The New Orleans Hornets and the New York Knicks will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Madison Square Garden.
Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 5-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Hornets were defeated 101-88 by the Nuggets last time out, as 4.5-point favorites. That game's 189 points went UNDER the posted total of 196.
Chris Paul tossed in 19 points with six rebounds and 13 assists in a losing effort.
Al Harrington collected 38 points with seven rebounds in the Knicks 140-135 overtime loss to the Clippers on Wednesday. The Knicks were 6.5-point favorites in the contest, while the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 217.
Current streak:
New York has lost 6 straight games.
Team records:
New Orleans: 44-26 SU, 30-38-2 ATS
New York: 28-43 SU, 40-30-1 ATS
New Orleans most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing San Antonio are 5-5
After playing Denver are 3-7
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n
New York most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Charlotte are 6-4
After playing LA Clippers are 1-9
After a loss are 2-8
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games
New Orleans is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games when playing on the road against New York
New Orleans is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 6 games when playing at home against New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 11 of New York's last 15 games at home
New York is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Next up:
New Orleans home to San Antonio, Sunday, March 29
New York at Charlotte, Saturday, March 28<\/p>\n