Knicks Favored by 6 Points in Tonight's Game vs Pacers

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00:00And if we are looking at the series betting right now, the Pacers, no surprise, are the favorite.

00:04At a minus 154 price currently right now, the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Knicks, a plus 130 price,

00:09which then leads us right back into the game tonight.

00:11We saw game number one, Coach, fours, four and a halfs were out there.

00:14That's now extended to a six-point favorite for the Knicks in a total of 224 and a half.

00:19The way I've been telling Ben that I want to approach this game tonight is I need energy,

00:23I need the garden, I need the players.

00:25I love the Knicks, minus three and a half, to be up at the break here to at least say,

00:30you know what, we're going to use the first quarter, we're going to play defense,

00:33we're going to use the second quarter, we're going to extend that lead into the second half.

00:36I love the Knicks' first half.

00:37How are you playing this game tonight with the Knicks as a six-point favorite?

00:42I think you play, you say it perfectly, because I also think in the first half,

00:45you probably could see more of Deuce McBride and Mitchell Robinson,

00:49which kind of anchors your defense and makes your defense better.

00:52I don't expect Aaron Naismith to come out where he did last game in the fourth quarter

00:57and do that again in the beginning.

00:59They will make sure of that.

01:00So I think the Knicks in the first half is a better play.

01:04And then I'll look at the game at halftime.

01:06And if the Knicks are close or even down, I'll just jump on the Knicks as a money line favorite

01:10to go ahead and win the game, because I think they're going to find a way.

01:13The level is up at 1-1.

01:15You pull up those odds, Knicks plus one and a half games, to me,

01:18still looks like a really good bet, because I said seven going in.

01:21And the Knicks, who have won five out of six road games in the playoffs,

01:24I expect them to get one out of two at Indiana.

01:26So to me, it's 2-2 heading back to the Garden for a big game five.

01:31So Knicks plus one and a half and minus 132 is what I would look at as a series spread.

01:35I said seven games.

01:36There's seven games with some plus money to it.

01:39There's no doubt about it, right?

01:40Just because the Pacers pulled off that historic comeback,

01:43it was still a tightly contested game decided by three in OT.

01:47We still expect this to be a tightly contested series.

01:50And the Knicks now the underdog, despite being a six-point home favorite,

01:54for game two tonight on their home floor here in the Eastern Conference Finals.

01:59J.Y., if you had to highlight a player who you expect to perform in a big way

02:03in this Friday evening inside the Mecca, who would that player be?

02:08The guy said it was a major goat who wants to show up tonight,

02:12and that's O.G. Ananobi, who sometimes does not play well against Pascal Siakam.

02:15I went to it early, before the game.

02:18Look at his stocks.

02:20Steals plus blocks, because O.G.'s active defensively.

02:23He'll get on the pass wing.

02:24He's good enough to get a block or two, and he gets a steal.

02:27It's probably about two and a half for stocks.

02:29Look for him to go over tonight, O.G. Ananobi.

02:32He did have six combined stocks in game number one.

02:36Only 16 points for O.G.

02:38Six of 15 from the floor.

02:40Two of eight from three.

02:41The Knicks wings, really, that is their depth.

02:43They have been fantastic so far throughout the postseason.

02:47They'll need it tonight.

02:4878 combined points, by the way, from Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns in game one.

02:53That's glass half full for New York.

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