Knicks vs. Pacers: Eastern Conference Finals Game One Preview

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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

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