New York Knicks vs Houston Rockets Picks and Predictions | NBA Best Bets For 1/17/24
Focusing on the the rockets and Knicks game here I know from a from a side perspective I know the Rockets they’ve been pretty good uh from the start of the season but since mid December they actually been struggling from that aspect they’ve actually failed to cover
In their last five games as well I know some travel fatigue is probably going to start to set in for them as well this is the last of a six-game Eastern Conference road trip for them uh on the Nick side you know they they made a huge
Trade got OG um you know and you know it’s really their defense that’s that um uh picked up since the trade right uh and that’s the reason why they’re seven and one to the under sensea Trade opponents are averaging just 10.9 points per game against the uh the Knicks since
The trade as well for OG I know Jaylen Brunson is questionable so he’s one to watch here but um you know if you look at the last eight games with OG in the lineup uh they’ve allowed over 106 points just once and I I believe the
Team total is uh 107 and a half um for the Rockets here on the from an injury perspective it’s just e that’s out uh from the Nicks I mentioned Brunson is questionable Hart is also questionable as well um I think some if you if we
Look at some Trends and angles uh like I mentioned earlier this is a tough tough travel spot for the Rockets last of a six-game road trip on the Eastern Conference but I looked at this angle from a League wide perspective so you know just modern modern basketball right
Since 2020 Road dogs and on at least their sixth straight road game are 30 and 18 to the under uh and if you look at the Rockets here they just faced two tough opponents in the East the Celtics and the Sixers and I so like like I said
I definitely expect some type of fatigue here to affect the Rockets possibly both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball but more so on the offensive side of the ball um if you look at uh the last 10 games for the Rockets their offensive rating is just 19th in the
League and if you look at the opposite side like I said since the uh the Knicks picked up OG they’re actually the number one rated defense in the league and 22 in Pace as well so if the Knicks control the pace of this game and continue their
Defensive um you know uh their defense the way they have been even with or without Jaylen Brunson I like the Rockets to stay under their team total of 107 and a half so I was going to ask you about Brunson because you I mean the Knicks I
First they played some let’s call them offensively challenged teams of late they’ve been cashing unders Galore uh what do I got him I got him uh I think seven and one of the under last eight ball games but you know Orlando’s not a lead offensive team Memphis certainly
Isn’t right now they got Portland on a bad night you know etc etc so some of it has been facing the right teams at the right times but when Brunson assuming if Brunson comes back tonight you worry about a defensive letdown because obviously When A team’s playing without
Their best player their floor leader you see oftentimes a commitment to other parts of the game like defense you wor if Brunson gets back that the Knicks kind of uh don’t have that same intensity on the defensive Flor on the defensive end the Florida tonight yeah that’s there’s two ways for
Me that’s the reason why I kind of stayed off of the full game total for uh because we don’t know if Brenton’s play or not but one thing that I could think of as far as you know the Rockets how it affects the Rockets team total right if
If he’s in you have a you know more controlled Pace on the Nick side right you’re they’re not going to push the pace they’re going to continue to do what they do offensively right which is 22 in Pace uh since OG started um playing with the with the team and if
He’s not in the lineup you know obviously their offense start is going to struggle without him right so one thing that I thought about was the when the bench players come in the Vincenzo and and McBride and all these guys they’re going to have to focus on the
Defensive side of the ball because they know they’re not going to be efficient offensively so if they do that I I expect them to to play some solid perimeter defense in my opinion I know uh one thing that I can think about as well is uh offensive rebounding and and
Things like that so for if they if the Knicks are not going to be efficient offensively it’s going to give them better rebounding opportunities on the offens offensive board gives them longer uh longer um uh time with the ball as well and keeps the Rockets uh with less shot opportunity so
That’s the reason why I focused on the team total aspect of the rockets and not the full game
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π New York Knicks vs Houston Rockets NBA Matchup | 1/17/24
π Date: January 17, 2024
β° Game Time: 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT
π Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
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π Current Spread and Total:
Knicks -6.5, Total 221.5
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