ESPN's basketball daily cheat sheet is your pregame destination before you lock in daily fantasy and betting decisions for that night's games. Here you'll find our top insights for the slate, including players to target for your daily fantasy rosters, along with game-by-game injury reports.
Game 3 projections, injury reports
Basketball Power Index by ESPN Analytics. Injury aggregation by Rotowire.com. Odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook
San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Line: Spurs +1.5 (-105) | Knicks -1.5 (-115) Money line: Spurs +105 | Knicks -125 Total: 216.5 (-105 O, -115 U) BPI Projection: Knicks by 2.6, straight up 58%, 216.2 total points.
Injury Report:
Spurs: David Jones Garcia, (OFS - Ankle)
Knicks: None reported
We enter Game 3 tonight with two different, conflicting trends at play.
On the one hand, the New York Knicks won both of the first two games on the road and will be returning home for the next two games, setting up the potential for a series sweep.
On the other hand, both of the first two games were extremely close, back-and-forth affairs where the San Antonio Spurs held a lead with under two minutes remaining in the game... suggesting the potential for a competitive, back-and-forth series that could go the distance.