Utah Jazz (44-26) vs. New York Knicks (30-40)
March 20, 2022 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: New York Knicks 5.5; Over/Under: -222.5
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The Utah Jazz and the New York Knicks collide at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.
The Utah Jazz have been in decent form as they’ve won eight of their last 12 games overall and they will be aiming for a third straight win after blowing past the struggling Clippers in a 121-92 home win on Friday. Jared Butler led the team in scoring with 21 points and seven assists off the bench, Jordan Clarkson added 20 points with eight rebounds and five assists while Rudy Gobert chipped in with 19 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks. As a team, the Jazz shot 48 percent from the field and 16 of 44 from the 3-point line as they dominated this one right from the start and never looked threatened after outscoring the Clippers by 41-14 in the second quarter to lead by as many as 41 points, which allowed them to rest their starters early in the second half with the game all locked up.
Meanwhile, the New York Knicks have been in decent form lately as they’ve won five of their last seven games overall and they will be aiming for a third straight win after sneaking past the Wizards in a 100-97 home win on Friday. Julius Randle racked up 18 points with 17 rebounds and four assists, RJ Barrett added 18 points with six rebounds while Mitchell Robinson, Evan Fournier and Immanuel Quickley each scored 15 points. As a team, the Knicks shot just 34 percent from the field and 10 of 33 from the 3-point line as they held the Wizards to just 19 points in the second quarter to build a 15-point lead which proved to be just enough in the end as the Wizards got to within one point with 42.4 seconds remaining.
Looking at the betting trends, the Jazz are 3-12-1 ATS in their last 16 road games, 2-5-1 ATS in their last eight games against a team with a losing record and 1-6-1 ATS in their last eight games overall. The Knicks are 1-6 ATS in their last seven home games, 5-0 ATS in their last five games against a team with a winning record and 7-1 ATS in their last eight games overall.
Head to head, the under is 4-0 in the last four meetings overall, the Jazz are 3-13 ATS in the last 16 meetings in New York and the Jazz are 8-25 ATS in the last 33 meetings overall.
The Jazz are going to be shorthanded in this one as Mike Conley, Udoko Azubuike, Danuel House Jr. and Bojan Bogdanovic are all out, while the Knicks are still missing Nerlens Noel and Derrick Rose. The Jazz are coming into this one as the team in better form, but they’ve run into an improving Knicks team who have really started to turn things around over their past seven games or so. The Jazz don’t have a good record ATS when playing the Knicks, but with the line so short, I have to take the Jazz who looked so good in their dominant win over the Clippers on Friday and I think they can bring that momentum into this one.
