Knicks Edge Closer to Eastern Finals with 30-Point Win
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00:00 30 point wins. It's been the story in the second round series
00:04 in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the NBA between the
00:07 New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers at least in the last two
00:11 games, Indiana wins game number four by 32 an absolute route in
00:17 Indy, New York returns the favor last night back in the Big
00:21 Apple inside Madison Square Garden, a 30 point win for the
00:25 Knickerbockers 121 91 they cover easily as a point and a half
00:31 favorite just 14 cents of separation on those money line
00:35 numbers minus 116 for the Knicks minus 102 other side of the
00:39 money line for the Pacers and a total of 217 and a hook because
00:44 of only 91 points offensively from Indiana stays well under
00:50 the garden has been electric and New York is five and one at home
00:55 throughout this postseason now a three two series lead here one
00:59 win away from a birth in the Eastern Conference finals for
01:03 the Knicks for the first time since 2000.
01:06 It's all about Brunson guys a superstar man superstar on
01:10 Broadway and rightfully so if you're just betting the Knicks
01:12 forget about every other player you know nine out of 10 times
01:15 Brunson is going to get you your money which means 44 points last
01:19 night like Oh banged up didn't play all that well let's see
01:22 when he comes home to the guard we should have known better
01:23 right third Ben he took 35 shots from the field yesterday yeah
01:27 he's back in tune now also when are we gonna let I wish we get
01:30 the phone call right from the Knicks and you know what who's
01:32 gonna play Oh yeah miles McBride's actually gonna show up
01:35 tonight he played 40 minutes seven of 15 from the floor drop
01:38 three triples for 17 points that's exactly what we need Josh
01:41 Hart who was terrible in the previous game against Indiana
01:44 you take a look at this now 18 points and 11 rebounds and a
01:47 plus 21 only got that really didn't show up yesterday which
01:51 cost me another parlay was Dante DiVincenzo need to make two
01:54 three point shots he doesn't make any three point shots and
01:56 guys like Alex are draining five off of the bench so it just goes
02:00 to show you how hard it is sometimes to pick but the one
02:02 thing we do know is Brunson is a flat out superstar and is ready
02:06 for that moment as we talked about how deflating Can you be
02:09 coming back to the guard like yes we understand it's going to
02:11 be a best of three but the way they got beat down a game number
02:14 four look like they might not be active the rest of this series
02:17 and yet they went by 30 points on their home court last night
02:21 and look like the better team by far I don't know what the make
02:23 of this series overall but I do expect probably the Pacers to
02:26 win game six and then a fun game seven back in the garden but the
02:29 one thing we do know banged up bring in your lunch pal it's
02:32 Jalen Brunson he's been ads you're not supposed to be able
02:35 to shoot 35 times in the game as a smaller point guard he's been
02:38 doing that it's an incredible run something we haven't seen in
02:41 a long long time that
02:43 and better than 50% from the floor 18 of 35 if he's going to
02:49 take 35 field goal attempts and hit at that efficient rate he's
02:53 going to go over whatever points prop the fan dual sportsbook
02:56 sets for him and I bet over 32 and a half two nights ago
03:01 getting ready for last night just because of the variance in
03:05 the numbers you remember getting ready for game two at Madison
03:08 Square Garden in this series DRS and seeing his points prop rise
03:11 from 35 and a hook already astronomical to 37 and a half
03:16 and both you and I said listen it makes sense to elevate that
03:20 points prop we wouldn't bet it but it makes sense I took
03:24 advantage of the market discrepancy and the number
03:27 closed at 33 and a half he took more field goals than his points
03:31 prop last night and he scored 44 how about Isaiah
03:35 Hartenstein 12 offensive rebounds yesterday 17 in total
03:40 cleaning up the glass it was the change in the starting lineup
03:44 Deuce McBride in there Alec Burks the guy to make five
03:48 triples off the bench to fill in for the overnight for Tay Tay
03:52 Dante DiVincenzo and Tyrese Halliburton has his second
03:56 stinker in this series inside Madison Square Garden only 13
04:00 points last night only nine field goal attempts and DRS what
04:05 was so crazy was entering last night's game when we were
04:08 breaking this down on a Tuesday morning on the early line it was
04:12 a two two and a half point spread in favor of New York and
04:16 we all anticipated that og and nob would be out for a third
04:20 straight game in Miss game number five when that became
04:23 official yesterday afternoon the line worked against New York it
04:27 was only a point and a half in yet the shorthanded New York
04:32 Knicks don't just win in a tight game where they had to claw out
04:36 like every game up until game four in this series they win by
04:40 30 and make a statement at home you typically play better at
04:44 home that's the way we know it even if you're banged up coming
04:47 into or even missing starters like the Knicks are and also you
04:49 can go back to that Cleveland Cavaliers series against the
04:52 Celtics in that last game though Donovan Mitchell they still
04:54 played well and covered the spread we have to remember
04:56 there's still professionals on both sides of the basketball
04:58 even if some of those star players are down but never did I
05:01 see the Knicks winning this game comfortably by 30 points here
05:05 now we go back to Indiana and Indiana is going to be a five
05:09 and a half point favorite for Friday night's game number six
05:13 we'll look at the series situation and plenty more up
05:16 next on the early line the Denver Nuggets back officially
05:20 in those NBA championship odds we'll look at where the Nuggets
05:23 stand one win away from an appearance in the Western
05:26 Conference Finals for a second straight season but Donnie we go
05:30 back to game number five first inside Madison Square Garden the
05:34 Knicks don't just win outright in cover as a slight one and a
05:38 half point favorite in a game the oddsmakers expected to be
05:42 close and a gnaw and claw it out type game for New York they
05:46 win by 30 how does that alter the series odds as we get ready
05:50 for a couple of days off in game number six in Indianapolis on
05:55 Friday night entering last night Indiana was a minus 144 series
06:01 outright favorite despite being a road underdog in game number
06:05 five we spoke about that at length the RS and how those odds
06:09 did not necessarily correlate well now they certainly don't
06:13 New York heads back to Indy one win away from a spot in the
06:17 Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in nearly two and
06:20 a half decades since 2000 as a minus 265 favorite to win this
06:25 series outright and yet New York is booked currently as a five
06:30 point underdog for game number six yeah I would assume that
06:34 this is going back to New York for game number seven just based
06:37 on what we've seen in the home court for this series alone
06:39 first two games who won the New York Knicks they were home next
06:42 two games who won it was the Indiana Pacers on their home
06:45 court game number five home court game number six should go
06:48 home court as well and then we go to game number seven which
06:50 I'm also going to go to home court here I think the Knicks do
06:52 win this series just have to win one out of two do they want to
06:55 close out six games absolutely they do but I don't know if they
06:58 can just based on the series profile so in seven I do think
07:02 the Knicks take care of business back in the garden.
07:05 So there is profitability then to be had if you follow the
07:09 odds it makes a lot of sense New York is a five point underdog
07:13 on the road in Indy they did not win either of the two games in
07:16 Indianapolis so far in this series no road team has won a
07:21 basketball game and again the Knicks will be a hefty
07:24 underdog a couple of days off to rest for this shorthanded New
07:28 York team that is only a positive but I would agree with
07:31 Donnie I think Indiana wins in game number six back inside the
07:35 game bridge Fieldhouse so go back to the series odds the
07:38 Knicks to win in seven right there in front of your face is
07:42 plus 155 the Knicks will be at least a slight home favorite
07:47 inside Madison Square Garden and a winner take all game seven in
07:51 this second round series you would have profitability on New
07:55 York and a hedge out or money line opportunity on the other
07:59 side for the Pacers there's your best bet in this series if
08:03 you do not think New York steals one on the road in game number
08:06 six exactly and I don't know if grant I can't say I don't know
08:10 because we said back to back games where each team blew each
08:12 other out by 30 so we could have another big performance and
08:15 maybe Brunson is fully healed from that foot injury that he
08:18 had a couple games ago but I do think Indiana rises up on their
08:21 home court and we're destined for a game seven so the plus
08:24 money game seven I'm not going to take say you know what even
08:26 if let's just say the Pacers win by 30 on their home court I
08:29 won't have any carryover correlation to game number seven
08:31 like yep that's just what it is and the Knicks come home maybe
08:34 they win by 30 in game number seven who knows
08:36 yeah that's what we've seen so far in this series by the way
08:41 that game is on Friday night because of Caitlin Clark's home
08:46 opener for the Indiana Fever tomorrow night in Indy against
08:51 the New York Liberty a big night of New York versus Indy on back
08:55 to back nights in Indianapolis.