{"id":6850,"date":"2009-01-06T17:08:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T22:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2009-01-06T17:08:50","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T22:08:50","slug":"knicks-thunder-free-pick-60109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/knicks-thunder-free-pick-60109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Knicks vs. Thunder (Jan. 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Analysis &#8211; Thunder Host High Scoring Knicks<\/h2>\n<p>The New York Knicks (13-19 SU, 17-15 ATS, 14-18 O\/U) have won two of three and are coming off a convincing 100-88 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.\u00a0The Oklahoma City Thunder (4-30 SU, 21-13 ATS, 17-17 O\/U) lost a heart-breaker the last time they took the floor but are competing hard despite the mounting losses. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be gunning for a victory in the BetUS Sportsbook when they meet at Ford Center tonight.<\/p>\n<p>New York covered the spread against the C\u2019s as a 10-point underdog on Sunday as blossoming forward Wilson Chandler scored a team-high 31 points while veteran forward Al Harrington added 30 points in the win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been close in a lot of games. I thought we&#8217;ve played and we haven&#8217;t finished games,&#8221; Knicks coach Mike D&#8217;Antoni said. &#8220;Tonight we finished them. I don&#8217;t want to get too far ahead of us. That was a great win and we&#8217;ll try to get better on the defensive end. If we can have that effort and learn how to finish games, which tonight we did, we&#8217;ll just see if we can keep building on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City blew a late lead in its 122-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday, but covered the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as 8.5-point home underdogs in the BetUS Sportsbook.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City got a team-high 33 points from shooting guard Kevin Durant and 18 points from forward Jeff Green.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key NBA betting trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 7 of New York&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Oklahoma City<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 8 of New York&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>\nOklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>\nOklahoma City is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City&#8217;s last 8 games when playing New York<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against New York<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York Knicks -2\u00bd -110<br \/>\nOklahoma City Thunder +2\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 217 -110<br \/>\nUnder 217 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: The New York Knicks can score the ball with any team in the league, but play defense like they\u2019re playing street ball. The Oklahoma City Thunder hasn\u2019t won many games this season, but I say they get their fifth win of the season tonight.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Oklahoma City +2\u00bd Points\/Under 217 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the N.Y. 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