Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The New York Knicks will travel to play the Charlotte Bobcats in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night.
Tip off time from Charlotte is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened up in this NBA game with the road team New York Knicks favored by -4 ½ points with a total of 194 points.
Money early from the NBA bettors has not moved off the opener as the New York Knicks remain a -4 ½ point favorite.
The total has moved down to 191 points.
New York Knicks money line bettors will lay –210 odds with the home underdog Charlotte Bobcats bringing back +190 odds to post the straight up win with no need for taking the points.
The teams have met twice thus far this season in New York with each team wining once and the Bobcats covering the spread each time.
There was one over and on under.
The New York Knicks will head to Charlotte with a record of 6-10 on the season. The club is 3-4 on the road.
New York puts up 94 points and connects on 41.4% from the field with 30.7% coming from the three point line. The Knicks hit on 78.5% of their free throws.
On defense the Knicks allow 96 points and 45% shooting. Teams connect on 39.8% from the three point line against them.
The Knicks have dropped six straight games.
They are coming off the 119-114 road defeat on Saturday night to the Denver Nuggets as a +2 point underdog.
The total landed over the closing line of 207 points.
New York made 45.4% of their shots with 11 of 33 coming from beyond the arc.
They got outrebounded by eight rebounds to the Bobcats.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 25 points and 10 rebounds with 10 of 30 shooting.
Landry Field had 18 points and seven assists as he made 8 of his 14 shots.
Iman Shumpert scored 18 points and dished out seven assists in the loss.
They allowed the Bobcats 41.8% of their shots with 6 of 24 coming from the three point.
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Charlotte will host the Knicks with a 3-14 record on the season. The club is 2-6 on their home court.
The Bobcats average 90 points with 43.5% shooting and 31.3% coming from beyond the arc. The club makes 73.4% of their free throws.
On the defensive side of the court the club allows 101 points and 46.1% shooting. Teams connect on 35% from beyond the arc against them.
Charlotte is running just as bad as the Knicks as they are losers of 9 of their past 10 games and four straight.
They are coming off the 97-87 road defeat to the New Jersey Nets on Sunday night as a +5 point underdog.
The total came in at under the total of 192 points.
The Bobcats fell behind by 16 points at the half.
Charlotte hit on 46.8% of their shots with 5 of 14 coming from the three point line.
The club got crushed by the Nets on the glass by a 47-34 margin.
Rookie Kemba Walker led the Bobcats with 16 points and six boards on 5 of 13 shooting.
Gerald Henderson had 15 points and he made 6 of his 12 shots.
Both Derrick Brown and Bismark Biyombo had 11 points in the loss.
They allowed New Jersey 44.2% shooting with 7 of 27 coming from the three point line.
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