{"id":27018,"date":"2012-12-31T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27018"},"modified":"2012-12-31T20:02:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T01:02:40","slug":"portland-trail-blazers-vs-new-york-knicks-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/portland-trail-blazers-vs-new-york-knicks-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-27018\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks: NBA Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks
\nTuesday, 1\/1\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 MSG
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks are 3-3 without Carmelo Anthony in the lineup this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off an 89-85 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as three-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total in consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe have confidence going into this one,\u201d stated Trail Blazers rookie point guard Damian Lillard.\u00a0 He leads all NBA rookies in averaging 18.3 points and dishing out 6.3 assists per game.\u00a0 Portland is 4-10 ATS on the road this year, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers didn\u2019t fare too well against the Knicks in their only series meeting a year ago, dropping a 121-79 decision as six-point road underdogs.\u00a0 Portland has won four of its last six games versus New York at Madison Square Garden, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 The team\u2019s success is built around a starting unit that leads the league in averaging 79.3 points per game as a group.<\/p>\n

New York has also been very inconsistent in splitting its last eight games, but the franchise could have two of their star players back on the floor to open up a new calendar year.\u00a0 The Knicks have played their last two games without the services of leading scorer Carmelo Anthony, while Amar\u2019e Stoudemire may see his first action of the season.\u00a0 The team won its first 10 home games, but has since split its last four played in the Big Apple.\u00a0 New York is 8-2 ATS when playing with three or more days rest over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have compiled a solid 16-6 record when playing on this particular holiday, including a 13-2 mark at home.\u00a0 Anthony is desperately needed on the offensive end, considering he\u2019s second in the NBA in averaging 28.5 points per game, while ranking 13th among all players in shooting 43.4 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Knicks due to their 30-10 ATS mark at home, while the Trail Blazers are 4-12-1 ATS when playing on two days rest.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks Tuesday, 1\/1\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 MSG Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 N\/A Current Betting Line:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off an 89-85 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[669,49,5930,3902,7275,115,830],"class_list":["post-27018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-damian-lillard","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-new-years-day","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-portland-trail-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018","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=27018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27020,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018\/revisions\/27020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}