The Knicks are playing the second game of a back to back after defeating the Clippers 110-102 at home yesterday. That was a fairly “high scoring” result by their standard. Going back to Christmas, New York has held nine different opponents below 100 points. At the same time, there have been six occasions where they failed to crack the century mark themselves.

Cleveland is coming off a really low scoring win. They defeated Oklahoma City 94-87 on Saturday, holding the Thunder’s starting frontcourt to 5 of 25 shooting. It was the sixth win the last seven games for the surprising Cavaliers.

This promises to be a low-scoring affair as well. These are two of the top five scoring defenses in the NBA right now. The Cavs are allowing just 101.5 points/game at home. The Knicks are allowing just 103.3 points/game on the road.

The Knicks typically don’t shoot the ball very well. Their FG% for the year is only 43.6 and they’ve been below that three of the previous four games, including yesterday.

The Under is 14-7 in Cavs’ home games. In addition to possibly being without PG Rajon Rondo (questionable), who has missed the last six games, the team will definitely be without Lauri Markkanen as he sprained his ankle in Saturday’s win. Look for this game to stay UNDER.