Charlotte at New York

The Knicks are as big of a tease you can find in the NBA. They can romance you into thinking big, but in the end they tend to disappoint. With Stoudemire and Anthony in the fold the Knicks are thinking championship, but the numbers dictate otherwise. New York has faced a schedule that includes one winning team, the .600 LA Lakers. The rest of the schedule shows seven teams that are a combined 16-41 and yet they stumble into this one at 4-4. One of those losses was an 8-point setback to this same Bobcats team they will face tonight. The Knicks may be justified as a double-digit chalk before the season ends, but this for now is nothing more than a reputation line that has to be earned, and the Knicks simply haven't earned it yet. They are also 0-6 ATS in their last six at the Garden. There will be no Garden party tonight, play on Charlotte.