The 25-18 Atlanta Hawks will travel to play the 26-14 New York Knicks in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday night. Tip off time from Madison Square Garden in New York is set for 6:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team New York Knicks favored by -6 points with an over under line of 192 ½ points. When the odds came out a few hours ago the Knicks were -5 ½ point favorites with the total at 192 ½ points. There has been a ½ point move on the Knicks.
The teams met three times during the lockout season with the Knicks winning and covering the spread in two of the three games.
Atlanta is 10-11 on the road this season. After some horrid play early in the month the Hawks have strung together three straight wins. They come off the 123-111 home overtime win on Friday to the Boston Celtics in overtime as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 185 points. The Hawks overcome a 29-10 deficit after one quarter in the win. Atlanta shoots just under 45% and wins the game by forcing 21 Celtics turnovers. Kyle Korver had 27 points and 6 rebounds on 8 of 12 from the three point line. Atlanta is a top seven team in the league in two key categories which are field goal and three point shooting.
The New York Knicks are 14-6 on their home court. The Knicks have now lost 5 of their past 8 games following a 90-87 road defeat last night to the Philadelphia 76ers as a -4 point betting favorite. The total landed under 192 points. It was the third straight game the Knicks was held under 90 points. New York was behind by 26 points after three quarters. The team shoots a miserable 34% from the field and 4 of 27 from three. They allow the 76ers over 50% shooting and commit 18 turnovers. Carmelo Anthony had 25 points and 9 rebounds on 9 of 28 shooting. Raymond Felton returned to the lineup and had 3 assists on 2 of 8 shooting. New York has now fallen in the bottom third in the NBA in shooting as the club hits on 44% from the field.