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2022 NBA Handicapping
(24-29) New York Knicks vs. Utah Jazz (32-21)
Date: Monday, February 7th
Time: 9:00 PM EST
Venue: Vivint Arena
NBA Moneyline Odds: Knicks +246 |Jazz -267 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Jazz -7.5
NBA Betting Total: 213.5
On Monday, February 7th, the New York Knicks and Utah Jazz will meet for the first of two meetings this season. The Knicks will host the second game on March 20th.
The Knicks last played Saturday battling the Lakers into overtime prior to losing 115-122 while the Jazz has been off since Friday when they defeated the Nets 125-102.
Last season, the teams played twice with each team winning on their home court. The Jazz holds the all-time record having bested the Knicks in 52 of their 102 matches
New York Knicks
Saturday’s loss offered the perfect vignette of how this season has gone for the Knicks. They jumped on the Lakers building a 21 point lead then coughed up that lead.
RJ Barrett showcased his growth getting the Knicks back in the game and forcing overtime and then they made dumb decisions and committed bad turnovers in overtime to lose the match.
Barrett registered a career-high 36 points along with eight rebounds, five assists, and a steal. Julius Randle had one of his better outings posting a double-double of 32 points and 16 rebounds with seven assists, and two blocks.
Evan Fournier (15) and Alec Burks (12) were the only other double-figure scorers for the Knicks.
The issue for New York continues to be a lack of consistency on both sides of the hardwood. They scored 42 points in the first quarter but only 13 in the third.
Defensively they were solid to start the match and at the end of the fourth but at other times they gave wide-open lanes to the basket.
Every team will go through stretches where they can’t score but when they go for long segments not defending that’s an issue.
Combine that with the team’s tendency to revert to iso-ball when the pressure mounts and it’s easy to understand why the Knicks are in 12th in the East.
Derrick Rose (ankle) is out but nearing a return.
Utah Jazz
It’s been a rough stretch for the Jazz losing 11 of their last 15 games. The padding they built up early in the season saved them as they managed to hold onto a home court seed.
Consecutive wins helped get them back on track but the pressure is still on as the Mavericks are hot on their heels plus the Nuggets and Wolves are within range of catching them.
Without Rudy Gobert, the Jazz are learning just how vital he is to their success but they got back Donovan Mitchell from an eight-game absence as he dealt with the concussion protocols.
Rudy Gay (knee) left the last game early — he and Jordan Clarkson (knee) are questionable to play Monday. Danuel House (quarantine) and Rudy Gobert (calf) are out indefinitely. Joe Ingles (knee) is lost for the season.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Jazz are 7-3 in their last 10 meetings against each other
- The teams are 5-5 ATS in the last 10 matches against the Heat
- The over/under is 7-3 in the teams last 10 head to head matches
- New York is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
- Utah is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Utah’s last 10 games.
Free New York Knicks vs. Utah Jazz NBA Analysis:
It’s not necessarily logical, but something tells me this might be a trap game for the Jazz who have Mitchell back but without Gobert can’t stop even mediocre offenses from scoring.
And — no– the Knicks haven’t given any indication they’ll be able to deliver a consistent effort for 48 minutes but I like them to steal this one.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Knicks +7.5
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