The NBA on TNT Thursday doubleheader tonight opens with a suddenly surging
New York Knicks team visiting a Memphis club that looks a bit lost and has been
a big disappointment thus far. New York is a 4.5-point favorite on Bovada’s NBA
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Tonight is the second of a back-to-back for the
Knicks (6-4), who enter on a four-game losing streak. Wednesday night they ended
the Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA-high six-game winning streak with an 85-79 victory.
Carmelo Anthony led the way with 27 points and nine
rebounds.
New York isn’t known as a defensive team, but it has held the
past two opponents under 90 points s, something the team hadn’t done in
back-to-back games in the past six seasons. The Knicks have held their last
three opponents under 88 points, a streak the Knicks haven't touched since March
2004. The Knicks allowed three of their first six opponents to shoot above 50
percent and started 2-4. In the winning streak, opponents are shooting 41
percent from the field.
Memphis (3-6) last played Tuesday, falling
100-95 to Oklahoma City in a playoff rematch from last season. Marc Gasol led
Memphis, which dropped its third in a row, with 20 points and 14 rebounds. The
Grizz badly miss injured big men Zach Randolph and
Darrell Arthur, the latter out for the season. For example, the
Grizzlies' last two opponents combined to grab a total of 31 more
rebounds.
Grizzlies small forward Rudy Gay didn't
practice Wednesday because of left hip soreness, a condition he's played with
for the past several games. But he expects to play tonight. Memphis lost both
meetings with New York last season. Anthony has averaged 31.8 points on 51.3
percent shooting in his last five games at the FedEx Forum (most of those with
the Nuggets).
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