Free NBA Picks Today: New York Knicks vs Miami Heat 2/2/23

Free NBA Picks Today: New York Knicks vs Miami Heat 2/2/23
Thu 2nd February 2023

The New York Knicks (27-25, 12-14 Home) will try to break down one of the NBA’s top scoring defenses when they host the Miami Heat (29-23, 12-14 Away) on Thursday. Miami squeaked by the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-97 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Tuesday.

Jimmy Butler was a top performer with 23 points. The Heat are sixth in the Eastern Conference.

New York came up short on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden, falling to the Los Angeles Lakers 129-123 in overtime.

Jalen Brunson had 37 points and six assists in the losing effort, leading the team. The Knicks are the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the first time this season.

Miami won two out of three games between the teams last season, although New York earned a 111-103 win in the last meeting at FTX Arena in March 2022. Immanuel Quickley led the Knicks with 23 points.

Butler had 30 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists in defeat.Butler (22.0 ppg), Bam Adebayo (21.4), and Tyler Herro (20.2) are leading the Heat in scoring this season.

Adebayo also has grabbed 10.0 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Kyle Lowry is dishing 5.3 assists per game.Julius Randle (24.7 ppg) and Brunson (22.8) have supplied much of the Knicks’ offense.

Randle also has averaged 10.9 rebounds per game, seventh-most in the league, while Brunson has doled out 6.2 assists per game.

The Heat are one of the stingiest scoring defenses in the NBA, ranking second with 108.2 points per game allowed.The Heat are 7-3 in the last 10 visits to Madison Square Garden.

In the last 10 games, Miami is 7-3 with an average margin of +2.5 (107.1-104.6). New York has gone 4-6 over the last 10, allowing 118.6 points per game on average while scoring only 115.8 (-2.8 margin).

The Knicks are averaging 114.4 ppg for the full season while allowing 112.7.

HEAT HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Max Strus: 8.0 | 12.4 | -4.4
Rebounds per game:
Jimmy Butler: 4.5 | 6.0 | -1.5

KNICKS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Assists per game:
Julius Randle: 5.4 | 4.1 | +1.3

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

NY Knicks (+110)

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