After being limited to 17 points by the Thunder on Friday, Karl-Anthony Towns has a much better matchup Saturday against the Bulls. They have played at the second-fastest pace and have the seventh-worst defensive rating in the league. Nikola Vucevic is having a great offensive season, but he is still awful defensively. The last time the Knicks played the Bulls, Towns scored 46 points. Look for him to have another big scoring performance in their rematch.

Caesar’s. Since December 1st, Mikal Bridges is averaging 22 points per game, and has cleared this line in 11/16 games. In a paced up spot against the Bulls (2nd fastest team in the NBA), he should thrive in a lean Knicks rotation that has Bridges consistently pushing 40 minutes per game. I like this line with the Knicks at full strength, but I also want to get this out early, since it wouldn’t shock me if Jalen Brunson (game time decision last night against the Thunder) was held out.

These two played a crazy high scoring game earlier this season, but the Bulls have become a heavy under team since then, with the totals jacking up in response to the greater pace they are playing with this season. They are under 8 of 10 (average close: 235). Seven of those games went under by -4.5 or more. The last 5 Bulls games that went over all had totals of 237 or more. So this range has been all unders lately for them. Knicks went all out vs the Thunder on Friday and top scorers like Jalen Brunson have been banged up. Five of the Knicks last 8 road games are under this total.