New Orleans Pelicans at New York Knicks Pick – Odds and ATS Predictions

The New York Knicks (5-14) will welcome the New Orleans Pelicans (10-8) to the Big Apple, when the two sides meet on Friday, November 23rd, 2018. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM and scheduled to be televised on both MSG and FSN. The two teams last met in The Big Easy a week ago when the Pelicans edged out the Knickerbockers 129-124, allowing the Knicks to cover as a double-digit underdog.

New Orleans Pelicans at New York Knicks Overview

New Orleans Pelicans

The Pelicans went into Thanksgiving on a solemn note when they fell by just a point on the road in the City of Brotherly Love against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. The Pelicans were a basket away from ending the Sixers’ unblemished home record this season. The loss ended New Orleans’ three-game winning streak.

New York Knicks

Contrarily, the Knicks enter into this affair achieving a much-needed win on Wednesday when they shocked the Boston Celtics in Beantown defeating them outright as a 14-point underdog by a score of 117-109. The huge victory snapped a six-game Knicks losing streak.

Reasons To Back New York

The Knicks may have very well likely changed the course of their season after Wednesday’s escapades, so they will enter into this contest with heightened motivation and confidence. In addition, New Orleans’ scoring defense is one of the worst in the league (29th overall) giving up 117.1 points per game. Given the high Over/Under in this contest, this game could be equated to a shootout if a football analogy may be used here. In such cases, a point allotment as significant as this is a good play especially considering that the underdog has the full capability to be live given home court combined with a catalyzing win in their most recent outing.

Reasons To Avoid New Orleans

The Pelicans are at risk to come in flat here from the combination of the bitter loss on Wednesday compared with spending the Thanksgiving holiday on the road away from New Orleans. The Pelicans will be more inclined to get this one over and done with as opposed to the Knicks who are flying high thinking they can play with anyone or anything. Furthermore, the Pelicans are just 2-7 SU on the road this season illustrating that this team could be prone to play down to their opponent which makes the lumber hard to lay here.