Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks Prediction, 2/3/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks

Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

The Los Angeles Lakers (25-25) are en route to Madison Square Garden on Saturday where they will try to beat the New York Knicks (32-17).

The Lakers took the court against the Celtics and walked away with a win by a score of 114-105 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Lakers ended up finishing with 8 and the Celtics had 19 personal fouls. They also made 16 out of their 48 attempts from beyond the perimeter. Boston finished the game shooting 100.0% at the charity stripe by burying 7 of their 7 shots. Additionally, Boston snagged 54 rebounds (14 offensive, 40 defensive) and added 2 rejections. Boston recorded 30 dimes and had 4 steals for this game. Pertaining to defense, Los Angeles allowed 42.3% from the floor on 41 out of 97 shooting. They also recorded 30 assists in this game in addition to creating 15 turnovers and having 11 steals. With regard to grabbing boards, they collected 52 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Lakers converted 19 of 26 tries for a rate of 73.1%. Los Angeles finished the game with a 40.4% field goal percentage (38 of 94) and buried 19 of 36 shots from distance.

Austin Reaves is someone who was a factor in this matchup. Reaves shot 55.6% from the field and dished out 3 dimes. He saw the court for 35 minutes played and also collected 2 boards. He recorded 32 points on 10 of 18 shooting.

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Los Angeles enters this one with a win-loss mark of 25-25 for the season. They are turning it over 14.2 times per game and as a group they commit 16.5 fouls every game. As a unit, Los Angeles is pulling in 43.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 1,407 assists on the campaign, which is 4th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Lakers are hitting 36.9% on 3-point shots (566 of 1,533) and 76.9% from the charity stripe. They average 116.1 points per game (14th in basketball) while going 49.0% from the field.

On defense, the Lakers are able to force 13.9 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.3 fouls. They currently rank 28th in the NBA in allowing assists with 1,387 surrendered for the campaign. The Lakers defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 47.3% (2,187 of 4,625) and they surrender 44.4 rebounds per contest as a basketball team. They are giving up 37.7% on 3-point attempts and they rank 19th in the league in PPG allowed (117.3).

When they last stepped on the court, the Knicks took home the win by a final score of 109-105 when they faced the Pacers. The Knicks were able to snag 36 defensive rebounds and 24 offensive boards for a total of 60 in this game. They turned it over 10 times, while getting 8 steals in this game. The Pacers committed 25 fouls in this game which got the Knicks to the charity stripe for 25 attempts. They were able to make 19 of them for a clip of 76.0%. With respect to shooting from downtown, New York made 8 of their 38 tries (21.1%). Overall, the Knicks finished the game shooting 41 out of 103 from the floor which gave them a rate of 39.8%. The Knicks allowed the Pacers to make 42 of their 93 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 45.2% in the matchup. They shot 39.4% from three-point range by going 13 out of 33 and finished the contest at 8 out of 13 from the free throw line (61.5%). When talking about rebounds, New York allowed Indiana to pull down 44 in total (9 offensive).

Jalen Brunson ended up being a major contributor for the Knicks for the contest. He knocked down 15 out of 30 for this game for a rate of 50.0%, and had 5 rebounds. Brunson had 40 points in his 37 minutes on the court and earned 1 assist for the matchup.

New York has a win-loss mark of 32-17 for the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Knicks are hitting on 46.8% from the field, which ranks 21st in the NBA. New York has totaled 5,647 points on the season (115.2 per game) and they average 46.3 boards per contest. They are earning an assist 24.0 times per game (29th in the NBA) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.3 times per game. The Knicks are responsible for committing 18.2 fouls per contest and they shoot 78.4% from the free throw line.

The New York defense gives up 36.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter (618 of 1,717) and their opponents are knocking down 76.3% of their free throw shots. They have given up 25.7 dimes and 40.6 total boards per game, which ranks 9th and 3rd in basketball. The Knicks on the defensive side of the court are 2nd in the NBA in points given up per game with 109.2. They are forcing 13.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.6% from the field (8th in the NBA).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York

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