00:00Philadelphia 76ers are in town roughly 48 hours after their victory for the Celtics.
00:05No time to decompress when the Knicks have been hanging out here.
00:08And a touchdown favorite for those Knicks tonight, Kevin.
00:10What do you think happens in the Garden tonight?
00:12Well, I can't really figure out exactly why this is the number.
00:18What I mean is, is it 7.5 because of a rest advantage for New York, right?
00:25Will this be a shorter number in game two when both teams have played Monday to Wednesday?
00:31Is this 7.5 because they're not 100% sure Joel Embiid is going to play?
00:38It's possible, right?
00:42Embiid is likely going to play.
00:44He is one of the few guys that if you said, hey, he sat out one of the first two,
00:48I know there's a lot of outside people who are like, the NBA, worst sport ever, what's going on?
00:53For Embiid, that might be the right call for a series that's supposed to go every other day.
00:59Or did the Knicks beat the Hawks so bad, their power rating moved this much?
01:06Because this is what Boston was going to lay in a game seven at home with a healthy Tatum.
01:12We know Boston's been booked as better than the Knicks throughout the season.
01:16So whatever credit you would give the Knicks for beating Atlanta,
01:19you would think Philly would get some of that for beating Boston.
01:22People are like, oh, Tatum didn't play game seven.
01:25Yeah, but he for sure played in games two, five, and six.
01:30So the number just looks like a few points bigger than I would have expected, guys.
01:38And there's a couple of things that could explain it.
01:43But if it's just like a rest advantage,
01:45I don't know if that's enough to justify the Knicks being seven and a half point favorites.
01:49Yeah.
01:50I don't know.
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