New York Knicks (11-12) vs. San Antonio Spurs (8-14)
December 7, 2021 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: San Antonio Spurs 2.5; Over/Under: +212
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The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs meet Tuesday in NBA action at the AT&T Center. The New York Knicks look to snap a three-game losing streak. The San Antonio Spurs look for a win after splitting their last eight games.
The New York Knicks are averaging 106.5 points on 44.1 percent shooting and allowing 107.3 points on 43.7 percent shooting. Julius Randle is averaging 20.1 points and 10 rebounds, while RJ Barrett is averaging 14 points and 2.1 assists. Evan Fournier is the third double-digit scorer and Derrick Rose is grabbing 2.9 rebounds. The New York Knicks are shooting 36.1 percent from beyond the arc and 77.2 percent from the free throw line. The New York Knicks are allowing 35.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.4 rebounds per game.
The San Antonio Spurs are averaging 107.7 points on 46.8 percent shooting and allowing 107.7 points on 45.7 percent shooting. Dejounte Murray is averaging 19.1 points and 8.6 rebounds, while Keldon Johnson is averaging 14.9 points and 2 assists. Derrick White is the third double-digit scorer and Jakob Poeltl is dishing 2.2 assists. The San Antonio Spurs are shooting 34.5 percent from beyond the arc and 69.8 percent from the free throw line. The San Antonio Spurs are allowing 34.9 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 44.8 rebounds per game.
The Knicks are 19-9 ATS in their last 28 road games and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 Tuesday games. The Spurs are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Knicks last 5 overall. The over is 12-2 in Spurs last 14 home games. The Knicks are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
The New York Knicks have the rest advantage here, and they’ve had success on the road, but they’re also a struggling team that can’t finish games and is losing their last five games by an average of 6.4 points. The San Antonio Spurs may be on the end of a back to back, but they’re playing their best ball right now and gave the Suns all they could handle last night. The Spurs look like a team that’s found something over the last week or so. I’ll take the home dog here.
