These teams just met Tuesday, with the Knicks winning by 18 points. They are 13-8 ATS at home and their roster has been strengthened by the recent returns of Elfrid Payton and Mitchell Robinson from injuries. The Wizards have lost seven of their last eight contests, so don’t be surprised if New York blows them out again.

It's definitely a tad worrisome when betting on one team (Knicks) to beat another (Wizards) in back-to-back games, but Washington just dealt away two rotation (bench) guys in Mo Wagner and Troy Brown on Thursday and fourth-leading scorer Davis Bertans remains out injured, so the Wiz will be short-handed. Wagner and Brown combined for 19 points in 38 minutes in Tuesday's 131-113 loss at the Garden. New York won't have Reggie Bullock, who had 10 points Tuesday, but will have Derrick Rose. He missed it due to conditioning off COVID protocols.

Beating teams multiple times in the the same week is very difficult in this league, but my model likes the Knicks to accomplish that tonight against the Wizards. The one wildcard here keeping the market at -3 vs. -4 or more is the fact that the Knicks SHOULD be active at the trade deadline this afternoon, which could leave them thin tonight. However, we know the young core of Randle, Barrett, Robinson, Quickley isn't going anywhere. A thin Knicks team wouldn't be the end of the world with Quickley grabbing more minutes tonight. This number should be -4.9 or higher against the current version of the Wizards.