New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 1/4/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN Plus

The New York Knicks (24-10) are traveling to United Center on Saturday where they will go up against the Chicago Bulls (15-19).

The Knicks played the Jazz and walked away with a win by a score of 119-103 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Knicks ended up finishing with 13 and the Jazz totaled 13 personal fouls. They also converted 13 out of their 43 tries from long range. Utah shot 80.0% at the free throw line by burying 12 of 15 shots. In addition, Utah had 42 rebounds (8 offensive, 34 defensive) and got 6 rejections. Utah recorded 36 dimes and had 11 steals in the matchup. In the matter of defending, New York allowed the other team to shoot 40.6% from the floor on 39 out of 96 shooting. They also doled out 28 assists in this game as well as forcing 17 turnovers and earning 11 steals. In terms of hauling in boards, they collected 44 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Knicks made 16 of their 23 shots for a rate of 69.6%. New York finished the game with a 55.3% field goal percentage (47 of 85) and made 9 of their 23 three-point shots.

Karl-Anthony Towns is a player who was a major contributor in the matchup. He ended up with 31 points on 10 of 20 shooting. He saw the court for 37 minutes and also grabbed 21 rebounds. Towns went 50.0% from the field and totaled 4 dimes.

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New York will enter this matchup with a mark of 24-10 this season. They cough up possession 13.2 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 17.4 fouls every game. As a team, New York is pulling in 43.3 boards per game and is sitting with 953 assists for the campaign, which is 8th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Knicks are connecting on 38.8% from downtown (471 of 1,215) and 80.3% from the free throw line. They have an average of 117.9 points per contest (6th in basketball) on 49.9% from the field.

On defense, the Knicks are forcing 13.6 turnovers every game while drawing 19.1 personal fouls. They are ranked 17th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 879 relinquished so far this season. The Knicks defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 46.0% (1,376 of 2,992) and they concede 40.9 rebounds per game as a squad. They are conceding 36.3% from beyond the arc while they are 8th in the NBA in points per game from their opponents (109.6).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Bulls took a defeat with a final score of 125-107 when they faced the Wizards. The Bulls were able to collect 31 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 35 for this game. They coughed it up 13 times, while recording 8 steals for the matchup. The Wizards committed 16 personal fouls for the game which took the Bulls to the charity stripe for 14 tries. They were able to make 11 of those for a rate of 78.6%. In the matter of shots from downtown, Chicago buried 14 out of 47 tries (29.8%). Overall, the Bulls went 41 out of 92 from the field which gave them a rate of 44.6%. The Bulls allowed the Wizards to convert 49 of 99 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 49.5% for this contest. They finished 47.2% from three-point range by connecting on 17 of 36 and finished the game at 10 out of 12 from the free throw line (83.3%). Regarding cleaning the glass, Chicago permitted Washington to snag 38 in all (6 on the offensive glass).

Zach LaVine pitched in for the Bulls in the matchup. LaVine tallied 32 points in his 31 minutes on the court and totaled 3 dimes in the game. He knocked down 12 of 20 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 60.0%, and had 1 rebound.

Chicago has a record of 15-19 on the season. When it comes to offense, the Bulls are shooting 46.6% from the field, which is ranked 14th in the NBA. Chicago has earned 3,986 pts for the year (117.2 per contest) and they snag 45.2 boards per contest. Their rate of earning assists is at 29.4 times per game (4th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 15.2 times per game. The Bulls are committing 18.3 personal fouls every game while shooting 79.3% from the free throw line.

The Chicago defense surrenders 34.2% on shots from beyond the arc (462 of 1,349) and their opponents are converting on 78.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have surrendered 28.8 assists and 46.8 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 29th and 28th in basketball. The Bulls are ranked 29th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 121.1. They are forcing their opponents into 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 47.5% from the floor (23rd in the NBA).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New York

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