- Hawks are heating up and have won 7 of the last 10 games, currently riding a four game winstreak and covering the spread in the last 3 games straight

- Tre Young is questionable for this game, but them being at home and playing a team he has a history of memorable moments with, I see him being cleared of the injury tag and playing tonight

- Knicks lost Mitchell Robinson to injury last game and he is out till mid February. The advantage in the post now belongs to the Hawks who have been doing much better against teams who don't have the size and length to compete with John Collins and the return of Clint Capella in the paint.

- Knicks defense is overrated, and they struggle with faster paced teams due to their inability to shoot 3's and shoot efficiently from the field, not even ranked top 20 in FG% or 3pt %.

Official Play: Hawks MoneyLine

Side Bet: Over 231.5