Knicks vs. Warriors prediction: NBA odds, picks, best bets for Monday
The New York Knicks continue their Western Conference road trip Monday night with a visit to the Bay Area to face the Golden State Warriors.
Coming off a 98-91 victory over Sacramento on Saturday, the Knicks are 2-0 on their current road swing.
They won outright as three-point underdogs against the Kings, highlighted by a 42-point performance from guard Jalen Brunson.
The Warriors received a nice boost Saturday night as Stephen Curry returned to the lineup following a four-game absence with a sprained ankle.
Curry lifted the Warriors past the Los Angeles Lakers, 128-121, as 1.5-point underdogs.
The Knicks (40-27) are trying to fend off the Orlando Magic for the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They are 5-2 this month after closing out February with seven losses in their final nine games.
The last game the Knicks played in February came at home against the Warriors, who beat them, 110-99, at Madison Square Garden. Curry tallied 31 points in the victory.
The two teams have split their four meetings since 2022.
The Warriors have struggled of late in the role of home favorites, going 1-3 both straight-up and against the spread at Chase Center since Feb. 25.
Two of those losses came against the Bulls and Spurs, and the third they lost by 16 points to the Nuggets.
While the Warriors have a clean bill of health for Monday night’s game, the Knicks will be without small forward OG Anunoby because of “right elbow injury management.”
After missing 18 games with the elbow injury, Anunoby played in the last three games and the Knicks went 3-0. They went 5-10 in the previous 15 games he had missed.
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While it’s tempting to fade the Warriors in this spot, Anunoby’s absence has proven over the last month to be difficult for the Knicks, who are still without big men Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson.
Let’s lay the points with the Warriors back at home.
