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Matt Rivers has a Christmas Day winner for Saturday is on da Chicago Bulls +2 at the NY Knicks.
Reasoning: Mike D’Antoni has done a great job thus far with the Knicks as Amare Stoudemire is playing like a total MVP. Add in Ray Felton and Wilson Chandler and a few others including surprising rookie Landry Fields and the Knickerbockers are somewhat back to relevance.
With the above said though New York is still not in the class of today’s opponent as Derrick Rose is phenomenal and an MVP candidate himself and Carlos Boozer is a star as well. The loss of Joakim Noah with that thumb injury wasn’t great but Tom Thibodeaux’s team continues to plug along and win game after game. Chicago has been victorious on the court in 9 out of their last 10 games and have cashed in six of their last seven. The schedule hasn’t exactly been overwhelming with the weaker teams from the East being the fodder but the Bulls are still 18-9 and starting to run away with their division.
Chicago’s defense has been off the charts of late as opponents are consistently shooting around 35% and scoring in the low 80’s. No doubt the Knicks are going to look to run and get out on the break but these Bulls with Rose and Boozer can play at that pace if necessary and should be just fine in doing so.
The Knicks are coming off big games with the Heat, Celtics and Thunder and I’m hard pressed to believe they are going to be able to keep the focus and intensity once more in a small period of time. Plus the distraction of being at home on Christmas day in the bright lights of New York City could turn out to be a negative and especially so in this early noon tip.
Da Bulls will get the job done in da end.
Top expert pick on this game: Chicago +2
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