{"id":7510,"date":"2009-01-21T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2009-01-21T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T23:07:20","slug":"suns-knicks-free-pick-210109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/suns-knicks-free-pick-210109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Suns vs. Knicks (Jan. 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>D\u2019Antoni to face Shaq and the Suns<\/h2>\n<p>The Phoenix Suns (23-16 SU, 13-23 ATS, 22-15 O\/U) were blown out the last time they took the floor, losing 104-87 to the Boston Celtics on Monday, easily failing to cover the spread for NBA wagering enthusiasts as 8.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0The New York Knicks (16-24 SU, 21-19 ATS, 15-25 O\/U) recorded a narrow 102-98 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday, covering the spread for my beloved BetUS NBA sports betting fanatics as 1.5-point home favorites in the BetUS Sportsbook.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Shaquille O&#8217;Neal led Phoenix with 16 points and 11 boards in its loss to Boston but Amare Stoudemire scored just three points on 0-for-7 shooting from the field while grabbing just one rebound in just over 30 minutes of playing time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They put on a clinic for us tonight,&#8221; Nash said.<\/p>\n<p>Reserves Matt Barnes and Leandro Barbosa combined to shoot just 1-for-12 from the field for a grand total of five points as they succumbed to Boston\u2019s overpowering defense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a good ol&#8217; spanking. That&#8217;s what is was,&#8221; coach Terry Porter said. &#8220;They came out and turned on the intensity on us early and we didn&#8217;t respond. They got whatever they wanted. There was no resistance from us whatsoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks outscored the Bulls in the fourth quarter to pull out a hard-fought 102-98 win on Monday as veteran shooting guard Quentin Richardson led the way with 24 points and six rebounds. Point guard Chris Duhon added 19 points and forward David Lee added a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hurting real bad,&#8221; said Duhon, who scored the game-winner on a drive to the basket last in the fourth. &#8220;But my main thing was us to go get a win, and that&#8217;s what we came out and did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Duhon has flourished at the point guard spot under D\u2019Antoni, averaging 12.3 points and 8.0 assists after coming into the 2008-09 season with career averages of 6.9 points and 4.5 assists after spending his first four seasons with Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He gutted it out, which I expected him to do,&#8221; D&#8217;Antoni told the Knicks&#8217; official Web site. &#8220;It does cause some anxiety on our side, but he&#8217;s competitive all the way through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><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=\"NBA Betting\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Pick.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New York<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against New York<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 9 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 11 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 11 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 14 games when playing New York<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York&#8217;s last 11 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 11 of New York&#8217;s last 14 games when playing Phoenix<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Suns -5 -110<br \/>\nNew York Knicks +5 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 220\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 220\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: I know the Suns are struggling in a big way right now while the Knicks seem to be finding their stride a bit, but I like the Suns to bounce back in a big way tonight from their resounding loss and play like the conference contenders they are.<\/p>\n<p>I also think the Under may be the best bet for this contest with the Suns now committed to defense.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, I say take the Suns to win and cover, while keeping the combined score way Under the set O\/U total.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Under 220\u00bd Total Points\/ Suns -5 Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Phoenix Suns and the NY Knicks from New York, NY&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,4045,6365,744,4044,3942,747,3925,6271,3124,9082,5950,9083],"class_list":["post-7510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-knicks-betting-trends","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-ny-knicks","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenix-suns-vs-ny-knicks","tag-suns-betting-trends","tag-suns-vs-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7513,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions\/7513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}