Hawks and Knicks Lock Horns: A Big Apple Showdown in the Making!

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Game Breakdown

Game Time: March 05, 2024 08:30PM EST

Location: Madison Square Garden, New York

Vegas Odds

Opening Odds: Atlanta Hawks +120, New York Knicks -140; Over/Under: 216.5 points

Recent Odds: Atlanta Hawks +125 +5, New York Knicks -145 -5; Over/Under: 214.5 points -2.0

Team Performance

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Final	O/U	ATS
11/15/23	New York Knicks NYK	33	24	30	29		116	Over
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	22	34	25	33		114
10/27/23	New York Knicks NYK	35	34	31	26		126	Over
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	31	30	31	28		120
02/15/23	New York Knicks NYK	37	29	25	31		122	Over
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	21	23	32	25		101
01/20/23	New York Knicks NYK	38	33	30	23		124	Over
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	35	33	34	37		139
12/07/22	Atlanta Hawks ATL	20	21	26	22		89	Under
	New York Knicks NYK	31	22	36	24		113
11/02/22	Atlanta Hawks ATL	21	36	32	23		112	Under
	New York Knicks NYK	32	33	10	24		99
03/22/22	Atlanta Hawks ATL	30	34	23	30		117	Over
	New York Knicks NYK	34	24	31	22		111
01/15/22	New York Knicks NYK	31	34	20	32		117	Over
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	28	23	26	31		108
12/25/21	Atlanta Hawks ATL	21	30	15	21		87	Under
	New York Knicks NYK	30	31	20	20		101
11/27/21	New York Knicks NYK	28	23	34	14		99	Under
	Atlanta Hawks ATL	27	23	24	16		90

Starting Lineups

Hawks Notable Injuries

Knicks Notable Injuries

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

		Stat				Over %				Opposing Defense/Game
Player	Team	Prop	Line	Proj	Diff	L5	L10	L15	L30	Opp	Stat	Rank
Bogdan Bogdanovic	ATL	Pts	16.5	17.5	+1.0	0%	30%	40%	40%	NYK	-0.1	#14
Jalen Brunson	NYK	Pts	29.5	30.1	+0.6	0%	0%	0%	0%	ATL	+1.7	#23
Saddiq Bey	ATL	Reb	5.5	6.4	+0.9	40%	30%	20%	20%	NYK	-1.3	#5
Clint Capela	ATL	Ast	0.5	0.9	+0.4	60%	70%	53%	53%	NYK	+1.3	#27

Recent Trends

• Josh Hart (SF/PF) is coming off a triple-double where he put up 13.0 pts, 19.0 reb, 10.0 ast against CLE
• Jalen Brunson (PG): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 30.7% to 25.9, 37.3 min average previous 3 games.
• Isaiah Hartenstein (C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 37.8% to 23.1, 16.8 min average previous 3 games.
• Miles McBride (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 150.4% to 36.7, 14.6 min average previous 3 games.
• Jericho Sims (PF/C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 39.6% to 24.4, 17.5 min average previous 3 games.
The Hawks have a 3-game losing streak on the road. Overall, they are on a 2-game losing streak. The Knicks recently won a game, but have no significant streak.