New York Knicks vs Charlotte Hornets: the hosts can fight for victory

A matchup in which a win would give the visitors a chance to move up in the play-in zone and that's enough motivation for them to fight for an away victory.

Tom Thibodeau's team has a four-match winning streak and is pleasing the fans with their performance, although the chances of reaching the playoffs are certainly slim. It will be too hard to get to Atlanta.

In the last game, the team defeated Chicago, who have not had the best end to the season. But that still doesn't stop young talent RJ Barrett from proving himself more and more as the team's leader.

New York played five games at home in March, winning three of them; whether the winning streak continues we'll find out tonight.

Overall, the Hornets are having a good month, with only five losses in 14 games, and now there is a chance to climb higher and finish 8th, which means one game left in the play-in.

Although the last game, James Borrego's team lost. There are more wins, though, and speaking of away performance in March, only the first game out of five ended in a loss, followed by four wins in a row. So, the away game should not bring any problems.

• New York: Derrick Rose, Quentin Grimes, Nerlens Noel;
• Charlotte: James Bouknight, Gordon Hayward.

The teams met three times during the season and the home team won only once, but the win came in the last game. In general, all three matches can not boast many goals scored, it was only once that total went over 200 points. Today, taking into account the excellent streaks of the home team, they are very likely to win, though the visitors are bookmakers' favorites.

Betting options:

• TO (222.5) for 1.898;
• W1 for 2.08;
• Julius Randle Block TO (0.5) for 2.60.

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