{"id":22435,"date":"2012-03-21T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22435"},"modified":"2012-03-21T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T14:35:02","slug":"knicks-vs-76ers-nba-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-inside-the-wells-fargo-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/knicks-vs-76ers-nba-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-inside-the-wells-fargo-center-22435\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks vs. 76ers: NBA Eastern Conference Rivals Meet Inside the Wells Fargo Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers
\nWednesday, 3\/21\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 192
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony is averaging 24.5 points and 9.0 rebounds versus the Philadelphia 76ers this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has won four games in a row since head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni\u2019s resignation, including a 106-87 win over the Toronto Raptors as 8.5-point home favorites on Tuesday night.\u00a0 The Knicks have captured the last four contests by an average of 22.5 points per game and forward Carmelo Anthony couldn\u2019t be happier.\u00a0 \u201cGuys are playing at a very high, confident level right now,\u201d commented Anthony.\u00a0 The team is 8-14 on the road overall, including a 6-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 New York is 9-13 ATS on the road and the \u201cunder\u201d is 15-7 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will begin a two-game road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers inside the Wells Fargo Center, as this will be the third and final meeting between the two sides.\u00a0 Both earlier meetings were played inside Madison Square Garden, with New York tallying a 85-79 victory on Jan. 11, while Philadelphia captured a 106-94 win on March 11.\u00a0 This contest will mark the backend of the team\u2019s 16th of 21 back-to-back sets, as the franchise is 5-10 when playing the second game.\u00a0 Anthony has averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists in two meetings with tonight\u2019s opponent during the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak in registering a 105-80 win over the Charlotte Bobcats as 10-point road favorites on Monday night.\u00a0 The Sixers outscored the Bobcats by a 59-36 margin in the second half and won the battle on the glass by 20 rebounds.\u00a0 The franchise is 16-9 when playing at home this season, including a 12-4 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 16-5 ATS when playing a team with a losing record this year.<\/p>\n

The Sixers have held the Knicks under 100 points in eight of the last nine meetings and will want to get shooting guard Evan Turner the ball on the offensive end.\u00a0 He has averaged just 6.0 points on 26.3 percent shooting over the past two games, but has averaged 20.0 points and 11.0 rebounds versus New York this season.\u00a0 Philadelphia has posted a dismal 6-11 record over its past 17 games, but still has one of the best records in the East due to opening the year with 20 wins in its first 29 games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Sixers due to their 14-6 ATS mark as a home favorite, while the Knicks are 2-6 ATS in their last eight road games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday, 3\/21\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 192 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has won four games in a row since head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni\u2019s resignation, including a 106-87 win over the Toronto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,3622,1390,18,115,832],"class_list":["post-22435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-evan-turner","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22436,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions\/22436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}