Golden State Warriors vs New York Knicks Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 18/03/2024, 07:45  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 18/03/2024 at 14:00 in NBA Prediction

The in-form New York Knicks will be away to the Golden State Warriors seeking to split their NBA regular season series. They come to this match as the fourth-best team in the Eastern Conference while the Warriors are ninth in the West. The Warriors won the reverse match in New York at the start of March 110-99. They will hope for a similar outcome as they seek to end their recent inconsistencies. Steve Kerr’s men have lost three times in their last five games. They defeated the Lakers 128-121 last time out to earn a crucial victory against their play-in rivals. This was their 35th win of the season and moved them to three games from the automatic playoff places. The Warriors, who have averaged 113 points in their last three games, have Draymond Green and Steph Curry questionable for this game.

The New York Knicks are on a roll at the moment and will arrive for this game fully confident of a win. Tom Thibodeau’s men have gradually gotten healthier and this has been key to their resurgence. O.G. Anunoby, one of their best two-way players, returned from a more than a month-long absence last week. Since then they have won three matches in a row. This has boosted immensely their top six credentials. New York, who have won 40 of 67 games, are three games clear of the play-in places. They defeated the Kings 98-91 last time out in the second match of a four-game road trip to the West. It was also the fifth successive game in which they had held an opponent to under 100 points. Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson are still sidelined and will miss out here. The Knicks have averaged 103 points over their last three matches.