The New York Knicks will take on the Charlotte Hornets at 7 p.m. ET on Friday at Spectrum Center. Charlotte is 6-7 overall and 2-2 at home, while the Knicks are 7-5 overall and 5-1 on the road. The Knicks have lost four of their last six games. The Hornets ended a five-game losing streak on Wednesday.
The Knicks won two of three meetings between the teams last season. New York is favored by 1.5 points in the latest Hornets vs. Knicks odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 224. Before entering any Knicks vs. Hornets picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned over $9,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three-plus seasons. The model entered Week 4 of the 2021-22 NBA season up over $500 on all top-rated NBA picks this season. It’s also on a stunning 110-73 roll on top-rated NBA picks against the spread that dates back to last season. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Hornets vs. Knicks. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Knicks vs. Hornets:
- Hornets vs. Knicks spread: Knicks -1.5
- Hornets vs. Knicks over-under: 224 points
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What you need to know about the Hornets
Charlotte netted a 118-108 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Kelly Oubre Jr. shot 7-for-9 from beyond the arc and finished with 37 points and five boards. He set a Hornets franchise record for points off the bench. Oubre scored 26 points in the second half.
Gordon Hayward had 25 points, five rebounds and five assists vs. Memphis. He scored 20-plus points in four of five games on Charlotte’s road trip. Miles Bridges is averaging 21.3 points per game after averaging 12.7 points last season, an 8.6 scoring average increase, the largest in the NBA among players with at least 100 field-goal attempts.
What you need to know about the Knicks
Meanwhile, New York fell 112-100 to the Milwaukee Bucks. Derrick Rose shot 6-for-8 from downtown and finished with 22 points and seven assists. The Knicks overcame a 24-point deficit, but the Bucks pushed their lead back to 10 with 2:04 remaining. Evan Fournier and Kemba Walker missed a combined 10 of 12 shots from the field.
Immanuel Quickley had 18 points on Wednesday and Julius Randle added 16. New York played its reserves for the final one and a half quarters. Nerlens Noel (knee)is questionable for Friday’s game.
How to make Knicks vs. Hornets picks
The model is leaning under on the total, and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in almost 60 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Hornets vs. Knicks? And which side of the spread hits in well over 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the Hornets vs. Knicks spread you need to jump on Friday, all from the model that has crushed its NBA picks, and find out.
