The New York Jets will make the trip out to Orchard Park on Sunday to take on a reeling Buffalo Bills squad. With Miami stuck in a rut, the second spot in the AFC East is the Jets’ for the taking, and the team will need to begin stringing wins together if they hope to make it to the playoffs.
The Rockets are 0-2 against the Clippers but have just one loss against everyone else so something is working down in Houston.
Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks
Thursday November 14
Madison Square Garden
8:00PM
Moneyline: No ML currently posted
Spread: Houston -3.5
O/U: 203.5
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They come to New York on the heels of a trip to Philadelphia, a short jaunt up to the northeast with back to back games but this team should be up for it. Houston is an interesting team that should be getting better with every game as they adjust to having a dominant post player in Dwight Howard.
Even though the Rockets now have a defensive presence in Howard they are actualy not very good at stopping opponents from putting the ball in the backet – 25th in points allowed. Fortunately the are good at scoring with an amazing 4 players averaging more than 15ppg so far.
They are also the top rebounding team in the league so the Knicks will have two of their primary weaknesses to be exploited.
Houston has been getting a lot of buzz but that has probably decreased their value to bettors as the more a team becomes public the harder it is isolate those high value opportunities. Still this one at -3.5 seems like a good number for a high scoring team against one missing its main defensive presence.
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This one should zoom over the total too.
The Knicks look like they are in trouble. The have a losing record so far and their free wheeling attack is not producing all that many points as they are just 25th in scoring. In addition to that they have almost no presence in the paint either offensively or defensively with Tyson Chandler out and Amare Stoudemire not giving them all that much.
It is only a couple of weeks in but they have way more questions than answers.
Nobody is really playing well right now for New York, not even Carmelo Anthony whose scoring is down by 5 points per game this season over last. He is having the worst shooting season of his career in part because the other threats on the team really aren’t. One pleasant surprise is the play of mercurial Metta World Peace.
He is shooting at a record pace for him which would be great in a more secondary role. This team is seriously flawed and it is hard to see how they thought they were a contender.
As long as Chandler is out I think you can bet the over with confidence. In fact their last 4 games have gone over the total.
When their shots are falling New York can stay in the game but even when they aren’t their weakened defense can get you to the total you need , witness the 120 points they allowed to San Antonio last weekend.
Spread Pick: Houston -3.5
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: Houston 108 – New York 99
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