Monday, May 21st, 2012
The New Jersey Nets will face crosstown rivals the New York Knicks in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night.
Start time from Madison Square Garden in New York City is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The betting odds came in with the New York Knicks favored by –8 points with an over under of 208 ½ points.
The early money from the NBA bettors has come on the side of the Knicks as New York is up to a -8 ½ point favorite.
The over under has moved down to 207 ½ points.
New York Knicks money line gamblers will lay –400 odds with the road underdog New Jersey Nets bringing back +350 odds to earn the straight up win without the aid of taking the points.
These two Eastern conference squads meet for the third time this season. New York has won both contests.
On November 30th it was the New York Knicks with the 111-100 home win against the New Jersey Nets as a -4 ½ point favorite. The game landed over 205 points.
The Knicks were powered by a 33-15 third period. The Knicks hit on 51.2% in the win and 4 of 19 from the three point line. New York was good from the free throw line making 25 of 29.
Amare Stoudemire led the club with 35 points and nine rebounds on 13 of 22 from the field.
The rematch took place on February 12th and it was the New York Knicks with the 105-95 road win at New Jersey as a -1 ½ point favorite. The game went under 205 points.
New York shot well from the three point line in the win hitting on 16 of 34. The Nets hit on just 41.8% from the floor and threw away the game missing 9 of 31 free throws and 18 turnovers.
Wilson Chandler had 21 points for New York with 8 rebounds. Toney Douglas off the bench contributed with 19 points on 8 of 13 from the field.
New Jersey travels to New York with a record of 23-50. The team is 5-31 on the highway this season.
The Nets are buried in the 12th seed in the Eastern conference and 8 games behind the 8th seeded Indiana Pacers with 9 games remaining.
The team has dropped 7 of their past 8 games and three straight.
The club is coming off a bad 112-87 home defeat last night to the Houston Rockets as a +7 ½ point home underdog.
The Nets shot just 41.6% from the floor in defeat and hit on 6 of 16 from the three point line. The team was out rebounded by a small Houston club by a 56-42 margin.
New Jersey allowed the Rockets 46.5% shooting and 11 of 23 from beyond the arc.
Center Brook Lopez led the club with 22 points on 10 of 16 shooting and seven rebounds. Jordan Farmar chipped in with 12 points and seven assists.
The New York Knicks will host the Nets with a record of 36-38. The club is 20-17 at home this year.
The Knicks are the seventh seed in the Eastern conference sitting two games in the loss column behind the six seeded Philadelphia 76ers with 8 games left to play.
The team has their six game losing streak snapped on Monday with a 113-106 home overtime victory against an injury riddled Orlando Magic as a +2 point underdog.
The Knicks hit on 43.2% in their win and made of 12 of 35 from three. They were only out rebounded by one board to the Magic.
Defensively they allowed 45% shooting to Orlando and forced and a very high 21 turnovers.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 39 points on 12 of 26 from the field and 10 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire chipped in with 20 points and 9 boards.
Trend: New York Knicks are 4-0 ATS in their past four games.
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