{"id":12851,"date":"2011-01-28T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2011-01-28T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T15:54:32","slug":"nba-picks-ats-new-york-knicks-at-atlanta-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-ats-new-york-knicks-at-atlanta-hawks-12851\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks ATS: New York Knicks at Atlanta Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Atlanta Hawks
\nJan 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -6.5
\nCurrent Line: Atlanta -6.5
\nOpening Total: 207
\nCurrent Total: 206
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Atl -260 \/ NY +240
\nCurrent Moneyline: Atl -280 \/ NY +230<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joe Johnson scored a mere 7 points last game being guarded by Landry Fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Hawks recently had one of the most embarassing losses this season, a 41 point drubbing by the New Orleans Hornets, a game that the Hawks managed to score a pathetic 59 points while giving up 100.\u00a0 They followed that woeful performance up with a win against the Bobcats, before dropping another game to the Bucks.\u00a0 It leaves the Hawks at 29-17 and they are tied with Orlando for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 Atlanta big man Al Horford was not pleased with the offensive execution, commenting \u201cWe just became stagnant on offense.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lesson that we are still learning. I don\u2019t think it hurts enough yet because we haven\u2019t done anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks, meanwhile, are coming off a pride and confidence building home win against the “Heatles,” as LeBron refers to himself and his squadron.\u00a0 The Knicks found a way to do something they hadn’t been doing for most of the season:\u00a0 play defense.\u00a0 They held the potent Miami offense to a mere 88 points while managing to score 93 themselves.\u00a0 The win on national television was a boost to the Knicks who are seeking to reclaim their glory days of the 80s and 90s after floundering in mediocrity for the entire Isiah Thomas tenure.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

New York is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games and thet otal has gone UNDER in 6 of their last 7 road games.\u00a0 They are 1-5 SU in their last 6 on the road and 14-4-1 ATS in their last 19 road games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 8 of their last 11 games against the Hawks and they are 5-2 SU in their last 7 against Atlanta.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 10 of their last 13 games on the road against Atlanta and they are 3-6 SU in their last 9 against the Hawks.<\/p>\n

Atlanta is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games and the total has gone OVER in 8 of their last 12 games.\u00a0 They are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games and 7-16 ATS in their last 23 home games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 9 at home and they are 11-2 SU in their last 13 at home.\u00a0 They are 2-5 SU in their last 7 against the Knicks and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 against NY.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 8 of their last 11 against the Knicks and OVER in 10 of their last 13 at home against the Knicks.\u00a0 They are also 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games against the Knicks.<\/p>\n

Key Matchups:<\/p>\n

Amar’e Stoudemire vs. Al Horford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horford recently made the switch to center, and while Amar’e has been hovering between center and power forward, you can expect Horford to draw the defensive assignment as Atlanta’s best interior defender.\u00a0 Horford has had success against the Knicks in his career, averaging 18.0 points per game and 11.8 rebounds.\u00a0 Amar’e has also had a good career run against the Hawks, averaging 23.9 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Amar’e is seeking to build on his better performances of late, as he has scored 24 and 30 in the last two games,\u00a0 totaling only 36 in the two games before those.\u00a0 Last game against the Hawks he played at about his season average, scoring 24 and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 9 point Knick loss at home.\u00a0 That game, the Hawks had 6 players in double figures and New York is going to have to improve their all around defensive effort to prevent that from happening again.
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\nLandry Fields vs. Joe Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Landry Fields has been one impressive rookie; so impressive in fact that the Knicks refused to offer him up in a trade to bring in Carmelo Anthony.\u00a0 Despite being a second round pick, the 6’7″ shooting guard is one of the best rebounding guards in the league, averaging 7.2 boards a night while scoring 10.0 points per game.\u00a0 He’s shooting high percentages from the field (52%) and from three (38%), so Joe Johnson can’t simply sleep on him defensively.\u00a0 Last game Fields held Johnson to a mere 7 points, his second lowest scoring game of the year.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s game should be a good one as New York seeks to climb above .500 on the road against a Hawks team that is 14-7 at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Atlanta Hawks Jan 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Atlanta -6.5 Current Line: Atlanta -6.5 Opening Total: 207 Current Total: 206 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Atl -260 \/ NY +240 Current Moneyline: Atl -280 \/ NY +230 The Hawks recently had one of the most embarassing losses this season, a 41 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,834,2897,115],"class_list":["post-12851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-joe-johnson","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12854,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851\/revisions\/12854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}