On Monday night, the Philadelphia 76ers will host the New York Knicks. The Sixers lost to the Knicks in New York on October 26, and haven’t lost since. The Knicks will be playing the second half of a back-to-back after losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday.

Let’s get into our Sixers vs. Knicks betting pick with player prop predictions, odds, and analysis for this November 8, 2021 matchup.

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Sixers vs. Knicks Betting Pick (November 8, 2021)

There are a dozen explanations for how the Sixers are doing what they are doing right now. The team entered this season as a somewhat known quantity that, through no fault of its own, carried a 6’10” All-Star question mark into the 2021-2022 campaign. The question of whether Ben Simmons would really excuse himself from NBA games for the Sixers this season lingered basically up to the tip of the season opener. And no one knew what his absence would mean – anyone who told you they knew was lying to you.

Here are your Sixers, 8-2, atop the Eastern Conference in the early going, and perhaps most importantly, well ahead of the defending NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks (4-6 so far) and the team that bounced them from the playoffs last season, the Atlanta Hawks (4-6). How is all of this happening? What is the element that really explains this? Well, here’s one opinion: Character.

Of course, very few of us know what is in the hearts and minds of the professional athletes we obsessively follow and scrutinize and analyze and ruminate over. Most of us can only imagine what their day to day lives are really like. Tyrese Maxey just turned 21. What did your life look like at 21? Were you making millions of dollars annually? Was your every move blog fodder and #content? Probably not. 

But watching this team from the distance we are stuck at, this Sixers team seems to be a bunch of, if nothing else, high character guys. Joel Embiid has embraced this city for, to my understanding, no reason other than he seems happy here. Tobias Harris, a player who bounced from city to city for years, seems to have found a home. Maxey is playing at a high level and carrying himself like a 10-year veteran. Seth Curry, at 31, is seasoned enough to know what to do here. That goes double for Danny Green (34). If you see a negative press clipping about Furkan Korkmaz, let us know, because it’s not anything we’ve seen.

And the new guys are bedding in like they knew just how well this would all turn out. Do you hear Andre Drummond complaining about his old cartoon beef with Embiid? No. Is Georges Niang basically turning into a “Philly guy” with each passing game? Yes.

Note here that we’re not taking any position on Ben Simmons’ character. No one knows what is in his mind or in his heart. Now…it’s not a great look when a player does not comply with the team’s efforts to help him, but again, maybe there are legitimate reasons for that. 

What we know is that this team is winning games, saying all the right things, picking each other up at every turn, and oh yeah, WINNING GAMES. Nice guys may finish last, but they can rack up barrels full of regular season wins along the way.

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Sixers vs. Knicks Odds

Here’s the line for the Sixers and Knicks at FanDuel Sportsbook:

  • Spread: Sixers -4.5 (-110), Knicks +4.5 (-110)
  • Moneyline: Sixers -186, Knicks +156
  • Total: 210

Bets We Like With a Sixers Win

Sixers to Win and Over 210 Total Points (+176, FanDuel Sportsbook)

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The Sixers have scored at least 109 points in five of their last six games. The last time the Sixers failed to score in triple digits was in the loss to the Knicks almost two weeks ago, and even that night the Sixers posted 99. The Knicks have played ten games this season and have scored at least 100 points in nine of those games. And some of the Knicks totals have been gaudy — 138 against the Boston Celtics on opening night, 121 against the Orlando Magic, 123 against the New Orleans Pelicans. The caveat here is that tonight will be the first second half of a back-to-back for the Knicks this season, but then, maybe that’s a window for the Sixers to hang a big number.

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Bets We Like Independent of Outcome

Evan Fournier Under 2.5 Assists (-190, Caesars Sportsbook)

Evan Fournier really likes to get his shot off. In his last six games, Fournier has put the ball up at least 12 times in all but one of those contests. What Evan Fournier likes to do less than shooting the ball is passing the ball. In those same six games, Fournier has had more than two assists just once — he had three against the Indiana Pacers on November 3. Given his recent play and his career assist average of 2.7, there is no reason to believe he will turn into Russell Westbrook tonight.

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Seth Curry Over 14.5 Points (-125, FOX Bet)

Seth Curry had, for him, an off night against the Bulls on Saturday, scoring only 11 points and missing all three of his attempts from the three-point line. It was a strange game, though — Furkan Korkmaz had 25 points aided by making seven triples. We’re looking for normal service to be restored here. Curry had four straight games of 15 points or more going into Saturday. If he doesn’t get at least 15 tonight, we’ll be steering away from him for awhile.

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Knicks Team Total Points Over 103.5 (-110, DraftKings Sportsbook)

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Just as we prefer the over in a Sixers win, we prefer the over on the Knicks’ total in this game. The Knicks’ scoring statistics this season are documented at some length above. Not listed above is this stat: The Knicks are averaging 112.6 points per game. Maybe they’ll be tired from having played last night, but that doesn’t really explain how they’ll score almost ten fewer points than their average.

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Sixers vs. Knicks Prediction

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It’s getting super boring to keep picking the Sixers, but then again, it’s not very boring to cash the tickets. The schedule is about to turn fairly nasty. After tonight, it’s the Bucks tomorrow night, the Toronto Raptors Thursday night, and then a six-game road trip with some fairly gnarly stops (Utah, Denver, Golden State). So the Sixers are surely aware that this is a game they have to have against a team that played last night.

Pick: 76ers -4.5 (-105, Barstool Sportsbook)

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