I was “spot on” calling for the Knicks’ game to go Under yesterday. They scored just 87 points in a loss to the Hornets, here at home. They only gave up 97. As I wrote in the analysis, many of the Knicks recent contests have been low-scoring affairs. In the last 12 games, they’ve held the opponent under 100 points. Five of those 12 games have seen them fail to get to 100 themselves.

But a matchup against Minnesota on Tuesday should change all of that. The Timberwolves are one of the higher scoring teams in the NBA. They are putting up 110.1 points per contest and that number grows to 114.1 on the road. Over the last five games, the T’wolves have averaged 125.6 points.

Minny blew out Golden State Sunday to move within a game of .500. But don’t read that much into them holding the Warriors to just 99 points. Neither Steph Curry or Draymond Green played in that game.

The Knicks are now right at .500 after Monday’s loss.

When these teams met right before the New Year, it was a 96-88 Knicks victory. But that game saw both sides shoot very poorly, especially at the free throw line where they combined to miss 17 of 36 attempts. I look for the rematch to be a lot higher scoring, so take the OVER