Early leans for tonight:
Knicks -2
I think the books are continuing to overvalue the Wolves. With all of their young talent, they're looking like one of the worst teams in the league. On Wednesday, in Minnesota, they got 47 points from KAT and a 39-15 advantage in free throws attempted. Yet, they still managed to be trailing by 17 with 7 minutes to play (granted they came back to tie the game, but they still lost to a Knicks team that has been bad on the road). The Wolves have also been bad ATS (2-7 on the road ATS and overall). The Knicks have been playing well at home, especially recently. My only concern here is the "revenge factor" but I still like the Knicks to cover the points.
Pelicans +5.5
This is going to be the Clippers 3rd road game in 4 days. They snapped a 3 game losing streak last night in Cleveland and I could see a little bit of a letdown here. The Pelicans have been playing much better after their bad start and they've won 5 straight home games. Considering a play on the moneyline too at +190.