{"id":32264,"date":"2014-01-02T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32264"},"modified":"2014-01-02T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T17:35:02","slug":"new-york-knicks-vs-san-antonio-spurs-nba-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-york-knicks-vs-san-antonio-spurs-nba-betting-odds-and-picks-32264\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs: NBA Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs
\nThursday, 1\/2\/14, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -11.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 200
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York has lost three games in a row, including a 115-100 defeat to the Toronto Raptors as 6.5-point road underdogs last time out, while going OVER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Knicks are hoping that forward Carmelo Anthony can return to the floor for the first time since Dec. 23, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 He led the team with 16 points over 35 minutes of action in a 120-89 setback to the Spurs on Nov. 10.\u00a0 New York is 2-5 SU and 3-3-1 ATS as road underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Knicks desperately need the NBA\u2019s third-leading scorer, as Anthony is averaging 26.3 points per game.\u00a0 \u201cGetting there, feeling a lot better each day,\u201d commented Anthony earlier this week.\u00a0 New York still has plenty of injuries problems, with Raymond Felton, Pablo Prigioni and Metta World Peace all expected to miss this non-conference affair.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has won three games in a row by scoring 112-plus points in each of those contests, including a 113-92 victory over the Brooklyn Nets as 12-point home favorites last time out.\u00a0 The Spurs are 12-4 SU at the AT&T Center, including a 6-1 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 The team has three probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Tony Parker leading the way at 18.0 points a contest.\u00a0 San Antonio is 6-0 SU and 4-2 ATS as home favorites of 9.5 to 12 points this season, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have compiled a 57-9 SU record in homes games in which Tim Duncan, Parker and Manu Ginobili all score 15-or-more points, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 San Antonio has one of the best benches in the league, with the group pacing the league in averaging 46.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Spurs due to the home team being 7-3-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings in this series.<\/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 vs. San Antonio Spurs Thursday, 1\/2\/14, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -11.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 200 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has lost three games in a row, including a 115-100 defeat to the Toronto Raptors as 6.5-point road underdogs […]<\/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":[49,3622,18,115,141,1029],"class_list":["post-32264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264","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=32264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32266,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32264\/revisions\/32266"}],"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=32264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}