New York Knicks vs. Portland Trail Blazers odds, tips and betting trends

The New York Knicks (21-15) will be attempting to extend a three-game home winning streak when squaring off against the Portland Trail Blazers (10-25) on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Madison Square Garden. It airs at 7:30 PM ET on MSG and ROOT Sports NW+.

The Knicks are a double-digit favorite against the Trail Blazers when the Knicks and the Trail Blazers square off. The Knicks are favored by 11.5 points. The matchup’s over/under is set at 227.

Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Betting Odds

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• Spread: New York -11.5
• Total: 227
• Moneyline: New York -774, Portland +537

• Pick ATS: Knicks (- 11.5)
• Pick OU:

  Under (227)
  

• Prediction:
  Knicks 121 – Trail Blazers 106

• New York has come away with 14 wins in the 18 contests it has been listed as the favorite this season.
• New York has been named as a favorite of -774 or more just one time this season and came away with a victory in that game.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies New York has a 88.6% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.

• Portland has won nine of the 31 games it was the underdog on the moneyline this season (29%).
• Portland has not yet won a game when they entered play as a moneyline underdog with odds of +537 or longer in four chances.
• Portland has a 15.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

• The 115.8 points per game the Knicks record are only 0.5 fewer points than the Trail Blazers allow (116.3).
• New York is 12-6 against the spread and 13-5 overall when scoring more than 116.3 points.
• Portland is 9-4 against the spread and 6-7 overall when it scores more than 112.4 points.
• New York’s record is 13-3-1 against the spread and 14-3 overall when it gives up fewer than 109 points.
• The Knicks are at the 12th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (115.8 PPG), while the Trail Blazers allow the 18th-fewest points per game (116.3) in the league.
• The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (109 PPG) is Portland, while the New York squad ranks 12th in the league defensively (112.4 PPG).
• The Knicks have out-scored their opponents by a total of 120 points this season (3.4 points per game on average), and opponents of the Trail Blazers have out-scored them by 258 more points on the year (7.3 per game).

• New York’s average implied point total this season is 3.2 fewer points than its implied total in Tuesday’s game (115.8 implied points on average compared to 119 implied points in this game).
• This season, New York has put up more than 119 points in 17 games.
• The 117.4-point average implied total on the season for Portland is 9.4 more points than the team’s 108-point implied total in this matchup.

• Game Day: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
• Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
• TV Channel: MSG and ROOT Sports NW+
• Location: New York City, New York
• Arena: Madison Square Garden
• TV Channel: MSG
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