The NBA on TNT Thursday doubleheader tonight opens with a suddenly surging New York Knicks team visiting a Memphis club that looks a bit lost and has been a big disappointment thus far. New York is a 4.5-point favorite on Bovada’s NBA basketball odds and there will be live play-by-play betting available.
 
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Tonight is the second of a back-to-back for the Knicks (6-4), who enter on a four-game losing streak. Wednesday night they ended the Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA-high six-game winning streak with an 85-79 victory. Carmelo Anthony led the way with 27 points and nine rebounds.
 
New York isn’t known as a defensive team, but it has held the past two opponents under 90 points s, something the team hadn’t done in back-to-back games in the past six seasons. The Knicks have held their last three opponents under 88 points, a streak the Knicks haven't touched since March 2004. The Knicks allowed three of their first six opponents to shoot above 50 percent and started 2-4. In the winning streak, opponents are shooting 41 percent from the field.
 
Memphis (3-6) last played Tuesday, falling 100-95 to Oklahoma City in a playoff rematch from last season. Marc Gasol led Memphis, which dropped its third in a row, with 20 points and 14 rebounds. The Grizz badly miss injured big men Zach Randolph and Darrell Arthur, the latter out for the season. For example, the Grizzlies' last two opponents combined to grab a total of 31 more rebounds.
 
Grizzlies small forward Rudy Gay didn't practice Wednesday because of left hip soreness, a condition he's played with for the past several games. But he expects to play tonight. Memphis lost both meetings with New York last season. Anthony has averaged 31.8 points on 51.3 percent shooting in his last five games at the FedEx Forum (most of those with the Nuggets).
 
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