{"id":27414,"date":"2013-01-21T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27414"},"modified":"2013-01-21T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:40:54","slug":"nba-betting-picks-new-jersey-nets-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-new-jersey-nets-vs-new-york-knicks-27414\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: New Jersey Nets vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks
\nMonday, 1\/21\/13, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Knicks F Carmelo Anthony has been sensational against the Brooklyn Nets this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn has won eight of its last nine games, including a 94-89 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 6.5-point home favorites Friday night, while going UNDER the total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Nets have dropped two of three meetings against the Knicks during the 2012-13 NBA season, including a 100-86 setback as six-point road underdogs on Dec. 19.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to go in there with the mind-frame that we understand it\u2019s going to be a hostile environment,\u201d stated Nets guard Joe Johnson.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 1-5 ATS when revenging a loss versus an opponent this year, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Nets are led by their backcourt duo of Johnson and Deron Williams offensively, averaging 34.2 combined points per game, while center Brook Lopez is the highest scorer at 18.6. \u00a0Brooklyn is 8-9 overall when playing away from the Barclays Center, including an even 6-6 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Under interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo, the franchise has garnered an 11-2 record, averaging 101.5 points per game on the offensive end.<\/p>\n

New York has put together a two-game win streak since dropping three in a row, as it comes off a 102-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons as 5.5-point favorites in London, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve been on some good teams, but this is the best team I\u2019ve been a part of,\u201d commented Knicks star Carmelo Anthony over the weekend.\u00a0 He has averaged 37.0 points in three games against the Nets this season.\u00a0 New York is 16-5 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are 18-8 overall and 18-7 at home when playing on Martin Luther King Day, as they prepare to play on the holiday for a 14th consecutive year.\u00a0 New York is averaging 101.5 points per game, while giving up 96.5.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that point guard Raymond Felton will miss his first game in this series after playing the previous three, as he continues to miss time with a broken finger.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Knicks due to their 32-13 ATS mark at home, while the Nets are 3-8-1 ATS versus conference foes.<\/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":"

Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks Monday, 1\/21\/13, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 193.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn has won eight of its last nine games, including a 94-89 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as 6.5-point home […]<\/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":[7131,49,3622,2897,18,115],"class_list":["post-27414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joe-johnson","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414","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=27414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27415,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414\/revisions\/27415"}],"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=27414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}