KNICKS / BOBCATS Thursday 3*** OVER / UNDER Winner from King Creole!Plays rated 2 thru 5 stars

7:30pm ET / Charlotte Bobcats @ New York Knicks
3*** Play on: UNDER the TOTAL

Looks like the OU line is going up in this game. It opened at 197. At last look, it was up to 199 or 200. Let it “top out”… and then pounce on the UNDER. These two teams have already played each other 3 times this season. The 2 games in December went “UNDER the Total”. The game played back in late October DID indeed go ‘OVER’… but ONLY because the game went into overtime.

Tonight’s play is ‘System-based’. And our first area of query begins with the Day of the Week.
So far in the 09/10 season, NBA games played on a THURSDAY have gone 8-17-1 O/U. And since December 1st, home FAVORITES on a Thursday (NY) have gone 1-8 O/U.

New York Has won two games in a row. The most recent win was a whopping 132-89 outcome over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. So the Knicks come in with 3 days rest. Meanwhile, the Bobcats are playing their best ball of the season as they have reeled off 3 wins in a row of their own. The most recent was Tuesday night, when they beat the Bulls (but did not cover the pointspread).

1-6 O/U this season: All non-division NBA teams playing off a SU win of 30 or MORE points (NY).
3-10 O/U this season: all NBA teams who scored 130 or MORE points in their last game (NY).

0-5 O/U since Dec. 1st: all NBA home favorites of < 6 points playing off BSU wins (NY)… versus an opponent ALSO off BB SU wins (CHAR).

4-14 O/U this season: All NBA dogs of > 3 points playing off a SU win BUT an ATS loss (CHAR). NON-division teams have gone 2-10 O/U.

When these two divisions hook up against each other, we can expect a LOW-scoring outcome… based on the site and the pointspread.
1-7 O/U this season: All ATLANTIC division home favs of > 3 points (NY)…. Taking on an opponent from the SOUTHEAST division (CHAR).

You may be concerned that the Knicks have reeled off 3 “OVERS” in a row… and the Bobcats also went “OVER” in their last game. Don’t be…. That just increases the VALUE of tonight’s OU line.
3-13 O/U since Dec. 1st: All NBA home teams playing off 3 or more “OVERS” in a row (NY)… versus an opponent that ALSO went “OVER” in their last game (CHAR). If the host is favored by < 8 points, these games have gone a PERFECT 0-8 O/U.