{"id":27520,"date":"2013-01-27T13:07:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27520"},"modified":"2013-01-27T13:07:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T18:07:12","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-atlanta-hawks-vs-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-atlanta-hawks-vs-new-york-knicks-27520\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks
\nSunday, 1\/27\/13, 6:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks are 16-6 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta has won three games in a row, including a 123-111 overtime victory over the Boston Celtics as 5.5-point home favorites Friday night, while going OVER the total in each contest during that span.\u00a0 The Hawks are averaging 110.3 points and 31.3 assists over the last three games, while four of their probable starters are averaging in double figures, with forward Josh Smith leading the way in scoring 16.7 points per game.\u00a0 Atlanta is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Hawks are 10-11 overall on the road this season, including a 5-7 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Atlanta dropped two of three meetings against New York last year, while dropping two straight road games in this series.\u00a0 Due to various injuries to a number of players, the franchise has used 15 different starting lineups this season, which has already passed last year\u2019s figure of 11.\u00a0 The team is 17-4 when scoring 100-plus points this season.<\/p>\n

New York has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 97-80 setback to the Philadelphia 76ers as four-point road favorites last night, while going UNDER the total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 The Knicks are 14-6 at Madison Square Garden this year, including a 7-4 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Today\u2019s game will serve as the backend of a back-to-back situation, with the club going 4-4 in that particular situation thus far during the 2012-13 NBA season.\u00a0 New York is 16-6 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will be led on the offensive end by forward Carmelo Anthony, who averaged 30.0 points and 7.7 rebounds in three meetings against the Hawks last year.\u00a0 He came into last night\u2019s loss averaging 31.1 points over his previous 10 games, which was the second-highest average among players in the league over that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Knicks due to their 3-0 ATS record after a loss by 10 points or more, while the Hawks are 2-3 ATS after three or more consecutive OVERs.<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks Sunday, 1\/27\/13, 6:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191.5 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Atlanta has won three games in a row, including a 123-111 overtime victory over the Boston Celtics as 5.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[834,49,3622,3902,18,115],"class_list":["post-27520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27520","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=27520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27521,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27520\/revisions\/27521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}