New Orleans Pelicans vs New York Knicks 1/20/2022 NBA Odds and Picks

New Orleans Pelicans vs New York Knicks 1/20/2022 – The New Orleans Pelicans and New York Knicks are all set to square off in an exciting game from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The Pelicans continue to deal with their issues as they remain at the 13th spot in the Western Conference play. New Orleans will enter this game riding a two-game losing streak. The New York Knicks are coming into this game holding sitting at the 11th spot in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks dropped their last two games and hope for a victory at home. The NBA betting odds have a predicted winner based on the odds and lines of this exciting game.

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New Orleans Pelicans vs New York Knicks 1/20/2022 Betting Odds

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
New Orleans Pelicans	+1.5 (-110)	212 o (-110)	+125
New York Knicks	-1.5 (-110)	212 u (-110)	-141

The Pelicans are holding a 16-28 record and the season and are a dozen games behind the .500 mark. New Orleans is ahead of the Thunder and they continue to trail the Spurs. In their last game, they lost against the Boston Celtics with a final score of 104-92. The Pelicans shot at 41 percent with their field goal attempts. Jonas Valanciunas took the lead for his team with 22 points. The leading rebounder with 10 and second-leading scorer with 15 was Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans had all five starters score in double figures.

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Players to watch: B. Ingram SF 35 GP 35 GS 34.6 MIN 22.7 PTS 0.8 OR 5.3 DR 6.1 REB 5.2 AST 0.6 STL 0.3 BLK 2.6 TO 2 PF 2 AST/TO 18.13 PER

J. Valanciunas C 41 GP 41 GS 31.6 MIN 18.4 PTS 3.4 OR 8.6 DR 12 REB 2.4 AST 0.5 STL 0.9 BLK 2.4 TO 3.1 PF 1 AST/TO 21.41 PER

D. Graham PG 41 GP 41 GS 31.3 MIN 13.8 PTS 0.5 OR 2.1 DR 2.6 REB 4.6 AST 1 STL 0.2 BLK 1.6 TO 1.4 PF 2.8 AST/TO 12.77 PER

The New York Knicks are holding a 22-23 record on the season and are one game behind the .500 mark. The Knicks are behind the Raptors and are trailing the Hawks. New York lost their last game against the Timberwolves with a final score of 112-110. The Knicks had 38 three-point attempts, but they missed 26. Evan Fournier recorded 27 points after going 10 for 17 with his shooting attempts. The other notable player with 21 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists was Julius Randle.

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Players to watch: J. Randle PF 43 GP 43 GS 35.6 MIN 19.1 PTS 1.8 OR 8.3 DR 10.1 REB 5.1 AST 0.7 STL 0.7 BLK 3.4 TO 2.8 PF 1.5 AST/TO 16.22 PER

R. Barrett SG 38 GP 38 GS 32.4 MIN 16.9 PTS 0.8 OR 4.9 DR 5.7 REB 2.4 AST 0.5 STL 0.3 BLK 2 TO 2.1 PF 1.2 AST/TO 12.90 PER

E. Fournier SG 43 GP 43 GS 29.1 MIN 13.9 PTS 0.5 OR 2.4 DR 2.8 REB 1.8 AST 0.9 STL 0.3 BLK 1.3 TO 1.9 PF 1.4 AST/TO 12.76 PER

New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans’ last 6 games.
New Orleans are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.
New Orleans are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against New York.
Pelicans are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against New York.
New Orleans are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans’ last 5 games this season.
New Orleans are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans’ last 7 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.
New Orleans are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games played in January.

New York Knicks

Knicks are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New York’s last 13 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New York’s last 7 games against New Orleans.
New York are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games at home.
New York are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games this season.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
New York are 13-0 SU in their last 13 games against an opponent in the Southwest Division division.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York’s last 6 games played in January.
New York are 9-3 SU in their last 12 games played on a Thursday.

Injuries

New Orleans Pelicans

Devonte’ Graham PG Ankle is “?” Thursday vs New York
Zion Williamson PF Foot is out indefinitely
Kira Lewis Jr. PG ACL is out for season

New York Knicks

Derrick Rose PG Ankle is out indefinitely
Nerlens Noel PF Knee is downgraded to OUT Thursday vs New Orleans
Ryan Arcidiacono PG Ankle is OUT Thursday vs New Orleans
Cam Reddish SG Ankle is out indefinitely

The Knicks are a better team and they have the home advantage in this game. The NBA betting picks favor the Knicks to win this game and cover the spread. As for the Pelicans, they have plenty of room for improvement.

Moneyline: +125 is set for the Pelicans and -141 is set for the Knicks.

ATS: A spread of +1.5 (-110) is out for the Pelicans and a spread of -1.5 (-110) is out for the Knicks.

TOTALs: Look for the total to go Over 212 (-110) for New Orleans and the same to go Under for the Knicks.

Score Prediction: 103 – 100, Knicks