The Houston Rockets and New York Knicks will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 01.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:00 UK;
Venue – Toyota Center (18.104);
City – Houston, Texas, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Knicks – 1.82.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 223 – 1.678.
Bookmakers believe the Knicks are the clear favourites to win. It’s hard to disagree with them. The Knicks defeated the Rockets twice in the 2021/22 season. This time it’ll be up to New York to take away the win from Texas.
The teams’ head-to-head encounters have generally been quite productive of late. The 220-point mark was surpassed in the last game last season.
The Houston Rockets won just once in their last eight games and that was against the Chicago Bulls (133-118), a clearly sensational result.
The last game was a blowout against the Dallas Mavericks (114-129). In the Texas derby, no one from the Rockets’ side was able to prove their worth, so the best player in the Houston lineup, who turned out to be Jalen Green, had only 23 points.
At this point of the season, the Rockets have 10 wins and 25 losses after 35 games played and are in last place in their conference. There is not much to look forward to against the New York Knicks.
The Rockets have six wins in 16 home games this season.
The New York Knicks have been poor in recent games, but the strength of their squad is far more potent than that of their rival. Thibodeau’s squad has lost their last five games and it’s high time for them to get out of their protracted crisis.
In their last loss to the San Antonio Spurs, the Knicks had a player who scored over 40 points, but that did not help the Knicks to beat the Spurs.
The losing streak had a noticeable effect on the New York team’s position in the Eastern Conference table, and now one of the league’s richest clubs has fallen to seventh place with an identical number of wins and losses (18 each).
The New York Knicks are averaging 117.2 points per game this season.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Houston Rockets: Kevin Porter Jr. – Jalen Green – Eric Gordon – Jabari Smith Jr. – Alperen Şengün.
New York Knicks: Immanuel Quickley – Miles McBride – Quentin Grimes – Julius Randle – Julius Randle.
Only Jae’Sean Tate (Out) is listed as injured for the Houston Rockets.
Obi Toppin (Out), Trevor Keels (Out), RJ Barrett (Out) and Jalen Brunson (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the New York Knicks.
The fixture will be played at Toyota Center (18.104) in Houston, Texas, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 1st of December, 2023, at 00:00 UK Time.
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