{"id":325168,"date":"2025-02-01T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=325168"},"modified":"2025-02-01T12:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:47:31","slug":"lakers-vs-knicks-prop-picks-february-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/lakers-vs-knicks-prop-picks-february-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Knicks prop picks Feb. 1: Fade Reaves, ride with Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday night&#8217;s marquee NBA matchup features the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Most of my focus is on the Lakers&#8217; backcourt, as I&#8217;m looking to fade Austin Reaves and take the over on a Max Christie prop. As for the Knicks, look for Karl-Anthony Towns to be a menace on the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Lakers vs. Knicks prop picks for Feb. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakers vs. Knicks prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:108218\">Embed: #108218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Reaves under 20.5 points (-104)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaves is a solid player who chips in on a nightly basis as a scorer, rebounder and passer. But in a less-than-favourable matchup, I think this line is a bit too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knicks, who sit in third in the Eastern Conference, are far from the best defensive team in the league. But they&#8217;re solid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8th in points allowed\/game (110.8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13th in defensive rating (112.7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrast that with the Washington Wizards, who Reaves saw two nights ago. The Wizards are dead-last in both opponent PPG and defensive rating &#8230; but the L.A. guard hardly capitalized. He had 17 points in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, Reaves is a solid player, and he&#8217;s not slumping right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for a guy averaging 18.2 PPG on the season, I don&#8217;t see a likely path to him going over 20.5 points on Saturday. Especially since he&#8217;s accomplished less against lesser competition in recent matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far on this East Coast swing, Reaves has 17 or fewer points against all three opponents: the Wizards, 76ers and Hornets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Reaves has gone under 20.5 points in 11 of his past 14 games \u2014 including six of seven road games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christie 2+ threes (-137):<\/strong> Part of my reasoning to fade Reaves tonight is that Christie has commandeered some of the 3-point looks that might otherwise go Reaves&#8217; way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at how Christie&#8217;s involvement with the Lakers took off last month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pre-January (31 games):<\/strong> 22.0 minutes, 7.1 PPG, 2.6 3PA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>January (14 games):<\/strong> 31.4 minutes, 11.0 PPG, 5.6 3PA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The third-year guard more than doubled his 3-point shot volume last month and cashed in at a 39.2% clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie has gone over 1.5 threes in eight of his past 10 games. Now he faces a Knicks squad that allows the highest 3PT% in the league (37.7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Towns 14+ rebounds (-118):<\/strong> This is one of my three favourite prop bets from around the league on Saturday, as I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-prop-bets-february-1-2025\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towns&#8217; shooting numbers have taken a hit since his return from a thumb injury. He&#8217;s averaging 18.8 points while shooting 16.7% from 3-point range in his past five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately for him, tonight&#8217;s matchup looks like a good time to hang out around the rim and get paid as a board man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Davis is out for the Lakers, which means KAT will primarily duke it out down low with Jaxson Hayes. Towns has nearly 30 pounds on Hayes, which should help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that Towns averages 13.7 rebounds as it is, so this line is reasonable on an average night. In January, the Knicks&#8217; centre averaged 14.4 RPG in 12 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 10:27 a.m. ET 02\/01\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday night&#8217;s marquee NBA matchup features the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The pregame narrative: Most of my focus is on the Lakers&#8217; backcourt, as I&#8217;m looking to fade Austin Reaves and take the over on a Max Christie prop. As for the Knicks, look for Karl-Anthony Towns to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":325189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-325168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lakers vs. Knicks prop picks: Feb. 1 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Lakers vs. Knicks prop picks for Feb. 1. 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