Minnesota Timberwolves vs New York Knicks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 18 (1/18): NBA

Minnesota Timberwolves vs New York Knicks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 18 (1/18): NBA

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Odds
Time 7:40 p.m. EST
Timberwolves money line -118
Timberwolves spread -1.5
Knicks money line +100
Knicks spread +1.5
Over / under 213

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Minnesota Timberwolves New York Knicks
Record 21-22 22-22
Road / home record 9-12 11-12
Streak 1W 1L
Points per game 110.14 104.58
Points allowed per game 109.09 104.63
Rebounds per game 45.56 45.30
Rebounds allowed per game 46.35 44.09
Over / under record 23-20 18-26

 

Preview

The Minnesota Timberwolves travel to Madison Square Garden for a road matchup with the New York Knicks on Tuesday evening. Minnesota comes in off a 119-99 home victory over Golden State and the Knicks lost 97-87 to the Hornets. These two teams met last month and the Knicks won the game 96-88.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES

Minnesota bounced back from a two-game skid and beat Golden State by 20 points, who was without Stephen Curry, at home Sunday night. Minnesota shot 49.5% from the field, including 16 of 43 from three-point range, and held Golden State to 39% shooting in the game. Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 26 points and 11 rebounds in the victory.

The Wolves allowed fewer than 100 points for the 13th time and also held the Warriors to 39 percent shooting, marking the second time in the past six contests they held an opponent under 40 percent.

NEW YORK KNICKS

The Knicks were on a 3 game winning streak when they lost to the Hornets in Monday afternoon. The team had a poor start as they allowed the game's first seven points and trailed by 18 at halftime before allowing 35 points in the second half. They also had no answers for Charlotte's Miles Bridges, who scored 38 points, and shot a dreadful 11 of 21 from the free-throw line.

RJ Barrett and Julius Randle led the Knicks with 18 points apiece but the Knicks are hoping for better showings from starting guards Alec Burks and Evan Fournier, who made a combined 3 of 13.

The New York Knicks are averaging 104.2 points on 43.7 percent shooting and allowing 104.5 points.

BETTING TRENDS

The Timberwolves are 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 road games and 11-5-1 ATS in their last 17 games overall. The Knicks are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall.The under is 8-3 in Knicks last 11 overall.

Prediction

The Wolves have held their opponents under 40% shooting in 2 of their last 6 games and the Knicks have a very slow style and shooting for only 43.7%. The Under has cashed in 8 of the last 10 head to head games and in 7 of the last 10 home games for the Knicks. I expect another low scoring game in New York, take the under.

PICK: UNDER 213 (-110)

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