans have won only 6 games on the road this season and 9 of 36 games as underdogs. Go with the Knicks.

PICK: KNICKS -3 (-110)

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