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(23-27) Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks (27-24) Date: Tuesday, January 31st Time: 7:30 PM (ET) Venue: Madison Square Garden New York, New York City, New York Moneyline NBA Odds: Lakers +125 | Knicks -145 (Bet Now!) NBA Betting Odds: Knicks -2.5 Today’s NBA Betting Total: 235.5
Tuesday, January 31st the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks meet for the first of two scheduled occasions this season. LA will host the second meeting on March 12th.
The Lakers are completing a back-to-back set having lost 104-121 to theNets on Monday while ironically the Knicks also played the Nets last losing 115-122 to them on Saturday.
All-time the Lakers hold the advantage winning 171 of 295 matches. Last season the teams played twice with both teams taking the matches on their home courts.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, Monday evening, January 30th. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Tuesday, January 31st.
Los Angeles Lakers
With the Lakers electing to sit both LeBron James and Anthony Davis on Monday, it means the team is choosing to rest their vets because of the back-to-back scenarios.
Presumably, this also means one of two things — either Darvin Ham believes the Nets are easier to beat shorthanded, or he believes his two superstars have a better shot to beat the Knicks.
If coach Tom Thibodeau is smart he’ll spin it the second way to motivate his squad because in essence the Nets are being gifted the easier contest and New York is fighting to pass Brooklyn in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference.
Stats
On the negative side, LA allows opponents to score an average of 118.1 points per game ranking 27th. Their opponents shoot 47.2% from the field and 34.7% from behind the arc ranking 13th and third respectively.
Another key point, the Lakers score 117.1 points per game which ranks 5th best while shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 33.6 percent from the perimeter ranking eighth and 26th respectively.
Both James (ankle) and Davis (foot) sat Monday so presumably return Tuesday. Austin Reaves (hamstring) is out indefinitely.
New York Knicks
While the Knicks have been rolling their main nemesis seems to be their Atlantic Division rivals.
Case in point, Toronto won the season series 3-1, Brooklyn can do no worse than split the season series having won both meetings to date (and haven’t lost to the Knicks on nine consecutive occasions). They’ve split the two contests versus the Celtics and 76ers.
Stats
As can be seen, the Knicks are one of the best defensive teams in the association they limit opponents to 112.4 points which is 12th ranked while possessing the second-best opponent field goal percentage of 45.3% and ranks sixth for opponent perimeter percentage of 34.9%.
So far, offensively, the Knicks score 114.3 points per game ranking 16th while shooting 45.8% from the field and 34.5% from the perimeter ranking 24th and 23rd respectively.
Mitchell Robinson (thumb surgery) is out indefinitely.
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Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks NBA Betting Trends:
At this point, the Lakers are 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 games.
Also, the Lakers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against New York.
By comparison, the Knicks are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games.
Finally, the Knicks are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games at home.
Free Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks NBA Prediction:
One of the many oddities of this season is the numerous elite teams struggling on the road. The Knicks are the polar opposite as one of six teams with losing home records.
Four are the bottom tanking quartet plus the 10th-place Wizards. It seems unfathomable that ‘the Mecca’ of basketball isn’t generating a winning record.
At least they’ve got chalkboard fodder with LeBron and AD resting to play them instead but with LeBron still fuming over the no-call on the obvious foul (granted he also traveled) he will be looking to have a big performance at MSG.
While I believe the Knicks have the more cohesive starting unit along with Quickley and Hartenstein I think for this specific match not having Robinson is going to hurt plus there’s the whole home arena jink. I’ve waffled a lot but I’m taking the points and the Lakers.
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The Queen of the NBA is based in Toronto, Canada. Past work includes roles as the Managing Editor of Sixteen Wins A Ring. and Thunderous Intentions as well as a featured columnist for ESPN True Hoop... [more]The Queen of the NBA is based in Toronto, Canada. Past work includes roles as the Managing Editor of Sixteen Wins A Ring. and Thunderous Intentions as well as a featured... [more]
