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00:00this is what we love about playoff basketball a rivalry and so much at stake in the first time
00:06for the knicks in the eastern conference finals in two and a half decades game number one inside
00:12msg we have said it often and it will continue the biggest game perhaps for the new york knicks
00:18inside madison square garden in 25 years and a four and a half point spread in favor of new york
00:25with a total at 224 donnie what are the numbers telling you about the opening game of the eastern
00:32conference finals yeah bouncing around a little bit right you see the graphic there at minus 190
00:36we're talking earlier in the show that price point was minus two dollars plus here now we're back to
00:41a minus 196 live so you are getting some betting you know patterns that are coming in here if i'm
00:46just going to take a look here at the front page on the fan blue sports with the updated statistics here
00:50still 60 of the tickets coming in on the indiana pacers which i do think is appropriate for that
00:55they're getting points people like to take points to understand that if you think it's a true coin
00:58flip series hey i think they can win game number one if they don't win it at least they can keep it
01:03within a couple possessions i understand that but for me it is still the new york knicks at minus four
01:07and a half that are getting my attention because of the bigness of this game not to say if they lose
01:11game number one they can't win the series and if the pacers ah game number one's not that big deal
01:15we're focused more on game number two or game number three in our building that's also not the case i just
01:19think the knicks need this and also from a series perspective like a bonus minus a 140 price for the knicks to win
01:25it you better win game number one or this series could be slipping away right away even after game
01:30number one the 223 and a half does make some sense earlier in the series as i always like to say i like
01:35to go overs even though last night that game didn't go over the total the people were betting it up as
01:39if it was going to go over the total but for me i'll just stick with the side here at this point
01:43the knicks minus four and a half they win this game the energy in the garden is going to be tremendous
01:48the knicks are completely healthy all the starters can play 48 minutes if they want to tonight
01:52with no issues i'm going to go knicks winning by five plus points tonight in madison square garden
01:5760 of the bets on the spread backing new york as a home favorite or excuse me backing indiana
02:04as a road underdog 52 of the money on the spread backing the pacers as a road underdog getting four
02:12and a half points a total earlier today at 224 has worked its way down by a hook to 223 and a half
02:20donnie the indiana pacers have been an incredible underdog both in the postseason
02:25and outright throughout the regular season indiana and okc the only two teams around the association
02:31that the entirety of this year have a winning record above 500 outright as an underdog in the
02:39pacers have done it in i think 36 or 37 games now okc has only been a dog three times so the fact
02:46the pacers are an underdog is not surprising and not a large issue for indiana as we look at the
02:54superstars in this matchup jalen brunson for new york tyrese halliburton for indiana now the pacers star
03:01did score 31 in that game five series clincher against cleveland he has had plenty of clutch moments
03:08already so far in this playoff run of course debunking the idiotic idea he was the most overrated
03:14player in the nba but he has not been exactly their highest scorer throughout every single playoff game
03:2231 points in that game five victory but not necessarily clearing consistently 18 and a half
03:29his points prop tonight for game one jalen brunson a different story highest points prop in this game
03:3528 and a half what will both stars show on the biggest stage in the sport yes and also understand
03:44this too like we know the superstars with the high points props right you take a look and we'll get i'll
03:48get the brunson in a second at his 28 and a half but that's also like yes we have a close and we have
03:52a guy that likes the basketball but don't you love the feel for the pacers right now haliburton 18 and a
03:57half siakam 18 and a half turner 15 and a half kneesmith 12 and a half nemhart 11 and a half like that is
04:03balance here and they got guys that can certainly put up some numbers off the bench as well so if
04:07one guy isn't pointing up we talked about it last night right you said oh no anthony edwards was 18
04:11and a half points they can't win we have so many guys that can be that step up guy which is also a
04:15positive but sometimes when you get later in series and you know the pressure starts to mount you really
04:21do want that guy it's like this is my basketball it's under two minutes ago watch me go to work and
04:25usually it is haliburton that you need to step up and has some big playoff moments so far just here in
04:29the playoffs but for me i do look at haliburton as you accept that challenge of walking into
04:34madison square garden all eyes basically will be on him i'm gonna have the ball in my hand pseudo
04:39point guard at this point you know i can make this big shot here i wonder how he performs that do we go
04:43ahead and say you know what haliburton's gonna prove a point 25 plus points or was the garden was
04:48too big of a moment was it too early in the series to try to handle the one thing i know about jalen
04:52brunson he's not shooting under 20 times tonight i don't care how good the going game goes for
04:56og and ob for carl anthony towns the ball will be in brunson's hands i would be surprised if the
05:01knicks win this game and brunson does not cross over ben his 28 and a half points