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The New York Knicks head to the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday night to take on the Milwaukee Bucks.
It’s top vs bottom when these two teams play on Tuesday night. New York is next to last in the Eastern Conference with only Atlanta worse than them in the team standings. Meanwhile, the Bucks are the best team in the East and currently own the best record in the league. Milwaukee heads home after winning three in a row on the road. The Bucks have lost just twice in 20 home games this season while the Knicks have won just five times in 21 road games.
Second Worst Record in the East
The New York Knicks have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference this season. The Knicks are 11-29 this year and are at the bottom of the Atlantic Division team standings. However, New York heads to the Fiserv Forum coming off a big win over the Miami Heat last Friday night.
Marcus Morris Sr. leads the Knicks in scoring at 19.1 points per game but he will be held out of this game due to a neck injury. Julius Randle is averaging 18.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game and is coming off a big game against the Heat. R.J. Barrett and Reggie Bullock are also scoring in double figures for New York this season.
New York is 27th in the league in scoring at 104.9 points per game this season. They are 9th overall in rebounding at 46.1 boards grabbed per contest and are 29th in passing at 21.1 assists per game. The Knicks are 19th in scoring defense this year at 112.8 points per game allowed.
Best in the East
The Milwaukee Bucks continue to roll as they picked up their third straight win last Friday night. The win was Milwaukee’s 8th in their last nine games and it improved the Bucks’ record to 35-6, best in the East and best overall in the entire league. Milwaukee is also 18-2 SU at home this season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks with 29.8 points, 12.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game. Khris Middleton is providing scoring support with 19.3 points per game while Eric Bledsoe is chipping in 15.6 points and 5.2 assists per game. Brook Lopez and George Hill are also putting up double-digit scoring for Milwaukee this season.
The Bucks are the second-highest scoring team this season at 119.2 points per game and they have the 9th best scoring defense at 106.9 points per game allowed. Milwaukee is the top rebounding team this year at 51.6 boards grabbed per contest and they are 6th in passing at 25.8 assists per game.
Who Wins?
New York is 1-5 SU in their last six games played. The Knicks are 2-4 SU in their last six games played on the road. The Bucks are 8-1 SU in their last nine games played. Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in their last five games played at home. Head to head, the Bucks have won nine out of their last 10 games played against the Knicks. Milwaukee is also 6-0 SU in their last six home games against New York.
New York ended a five-game losing spell with a win over the Miami Heat on Sunday night. The Knicks rallied behind Julius Randle and rookie RJ Barrett to pull off the upset against the upstart Heat. Marcus Morris is still out with a sore back and Frank Ntilikina missed their last game with a groin injury.
Milwaukee is the best team in the league right now and Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing like a man on a mission. The Bucks have won eight out of their last nine games including the last three. They are coming off back to back 20-point wins over the Kings and Blazers, both on the road.
The Knicks continues to struggle with injuries and although they are coming off a big win over the Miami Heat, beating Milwaukee may be too much to ask of them. The Bucks beat the Knicks by at least 20 points in each of their first two meetings of the season. The Bucks are just too good right now for this Knicks team.
Prediction: Milwaukee Bucks
Other Bets to Make
The Knicks are 2-4 ATS in their last six games played. New York is 3-3 ATS in their last six games played on the road, and 2-5 ATS in their last seven games against the Central Division. The Bucks are also 2-4 ATS in their last six games played. Milwaukee is 6-1 ATS in their last seven games played against the Eastern Conference. Head to head, the Bucks are 6-3-1 ATS in their last 10 games played against the Knicks.
Knicks
+16.5 (-110)
Bucks
-16.5 (-110)
Odds from Bet365 as of 01/14/20
The Bucks have outscored the Knicks by an average of 14.1 points per game in their last 10 meetings and by 27.0 points per game in their most recent three head to head encounters. Milwaukee beat New York by 44 and 21 points in their first two meetings of the season and with the way both teams are playing now, I don’t expect the results to be any different.
Prediction: Bucks -16.5
The total has gone over in five out of the last six games played by the Knicks. New York has seen the total go over in 11 out of their 21 road games played this year. The over is also 5-1 in their last six January games. The total has gone over in three out of the last five games played by the Bucks. The under is 7-5 in Milwaukee’s last 12 games against the East, 6-1 in their last seven games against the Atlantic Division, and 12-6 in their last 18 January games. Head to head, the total has gone under in four out of the last five games between these two teams.
Over
227 (-110)
Under
227 (-110)
Odds from Bet365 as of 01/14/20
New York is a bottom-half defensive team but they are only 4th from the last when it comes to putting up points. Milwaukee has a Top 10 offense and Top 10 defense. The Bucks have allowed 106 or fewer points in six out of their last eight games played. Milwaukee is such a versatile team that can choose to go toe to toe with their opponents or they can shut them down an play in a low scoring affair. I think the Milwaukee defense is going to stand out here and New York’s high-scoring games are going to end against the Bucks.
Prediction: Under 227
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