{"id":14709,"date":"2011-04-06T13:28:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14709"},"modified":"2011-04-06T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T18:28:44","slug":"philly-fun-sixers-host-the-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/philly-fun-sixers-host-the-new-york-knicks-14709\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly Fun: Sixers host the New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Phi -4.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Phi -5.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 211.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total: 213.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Phi -200 \/ NY +170<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Phi -220 \/ NY +185<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amar'e and the Knicks have been very mediocre since acquiring Anthony and Billups<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s hard to imagine a team with Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire not being favored, but the Knicks just haven’t been that good since the trade and Carmelo himself said “it’s going to take time.”\u00a0 The Knicks have won just 4 of their last 10 games and sit only 1 game above .500, actually behind Philadelphia who is now half a game ahead of the struggling Knicks.\u00a0 If the playoffs started today, New York would face Boston and Philadelphia would face Miami, a bad proposition for both teams.\u00a0 Even had they made the fifth seed, they would still face a likely first round exit against Orlando; the East is top heavy.<\/p>\n

The Knicks had no trouble last night against the Raptors, scoring 131 points in route to a 13 point victory.\u00a0 That’s simply a shootout though, there is no defense in a game like that.\u00a0 For New York to even have the most remote chance against Boston, they are going to have to defend, or face Paul Pierce scoring over 30 and leading the Celtics to victory.\u00a0 Moreover, they won’t be able to control the pace against Boston, anyway, Rondo is too good to allow that to happen.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

New York is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games and the total has gone OVER in 4 of their last 5 games.\u00a0 New York is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games and 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road.\u00a0 They are also 0-5 ATS in those five games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 6 games on the road and they are 6-16 SU in their last 22 games against the Sixers.\u00a0 New York is 4-2 SU in their last 6 against Philadelphia and the total has gnoe UNDER in 5 of their last 6 games against Philadelphia.\u00a0 The total has also gone UNDER in 4 of the Knicks last 5 road games in Philadelphia.\u00a0 New York is 2-10 SU in their lsat 12 games on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia is 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 games.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 6 of their last 8 at home and they are 4-1 SU in their last 5 at home.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against the Knicks and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 against the Knicks.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in their last 6 against the Knicks and they are 16-6 SU in their last 22 against the Knicks.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 at home against New York and they are 10-2 SU in their last 12 at home against the Knicks.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games at home against the Knicks.<\/p>\n

Key matchups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chauncey Billups vs. Jrue Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Billups, unlike Anthony, has improved since stepping into a Knick uniform.\u00a0 The 34 year old point guard is playing the same number of minutes, 32, but attempting 2 more shots a game and averaging 1.9 points per game more than he did in Denver.\u00a0 Holiday will have the size to matchup with Billups, though, and has proven himself to be a solid defender against most point guards in the league.\u00a0 In fact, it will be Billups who will have the trouble, as staying in front of Holiday could be a problem for the slow footed Billups.\u00a0 I’m not suggesting Holiday will dominate Billups, but for a point guard that should dominate here (Billups), there will be little if any separation between the two in terms of offensive production.<\/p>\n

Carmelo Anthony vs. Andre Iguodala<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iguodala is probably the best defender against Carmelo Anthony in the entire league.\u00a0 He frustrated Anthony while he was with Denver, holding him below the Bodog line for his scoring in every matchup.\u00a0 “Iggy” doesn’t offer a lot of offensive punch, but he’s not horrible either.\u00a0 In years past, he averaged in excess of 18 a game, but with Philadelphia’s improved team he is shooting less this year and consequently scoring less.\u00a0 Philly won’t ask much of him offensively tonight, as it is most important that he expends his energies on slowing down Anthony just as he has all season.<\/p>\n

Given the fact that both teams played last night, it might be reasonable to expect some sluggish play.\u00a0 New York won’t slow down the pace any, but tired legs and short jumpers are to be expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Philadelphia 76ers Opening Line:\u00a0 Phi -4.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Phi -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 211.5 Current Total: 213.5 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Phi -200 \/ NY +170 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Phi -220 \/ NY +185 It’s hard to imagine a team with Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire not being favored, but the Knicks just haven’t been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,49,105,943,115,832],"class_list":["post-14709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-chauncey-billups","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709","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=14709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14711,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14709\/revisions\/14711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}