Does Utah’s fall continue?
On the night from Monday to Tuesday on 25.01.2022 the fans of the NBA can look forward to four games. The highlight is the match-up of the Suns against Utah. After all, two top teams from the West will be facing each other directly in the Valley, although the visitors have recently declined sharply in their performances.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks – 25 January, 01:00 hrs
The Cavs are very stable at the moment: Only three of the past ten games ended with a defeat for the basketballers from Ohio. The home side can rely on their defensive work above all. The most recent example of this is the last game against Oklahoma, in which OKC scored no more than 87 points.
The Knicks also lost their only match-up so far this season with the Cavs three weeks ago at home in Madison Square Garden. At least they can now count on Ricky Rubio not almost single-handedly dismantling them again.
The Catalan scored a whopping 37 points at the time, but the point guard’s current season is now over due to a serious injury. For the clash between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks, bets on less than 203.5 points are worth considering.
As described, the home side is very strong defensively and this judgement can be made in parallel for the visitors, at least to a certain extent, which is why a comparatively low result is indicated.
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Indiana Pacers – 25 January, 02:00
The Pels will be without Brandon Ingram for the upcoming game. For the home side, this is a strong weakening, as the small forward has been in very good form lately. However, the guests are also travelling with personnel worries. First and foremost, this concerns the absence of Domantas Sabonis.
The centre from Lithuania is the fifth best rebounder in the NBA and only the reigning MVP Nikola Jokic from the Nuggets and Rudy Gobert from Utah have more double-doubles than Sabonis. In addition, the visitors’ hospital is already well filled with names like McConnell and Warren.
In addition, the use of Caris LeVert, who had recently distinguished himself as a particularly efficient scorer at “Indy”, is questionable. For the duel of the New Orleans Pelicans against the Indiana Pacers on 25.01.2022 from 02:00, predictions on a home win are offered.
The prediction is based on the assessment that the personnel situation with the guests is particularly bad. The Pels can also rely on home advantage, as the visitors have been weak away from home so far: They have only won five of the 23 matches they have played away from home!
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Chicago Bulls – 25 Jan, 02:00
The Bulls have fallen off badly in recent weeks. They have a narrow 30 percent win percentage in their last ten meetings. As a result, they lost the lead in the East and are now only in third place after the Nets and Miami.
Now, however, the situation could improve again, as Zach Lavine will probably celebrate his comeback from injury against OKC. The twelfth-best scorer in the NBA is crucial to the Windy City basketball team’s offence. The home side is also completely out of sorts.
Only two wins have been recorded so far in 2022: Instead, there have already been ten defeats. In the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Chicago Bulls, betting tips on an away win for the six-time champions are therefore of interest.
Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz – 25 January, 03:00
In the clash between the Suns and Utah, first and fourth in the West meet. The hosts have to do without their centre Ayton at the moment, but this has not led to a noticeable drop in performance so far.
In fact, the Suns are on a streak of six straight wins and five of those victories have come away from home. The visitors from Salt Lake City, on the other hand, have clearly lost ground lately and the current absence of Donovan Mitchell weakens them considerably.
They also have to play a back-to-back because they already faced the Warriors last night. In the top match with the runners-up in the West, they conceded a narrow defeat. It was already the seventh defeat in the flashback to the past ten games!
For the Phoenix Suns’ clash with the Utah Jazz, the odds on a home win by at least a ten-point difference can be discovered in the eyes of the betting pool