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Knicks vs. Nuggets Prediction: Expert Picks, Odds, Stats and Best Bets – Wednesday, January 29, 2025

by PressRex

Updated January 29, 2025

Knicks vs. Nuggets Prediction: Expert Picks, Odds, Stats and Best Bets – Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Two of the league’s top scorers face off when Jalen Brunson (10th, 25.8 PPG) and the New York Knicks (31-16) host Nikola Jokic (third, 30 PPG) and the Denver Nuggets (28-18) on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN, MSG, and ALT. The Knicks are 3-point favorites. The over/under is 239 in the matchup.

Knicks vs. Nuggets Odds

Knicks odds to win: -148
Nuggets odds to win: +126
Spread: Knicks (-3)
Total: 239

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Game Time and Information

When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Where: Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
TV: ESPN, MSG, and ALT

Who Will Win Knicks vs. Nuggets?

Knicks and Nuggets Betting Trends, Records Against the Spread

The Knicks have a 21-18-1 record against the spread this season when favored by 3 points or more.

The Nuggets are 5-4 against the spread when an underdog by 3 points or more this year.

These two teams average a combined 238.4 points per game, 0.6 fewer points than the total of 239 set for this matchup.

Opponents of these two teams have averaged a combined 227 points per game, 12 fewer than the point total for this matchup.

The average point total in Knicks games this year is 16.7 fewer points than the total of 239 in this matchup.

Denver’s games this year have averaged a total of 230.6 points, 8.4 fewer than the point total in this matchup.

New York’s ATS record is 24-22-1 this season.

The Nuggets have gone 23-22-1 ATS this year.

Knicks Stats & Insights

The Knicks average 117.8 points per game (fourth in the league) while allowing 110.8 per outing (eighth in the NBA). They have a +328 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by seven points per game.

The Knicks win the rebound battle by 2.5 boards on average. They collect 43.5 rebounds per game, which ranks 21st in the league, while their opponents pull down 41 per contest.

New York connects on 13.2 three-pointers per game (15th in the league) at a 37.8% rate (fifth-best in the NBA), compared to the 13.6 its opponents make while shooting 37.7% from beyond the arc.

The Knicks’ 117.7 points per 100 possessions on offense rank second in the NBA, and the 111.1 points they allow per 100 possessions rank 17th in the league.

The Knicks have scored at a higher rate in home games than away from home in the 2024-25 season (119.1 at home versus 116.4 on the road), though they have given up fewer points at home than on the road (109.5 opponent points per home game versus 112.1 on the road).

Nuggets Stats & Insights

The Nuggets put up 120.6 points per game (third in league) while allowing 116.2 per outing (24th in NBA). They have a +200 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 4.4 points per game.

Denver prevails in the rebound battle by an average of 2.9 boards. It pulls down 45.7 rebounds per game (sixth in league) compared to its opponents’ 42.8.

The Nuggets hit 11.8 three-pointers per game (27th in the league), 2.1 fewer than their opponents.

The Nuggets average 116.3 points per 100 possessions (fourth in league), while conceding 111.3 points per 100 possessions (19th in NBA).

In 2024-25 Denver is scoring 1.8 more points per game at home (121.5) than on the road (119.7).

Knicks Key Players to Watch

Brunson is one of the Knicks’ key players terms of both scoring and assists, recording 25.8 points and distributing 7.4 assists on average.

Karl-Anthony Towns’ averages this season are 24.9 points, 13.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Mikal Bridges makes more threes per game than any other (active) member of the Knicks, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 2.4 per contest.

Josh Hart picks pockets to the tune of 1.5 takeaways per game, and OG Anunoby records 0.9 rejections per contest.

Nuggets Key Players to Watch

Jokic has shown out this season to lead active Nuggets players in points (30 per game), rebounds (13.1 per game), and assists (10.2 per game).

Michael Porter Jr. makes 2.6 treys per game.

The Nuggets’ defensive efforts get a lift from Jokic (1.8 steals per game) and Peyton Watson (1.3 blocks per game).