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SportsLine's model has simulated the Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks matchup 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Tuesday

The Knicks are 11-point favorites Tuesday, although the Nets do have a rest advantage having played Sunday before a break on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tom Thibodeau’s group is just 2-3 in the second half of back-to-backs, with both wins coming against the 6-35 Wizards and one of those games requiring overtime.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have surprised as one of the best team’s in the league so far this year, boasting an NBA-best 36-6 record. That’s, of course, been fuele

Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson is the player most likely to be traded before the NBA's trade deadline, per ESPN's Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps.