Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks (-9.5, 192.5)
New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has been looking forward to this week for a long time.
The Knicks weren’t allowed to practice on Monday as per league rules following the All-Star break, but they were able to put a healthy group in for a full workout Tuesday and have a few more practices scheduled later this week.
In this strike-shortened season, practices might as well be pots of gold for coaches.
“We’ve got to get some things sorted out,” D’Antoni told reporters. “We get the All-Star break [and] we’ve got four or five practices and that will help. We’ve got to figure out the identity we have to have and that will be right after the All-Star break.”
There are still a lot of questions to be answered about what the Knicks are all about. Is Jeremy Lin for real? Can Melo share the rock? Can they all stay healthy?
We’ll give them the benefit of the doubt in this one. New York has covered in eight of its last 10 home games.
Pick: Knicks +++
Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets (-3, 205)
Wednesday’s game against the Nuggets is a fresh start for the Trail Blazers.
They got out of the gate quickly by winning seven of their first nine games, but they have struggled to find that same consistency since then.
Portland won just four of its last 10 ahead of the break, leaving many players on the squad looking for answers last weekend.
"I truly believe that what happened at the beginning of the season was not an accident," Jamal Crawford told reporters. "It wasn't lightning in a bottle and that's it. I really believe that's who we are. We just have to find that team, find that energy again. When I first came here, I thought we were as good as any team I've been on. And I've averaged 50 wins the last two years. We just need to find that magic again."
Denver’s in a similar spot. The Nuggets covered the number in eight of their first nine, winning outright six times over that stretch before winning only one of their last six before the break.
Pick: Portland ---
New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has been looking forward to this week for a long time.
The Knicks weren’t allowed to practice on Monday as per league rules following the All-Star break, but they were able to put a healthy group in for a full workout Tuesday and have a few more practices scheduled later this week.
In this strike-shortened season, practices might as well be pots of gold for coaches.
“We’ve got to get some things sorted out,” D’Antoni told reporters. “We get the All-Star break [and] we’ve got four or five practices and that will help. We’ve got to figure out the identity we have to have and that will be right after the All-Star break.”
There are still a lot of questions to be answered about what the Knicks are all about. Is Jeremy Lin for real? Can Melo share the rock? Can they all stay healthy?
We’ll give them the benefit of the doubt in this one. New York has covered in eight of its last 10 home games.
Pick: Knicks +++
Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets (-3, 205)
Wednesday’s game against the Nuggets is a fresh start for the Trail Blazers.
They got out of the gate quickly by winning seven of their first nine games, but they have struggled to find that same consistency since then.
Portland won just four of its last 10 ahead of the break, leaving many players on the squad looking for answers last weekend.
"I truly believe that what happened at the beginning of the season was not an accident," Jamal Crawford told reporters. "It wasn't lightning in a bottle and that's it. I really believe that's who we are. We just have to find that team, find that energy again. When I first came here, I thought we were as good as any team I've been on. And I've averaged 50 wins the last two years. We just need to find that magic again."
Denver’s in a similar spot. The Nuggets covered the number in eight of their first nine, winning outright six times over that stretch before winning only one of their last six before the break.
Pick: Portland ---
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