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Knicks vs. Suns Gambling Prediction | NBA Odds (Jan. 7)

Preview and NBA Betting free pick by Jason Green for this Friday Night NBA hoops matchup between the N.Y. Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns. The Suns are 2.5 point favorites in the NBA odds, and the early total is set at 218.5, bet now in your favorite NBA sportsbook…

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Matchup: Knicks vs. Suns NBA Lines

Date/Time: Friday, January 7, 10:30 PM ET
Venue: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Broadcast: ESPN
New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns NBA Betting Lines from SportsInteraction.com
Money Line: Knicks (+110) Suns (-130)
Spread: Suns -2.5
Over/Under: 218.5

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New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns NBA Preview

The New York Knicks (20-14) are looking like they may make the playoffs for the first time in several seasons and they take their high-tempo offense to the desert tonight to take on the struggling Phoenix Suns (14-19). NBA lines have the Suns as slight 2.5-point favorites in this game with a total of 218.5.

While the Knicks have been one of the best betting teams on the season going 22-11-1 ATS the Suns have not been at 12-19-2 ATS.

This season the Suns are 8-8 at home and the Knicks are 10-7 on the road. In their last 10 games the Suns are only 3-7 and the Suns are 5-5.

The Suns have lost 2 straight and In their last game they lost to the L.A. Lakers 99-95 on Wednesday night. On the other side of the coin the Knicks have won 2 in a row including an impressive 126-115 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night in their last game.

This is the first game that the Knicks’ Amare Stoudemire will be facing his old team and he is the main reason New York is in the playoff hunt while the Suns are not nearly the team they used to be. He is averaging 26.4 ppg and 9 rpg in New York’s up-tempo offense instilled by current Knicks and former Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni. NBA Betting

Look for a lot of offense and little defense in this game, as the Knicks are the highest scoring team in the league, but only rank 28th in points allowed and the Suns rank 3rd in scoring and 29th in points allowed.

Suns’ PG Steve Nash (16.9 ppg 10.6 assists per game) is having another great season, but the Suns have not gelled since trading for Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus and Marcin Gortat. The Suns have to score to win, as their D will not bail them out. In 6 of their last 7 games they have not scored more than 100 points and they are 13-8 when they crack the 100-point barrier and 1-11 when they do not.

Stoudemire does not have to do it all, as he has a lot of help, especially with PG Raymond Felton (18.2 ppg) and SF Wilson Chandler (17.9 ppg). These 2 combined for 59 points in the win over San Antonio.

The Knicks are without PF Danilo Gallinari (15.3 ppg) for a couple of weeks with a knee injury, so at least the Suns have that going for them.

Nash will have to get out and run and Vince Carter (15.4 ppg) and Grant Hill (14.7 ppg) will have to fill it up for Phoenix to win. Also, the Suns only rank 29th in the league in rebounds per game and the C duo of Robin Lopez (4.1 rpg) and Marcin Gortat (6.3 rpg) will have to man the boards and not allow Stoudemire (9 rpg) and Chandler (6.5 rpg) from dominating the glass. The Suns shot well in the loss to Lakers in their last game, but they were killed on the boards and that was the main reason they lost.

Nash and Felton are the keys to their team’s fast paced game, but the player that can play some D and slow up the tempo gives their team a great chance to win.

Both teams will get out and run, but now the Knicks are the team with more weapons on offense. This will be a high scoring game and the Knicks will come out on fire and Stoudemire will have a HUGE game against his former team. New York will win this game and with the lack of D tonight the total will also go Over.

Betting Trends

New York is 10-2 ATS in their last 12 road games, 18-6 ATS in their last 24 games, and has an Over record of 3-1-1 in their last 5 games when they were the underdog.
Phoenix is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a home favorite, and has an Under record of 5-2 in their last 7 home games.

Pick: Knicks +2.5 and the Over

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By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.