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5-2 Wednesday. 10-7 this week. Totally removed that terrible taste last Tuesday. Anyway, we only got one game for Thursday and let's sure as hell give it a good look. Hit me up with what you think:
Before we get on any team let's check out the line and the stats first. We see the New York Knicks favored by 3.5 and is expected to go somewhere near 197 points.
New York started the season with a 3-14 card going to December then turned it around going 11-6 right until now. That's why they are standing with a 14-20 card and just a game behind the 8th spot in the east. They won 3 of their last 5 and and 6 of their last 10 that includes a 40-point blow out over the Pacers and an OT win on the road against the Hawks. New York is 8-10 (9-9 ATS) at home so far this season but had been amazing the start of December zooming to 6-2 (5-3 ATS) at home. Knicks are also 2-2 on 3 or more rest days. Just throwing that out.
Charlotte Bobcats on the other hand have been revitalized like the Knicks. I call this one the "Jackson Era." LOL. Seriously, the Cats are ballin' like they are now because of S-Jax' arrival. They are 3-8 before the Jackson trade and has gone 12-10. They are standing on the 7th spot in the east and has moved 3 spot higher in the Power Rankings (now standing at 17). Although they are 3-14 on the road the books love them hitting a 11-6 ATS record. 8-4 ATS in the Jackson Era. They recently cashed in against the might Cavs team and is actually 9-2 ATS on games after one day of rest.
They have played twice this season already and you know as hell that season series are damn important for the playoff race(specially in the East). In the first meeting, the Cats banked on a horrible 4th quarter by the Knicks to win and cover the spread. The 2nd matchup was your classic game where both teams trade rocks till the final buzzer. Cats went on its way to cover the spread but lose the game by only 4 points. Both games went to the home team (with Cats covering both spread) and the Under hitting. Looking back to their last 10 matchups. 9 of 10 are decided by 10 points or less. 5 games are decided by less than 5 points. That is how close they play each other. Home team gets the most win in the matchup with the Cats covering 6 of the 10 games (O/U are tied at 5 a piece).
Consensus has about 59% on the Knicks with no movement on the line yet.
Both teams are actually quite good and they are really ballin' as of late. With both teams not having any fatigue factor to count, look ahead game or bad schedule to fade them, it makes it tough to cap this one. The stat says that they will both bring it tomorrow. Both are in good form and momentum going to this game. Knicks just crushed the Hawks on the road and followed it up with a bad ass whoopin on the Pacers so if you expect them to tone down, it doesn't look like they would. Cats had a nice little upset against the Cavs and followed it up with a strong 4th quarter in Chicago. Pretty similar story line eh?
I'm leaning on the Cats and the ML for its value. If you look at the last 10 games. Cats played all those games close and the last time they were blown out was when they visited the Spurs 12/11/09 after a two game winning streak (Denver, Philly). Knicks are just unpredictably the same as the Cats. The last time they were blown out (got beat by 10 or more) was in 12/02/09 when caught in a 3 games in 4 nights (the 3rd game was in Orlando after playing Phoenix the day before).
Again, sleeping on it for now but leaning on the Cats and the ML.
BOL.
Before we get on any team let's check out the line and the stats first. We see the New York Knicks favored by 3.5 and is expected to go somewhere near 197 points.
New York started the season with a 3-14 card going to December then turned it around going 11-6 right until now. That's why they are standing with a 14-20 card and just a game behind the 8th spot in the east. They won 3 of their last 5 and and 6 of their last 10 that includes a 40-point blow out over the Pacers and an OT win on the road against the Hawks. New York is 8-10 (9-9 ATS) at home so far this season but had been amazing the start of December zooming to 6-2 (5-3 ATS) at home. Knicks are also 2-2 on 3 or more rest days. Just throwing that out.
Charlotte Bobcats on the other hand have been revitalized like the Knicks. I call this one the "Jackson Era." LOL. Seriously, the Cats are ballin' like they are now because of S-Jax' arrival. They are 3-8 before the Jackson trade and has gone 12-10. They are standing on the 7th spot in the east and has moved 3 spot higher in the Power Rankings (now standing at 17). Although they are 3-14 on the road the books love them hitting a 11-6 ATS record. 8-4 ATS in the Jackson Era. They recently cashed in against the might Cavs team and is actually 9-2 ATS on games after one day of rest.
They have played twice this season already and you know as hell that season series are damn important for the playoff race(specially in the East). In the first meeting, the Cats banked on a horrible 4th quarter by the Knicks to win and cover the spread. The 2nd matchup was your classic game where both teams trade rocks till the final buzzer. Cats went on its way to cover the spread but lose the game by only 4 points. Both games went to the home team (with Cats covering both spread) and the Under hitting. Looking back to their last 10 matchups. 9 of 10 are decided by 10 points or less. 5 games are decided by less than 5 points. That is how close they play each other. Home team gets the most win in the matchup with the Cats covering 6 of the 10 games (O/U are tied at 5 a piece).
Consensus has about 59% on the Knicks with no movement on the line yet.
Both teams are actually quite good and they are really ballin' as of late. With both teams not having any fatigue factor to count, look ahead game or bad schedule to fade them, it makes it tough to cap this one. The stat says that they will both bring it tomorrow. Both are in good form and momentum going to this game. Knicks just crushed the Hawks on the road and followed it up with a bad ass whoopin on the Pacers so if you expect them to tone down, it doesn't look like they would. Cats had a nice little upset against the Cavs and followed it up with a strong 4th quarter in Chicago. Pretty similar story line eh?
I'm leaning on the Cats and the ML for its value. If you look at the last 10 games. Cats played all those games close and the last time they were blown out was when they visited the Spurs 12/11/09 after a two game winning streak (Denver, Philly). Knicks are just unpredictably the same as the Cats. The last time they were blown out (got beat by 10 or more) was in 12/02/09 when caught in a 3 games in 4 nights (the 3rd game was in Orlando after playing Phoenix the day before).
Again, sleeping on it for now but leaning on the Cats and the ML.
BOL.
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