Knicks vs Jazz Preview – NBA Odds
The Knicks are 32-42 ATS with an O/U record of 42-32 and the Jazz are 31-38-5 ATS with an O/U record of 34-39-1. This season the Jazz are 15-21 at home and the Knicks are 15-22 on the road.[ad-4468020]
New York Knicks vs. Utah Jazz Preview
Venue/ Stadium: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
Time/Date: 9 PM EST Monday, March 31, 2014
NBA Odds
Moneyline: OFF
Spread: Knicks -3
Over/Under: 196
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In their last games the Knicks beat the Golden State Warriors 89-84 and the Jazz lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-96.
With the Knicks recent surge and the Hawks 6-game slide New York is now only 1 game back of Atlanta for the last playoff spot in the East. The Knicks have won 10 of their last 13 games and are 4-point betting favorites facing a reeling Jazz team.
Utah has the worst record in the Western Conference and have lost 4 straight and 9 of their last 10 games. Earlier this season in New York the Knicks crushed the Jazz 108-81.
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New York played great defense in their good road win against the Warriors holding Golden State to 35.4% shooting, While Carmelo Anthony did not have a great game J.R. Smith scored 21 points.
The Knicks have won 5 straight games against the Jazz with those wins coming by an average of 19.2 points per game.
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The Jazz have a decent defense ranking 16th in the league, which they will have to play since they only rank 29th in the league in scoring. Even though they have lost 4 straight leading scorer Gordan Hayward is averaging 21.8 ppg in that span.
The Jazz do have 6 players that are averaging in double figures and will be facing a Knicks’ defense that has been playing well as of late and overall ranks 13th in the league.
The C duo of Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter are combining to average over 15 boards per game this season and they need to take advantage against a Knicks’ squad that is not good on the glass.
The Jazz have to avoid a bad start like they did in the Oklahoma City game where they only scored a season low 9 points in the first quarter.
Betting Trends
The Knicks are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. Western Conference, 5-4 ATS in their last 9 games overall, and they have an Over record of 13-6 in their last 19 games.
The Jazz are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 home games, 2-6-2 ATS in their last 10 games overall, and they have an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 vs. a team with a losing S.U. record.
The Knicks are 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games against the Jazz in Utah.
Jason’s Pick:
The Knicks are playing well while the same cannot be said about the Jazz and with New York close to a playoff berth they will win this game and cover the spread.
INJURIES
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