We just saw the Knicks spoil James Harden's Clippers debut with a 111-97 win over LA, now they're going for back-to-back wins against Victor Wembanyama and his San Antonio Spurs. Tip-off at Madison Square Garden is on ESPN at 7.30 ET, I've prepared a Same Game Parlay which is available below.
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Let's dive into my bet now!
Over 224 Total Points (-112)
It will be a clash between two teams with vastly different playing styles. The Knicks like to slow things down, they rank 24th in pace averaging 99.1 possessions per game. They also like to rely on their defense to win games, only the Minnesota Timberwolves have a better defensive rating through the first two weeks or so of the new season. San Antonio, on the other hand, loves to run and their average of 102.2 possessions per game ranks them 7th in the league. You won't see a lot of defense played by this team on Wednesday – they are 29th in defensive rating, and the Knicks will try to take advantage of that here. In addition to that 4 of the 6 most meetings have gone over the total, while for San Antonio this has happened in 4 of their last 5 away games overall. With a somewhat modest projected total of 224 points, which has been exceeded in all but 1 of 7 Spurs games this season, I think backing the points is the correct call here.