This is an 8* on the OVER

The Pelicans, who are desperate for a win, have lost two in a row. They went off as the betting favorite in both defeats. One of them was to the Knicks, who are on an eight-game ATS win streak. The teams now meet for the second time in five days Sunday afternoon, but this time at Madison Square Garden. After beating the Pelicans 116-106 on Wednesday, the Knicks then defeated Dallas 117-109 as 6.5-point underdogs. They’ve gone off as the dog in five of these eight straight ATS wins. Two of those games they lost, but they are now on a five-game SU win streak as they are now sixth in the Eastern Conference. New Orleans badly needs this game as they are 11th in the Western Conference and 2.5 games back of 10th. They lost 117-115 in overtime at Washington on Friday night, a terrible result given their current circumstance and that they held the Wizards to 4 of 27 from three-point range. The Knicks’ Julius Randle is as hot as anyone right now with 76 points in the last two games. The Pelicans give up the third most points per possession in the league. Wednesday’s game went Over the total and so should this one as the Knicks are 3-0 Over their last three games, averaging almost 115 points/game. Play on OVER

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