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7:10 PM ET

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PHI 76ers Win(+160)

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A tough task awaits the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday as they head to Madison Square Garden for a date with the newly crowned NBA Cup champion New York Knicks. Philly does have a positive record on the road this season at 6-4 SU, but they’ve not had much luck in games against the Knicks lately losing 5 in a row. At MSG they’ve got just 1 win in 6 visits, is it time for them to turn a corner here? Paul George did just have the best game of the season scoring 35 on the Hawks, Joel Embiid also added 22 and 14 rebounds in that game. Philadelphia’s advantage coming into this game is perhaps in their energy levels, they’ve not played since Sunday night.

The Knicks played twice since Sunday and also traveled from Vegas to Indiana and then back to New York ahead of tonight’s game which is a 2nd night of a back-to-back. On top of that they also didn’t have Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson against Indy, both are questionable to play on Friday as well. That would be a major handicap for the Knicks on the rebounding side of things, as the Sixers are equipped with Embiid and Drummond at the center positions. Having won 13 of 14 games at home the Knicks are still heavily favored here and I do not think they’ll roll over even if their energy levels are depleted.

The difference in quality is quite obvious here, but from time to time teams will have these so called “scheduling losses” and I think this is one of those for the Knicks. As I mentioned earlier the road to and from Vegas was a grueling one, not to mention the extra games they had to play unlike the Sixers coming into this game. Tyrese Maxey has dropped 30 and 46 points in his last two visits to MSG, I’m calling an upset in this one.

Philadelphia 76ers vs NY Knicks Predictions: 76ers Money Line is available at +160 odds at time of publishing.

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7:40 PM ET

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SA Spurs -2.5(-110)

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As painful as it was to lose in that NBA Cup Final, it’s a valuable learning experience for this young and upcoming Spurs team. They bounced back well with a dominant 119-94 win over Washington, continuing to build on what has been a very respectable regular season so far. Victor Wembanyama continued to progress in his return from injury, it’s only a matter of time until he is inserted back in the line-up and plays his normal 33+ minutes per game. That might happen as early as Friday against a Hawks team that’s playing on a 2nd night of a back-to-back. San Antonio has been a reliable 10-5 ATS in 15 games, they’ve also dominated the head-to-head match-up going 4-2 ATS/SU in 6 games.

Normally when a team gets its best player back from injury it’s a positive, but I am not sure if that’s the case for the Atlanta Hawks and Trae Young. Let’s not get it twisted, Young is a special talent on the offensive end, he led the league in assist per game last season. However, his thin frame has proven to be very detrimental to the Hawks on the defensive end and at this point he’s almost a net negative for the team. We saw exactly that last night in Charlotte where the Hornets dropped 133 points on the Hawks, that’s a team that ranks only 18th in points averaging 115.5 per game. It gets even more difficult against the Spurs on Friday, I feel like San Antonio’s guard play will just run over Young and the Hawks here.

Jalen Johnson is Atlanta’s only hope in this game, but even when he has a massive game the Hawks aren’t certain to win. San Antonio is in a good groove having won 4 in a row, as far as health goes they are pretty much at full strength here. Wemby will dominate down low as Kristaps Porzingis is out along with two other centers. I’m backing the Spurs to cover.

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