While the Knicks have been stuck in a 1-6 tailspin over their last seven games, there only has been one bad loss in that batch -- a 28-point blowout at Boston. The Suns are an NBA worst 6-24 and 1-13 on the road. Not surprisingly, my projections show the Knicks covering the spread two-thirds of the time. Back New York with confidence Monday.

The Suns have won two in a row, but they're typically horrible on the road. The Knicks didn't play that badly at Indiana and they've been respectable at home. Lay the small number.