00:00Atlanta getting five and a half against the Knickerbockers who are a minus 275 series favorite
00:05Atlanta plus 220 I know a lot of people are jumping on the Hawks bandwagon and you know and
00:11rightfully so I suppose they had the third best record after the all-star break I mean they were
00:15phenomenal they had a 19 and three stretch I mean they were great but there's always a caveat here
00:20only four of those wins came against winning teams not in the play-in situation so the top
00:26six teams in the east top six teams in the west all the other wins all those other wins all
00:31came
00:31against the worst teams in the NBA it all turned around after they traded Trey Young give him a
00:36whole lot of credit for that Alexander Walker has picked up the slate you want to play some props
00:40for Atlanta he averaged 28 points a game in the three games against the Knicks so he would be the
00:45one but New York is 19 and 8 since the all-star break the score in second to none averaging
00:50over
00:50118 points a game Carl Anthony Towns his highest scoring average versus any team the Hawks this
00:58season 28 and a half points so Kat's another one of those guys that's you know disappeared come
01:04postseason time right I think he has a monster series I think New York wins this in five I just
01:10I don't
01:11think it'll be that competitive I really don't give credit for Atlanta to not roll over and play
01:15terrific basketball but as I pointed out against the better teams they weren't successful New York's one of the
01:20better teams giving the Knicks today and in the series all right so the player that I'd be focusing
01:25in on most in this series it's not gonna be Brunson it's not gonna be Kat I understand why Kat
01:29has
01:29plenty of success but it's gonna be CJ McCollum for me for the Atlanta Hawks and you know 17 and
01:35a half
01:35as his points prop today there's a little bit juiced out there minus 130 or so again you know he's
01:39shot for
01:39the best line available but he's really got to be the engine of that offense and to your to your
01:44point
01:45Nikhil Alexander-Walker has been fantastic for them but they they need a veteran presence out there
01:50and you know stepping up in terms of the level of competition that they are going up against with
01:55the Knicks if McCollum doesn't get it going I'd be surprised to see them get the series to six games
02:01so he needs to really be in that low 20s kind of on a points per game basis for Atlanta
02:07to at least
02:07keep this close but I see the Knicks taking care of the series 4-1 maybe 4-2 yeah this
02:14would be a good
02:14series like who wants to lay minus 275 right some sites allow you to put these series bets in parlors
02:20you can do that uh in certain sites otherwise you know you lay the uh the game and a half
02:25and you
02:26know it doesn't sound good Tom what are those bets but then when you take a step back all means
02:30is they
02:30just don't go to seven games and I don't bet on too many teams that I think the series is
02:36going to go
02:36seven because if it goes seven then you know seventh anything can happen in the seventh game right
02:41I'm betting on a team because I think they're that much better than the team so I would grab the
02:45Knicks you know lay in a game and a half and hope they win in either six or five like
02:48I think they
02:49will so but Knicks had a good year like I mentioned earlier you know this year is based on getting
02:53to
02:53the NBA finals um you know after they fired Timoteau last year unexpectedly I'm players certainly had to
03:00have a role in that um and so if they don't get to the finals this year especially this year
03:06where
03:06maybe Boston is a little wounded uh who knows what would happen in this offseason but I I do like
03:11the New York uh in this series I I think they can get to the finals um what what is
03:16the ceiling for
03:17you on New York um you know conference conference finals I think is is the bare minimum you know to
03:24your points like that's they need to be in this spot um it depends on it really just depends on
03:31getting through that that Boston series in round two cleanly right because again Pistons and Cavs
03:38are the favorites on the top side of the bracket Knicks getting past the Celtics they need to get
03:42through and they need to show me convincingly that they can take down the Celtics in a somewhat
03:46convincing fashion you know winning the series four to two I think would be would instill more confidence
03:51the Knicks backer
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