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New York Knicks vs Houston Rockets Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/31/26

Updated: 7:06 AM ET Mar 31, 2026

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WWWLL	Last 5	WLLWW
48-27	Record	45-29
37-38-0	ATS Record	30-44-0
36-39	O/U Record	33-41

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Knicks vs Rockets Pickswise Expert Predictions

Money Line Pick

NY Knicks Win(-115)

Reasoning

There are a lot of similarities that can be drawn between the Knicks and Rockets. Both have an up and down season, letting us down when we least expect it. This can be said about the last two Knicks games where they lost to the Hornets and Thunder by double-digits both times. Pressure is now on them to respond as the 4th seeded Cavs are only a game away in the East standings. These two teams met about a month ago at MSG, we all still remember that 18-point comeback by the Knicks, fueled by 25 points from Karl-Anthony Towns. A lot will depend on how KAT performs on Tuesday, he has been criticized quite a lot lately for his lack of effort on the defensive end.

Kevin Durant dropped 30 points in that loss at MSG in February, he’s been on a heater in head-to-head meetings averaging 31.3 points per game in the last 10 against the Knicks. But, it’ll take a lot more than a big scoring game from KD in order for the Rockets to get the W here. We’ve see Houston struggle a bit in the rebounding department over their last 3 games, giving up 2.5 more rebounds per game than their season average. For a team that relies so much on that area of play to win games, that is a concern going up against a team with reliable rebounders like KAT and Mitchell Robinson. Houston has been far from a reliable bet lately, they’ve covered the spread only twice in 10 games.

The two wins against sub-par teams in Memphis and New Orleans has masked some of the issues the Rockets have been having lately. New York needs a win against a good team to lighten the mood a bit. They’ve had the Rockets’ number over the years winning 10 of the last 12 meetings, plus they’re the more battle tested team in high pressure situations. I’ll back the Knicks here.

Knicks vs Rockets prediction: Knicks ML (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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