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00:00In game number two inside Madison Square Garden of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New
00:05York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. Of course DRS not only did the Pacers steal game number one on
00:11the road inside the Mecca, it was the fashion of which they took game number one in OT. 138-135
00:19but down by 17 with just over six minutes remaining. Down by 14 with 245 remaining in
00:26that fourth and final quarter. Down by eight with 34.2 seconds remaining and of course the Tyrese
00:33Halliburton shot that we thought was a three turned out to be a two still forced the extra
00:39session and Indiana showed that resolve to win it in OT outright as the four and a half point dog
00:45in game number one. So of course it is vital in a series we expect to be competitive for the
00:51Knicks to take advantage of playing inside MSG in this second game and the odds makers agree.
00:58A four and a half point spread for game one now a six point number DRS in favor of New York for
01:04game number two. And I guess if you are the NBA and you are a conspiracy theory you're sort of
01:09putting your thumb on the scales there for the Knicks because they opened up as a four four and
01:13a half point favorite of game number one. Now we understand they cannot lose game number two and
01:18then at the same time the NBA looking at the ratings there for OKC in Minnesota saying like
01:21if we don't have the New York Knicks we might not even make as much money as the WNBA makes
01:26which is no money because nobody will watch the NBA finals. We'll watch a lot of fun but maybe
01:30not the masses. But if you are looking for the Knicks I said this so many times Ben it's not
01:35the entire game. I expect the Knicks to win game number one. I thought they would win. Excuse me.
01:38I expected them to win game number one. They didn't. I expect them to win game number two.
01:42But the one thing I do know is there is no way shape or form that that arena is going to be
01:47good vibes if at the half end it's sixty one fifty six Indiana when you know that energy is
01:54going to be there right off the bat tonight. It's the Knicks in the first half. It's the
01:58Knicks in the first quarter. There are no excuses to knock it out to a good start tonight to say
02:02you know what we might have had a 20 or so point lead in the last game. It's not slipping away.
02:06We're going to be up five at the end of one of 10 at the break of 15 again to three and up 20
02:11at the end of four. That's what I need to see out of the Knicks tonight. But if you are looking for
02:16those guys for the Pacers to show up tonight and be the ultimate villain and taunt that arena and
02:21tell them we're not even coming back here for a game number five they can do that tonight. That's
02:27what I love to see the battle the elements the energy in the arena and also the villains of the
02:33Pacers saying you thought you were actually going to win your first NBA championship since 1973.
02:38It ain't happening here. I can't wait to watch that theater play out tonight.
02:42Listen that playoff rivalry that really got started in the late 90s and 2000 has really
02:48continued here in this new era in the Eastern Conference a seven game second round series
02:53last year where the Pacers went into the garden and won that seventh game and of course the
02:58dramatic and historic comeback that we saw in game number one just two nights ago on a Wednesday the
03:04choking sign from Tyrese of course that was paid off with the victory in OT again a four and a
03:11half point spread in favor of the Knicks in the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals
03:16now up by a point and a half despite the Knicks collapse in the fourth quarter and in OT 59 percent
03:23of the bets in terms of the spread on the Pacers who have been an elite underdog in this postseason
03:30now six and two straight up and against the spread and get the line working rather significantly
03:36to the Knicks the idea that winning game two tonight taking advantage of your home floor
03:40is vital DRS we went sailing through the pre-game number of 222 for game number one even at the end
03:47of regulation with 250 total points 125 125 so the early number yesterday for game number two
03:55was 227 from the over under perspective it's now back down to 224 and a half we have seen some
04:02buyback in terms of that pace I thought there was a really interesting point made in a commentary
04:09around game number one that despite the Pacers trailing by seven at the break with how offensive
04:15that first half was 69 62 the lead for the Knicks that if Indiana could play with pace like this and
04:23what we expected to be a tightly contested set they have the depth and balance the Knicks do not
04:28if this game is high scoring again that's not a great recipe for the New York Knicks
04:34for the entirety of this series success no I mean you have to come out you have to have energy
04:39they're going to play a ton of minutes tonight Tom Thibodeau understands you can't go to you
04:43gotta know too it's a wrap here the Knicks might as well just start to sell off and all those
04:46planes that those Knicks fans probably like hey we're gonna head to Indiana up 2-0 we'll take
04:50over game bridge arena or field house and we'll have all those good vibes that's going to end
04:55quickly the energy in the building needs to carry the Knicks in the first half they must provide
04:59that good play welcome back to this Friday live right here on the early line on sports grid he
05:06is Donnie I am Ben game number two of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight inside Madison Square
05:12Garden the Indiana Pacers in historic comeback fashion stealing game number one on the road in
05:18MSG tomorrow night is game number three in our first change of location in the conference finals
05:25round around the association in Minneapolis the Timberwolves down 0-2 head back home trying to
05:32keep their season in this series of float in what you could describe as a must win or can't lose
05:40game number three on a Saturday night in the Twin Cities Oklahoma City up 2-0 remains a favorite DRS
05:47for game number three but this would be the shortest number in favor of the Thunder in any
05:53of their 14 playoff games thus far they have been at least a five-point favorite in their previous
05:5913 of course they have covered winning by 15 plus in each of the first two games in the Western
06:04Conference Finals now a three-point spread in favor of Oklahoma City on the road for game number
06:11three on FanDuel a total at 218 Donnie I think you sum up game threes very well it's a kitchen
06:18sink game because if you get in an 0-3 hole there is very very little light at the end of the tunnel
06:25you are going to fight but your promise of winning that series is virtually gone so at least to give
06:32yourself some hope and optimism a game three victory is important and with how short this
06:37spread is that's what Minnesota needs to do win outright to keep the Western Conference
06:42Finals rolling along yeah it's not like you know a lower seeded team like hey the number one seed
06:47is down 0-3 what are the better team maybe there's a chance they can win four straight games this is
06:51the opposite this is the best team in the NBA that's up 3-0 on you and your expectations are
06:56not only we're going to win this game tonight in game number four but then again win the next
07:00three games which a couple of those will be on the opposing team's home court doesn't happen
07:03and that's what we always talk about in the NBA or any sport particularly there the series doesn't
07:07start until a road team wins on the opposing team's home court you are going to need the
07:11Minnesota Timberwolves to win this game and hope to stave off that oh yeah now we take a strangle
07:16hold on this overall Western Conference Finals but you're all giving them a puncher's chance
07:21you know it's not eight and a half nine and a half points that you might think if it was OKC at home
07:26up 2-0 you're on your home court the expectations are you're a good basketball team you got here by
07:31beating some quality opponents and you are home which means you're supposed to win those games
07:36it's hard winning regular season games against bad teams on the road because it's not your
07:40environment you have a sold-out crowd in Minnesota it's gonna be amped up ready for this game
07:45Anthony Edwards got up off the mat they didn't win the game but at least like hey you know what
07:48I'm in this series now I dropped 30 plus points I shot a ton let me just clean up that three-point
07:53line if I shoot 10 times let me make at least four of those and maybe our fortunes will change
07:57and also understanding you need to get off to a great start as well as I talk about the New York
08:02Knicks at home tonight same thing with the Minnesota Timberwolves you can't be down eight
08:06points at the break going got them right where we want them let's have a big second half that
08:10doesn't work against a team that's better than you you have to shock them you have to beat them
08:14in the first quarter be up at the break don't let them make those necessary adjustments which they
08:18did in game number two on their home court you make the adjustments and you extend the lead
08:23into the third quarter that's my viewpoints on that game tomorrow because for Minnesota
08:27they're getting a lot of respect on that line only let's just say two and a half three-point
08:30favorites right now for OKC but you got to prove your metal early on don't let this become a
08:35runaway because if it is we don't even need to tune in for game number four yeah there's not a
08:40third quarter line out just yet but that might be the most crucial 12-minute period of this game DRS
08:47the Timberwolves had a four-point lead at the break in the opening game in OKC it was the
08:52Thunder absolutely dismantling the Timberwolves overwhelming them in that second half winning
08:57the second half by a combined 30 points last night OKC started to pull away at the end of
09:04the opening half taking an eight-point lead 58 50 into the halftime break but they won the third
09:10quarter by 14 and maybe even more critically DRS they ended the third quarter on a 25 to 8 run
09:17to take a 22 point advantage into the fourth quarter Minnesota tried but they never did cut
09:23that deficit two single digits in those final 12 minutes the Timberwolves as an underdog so far
09:30in this postseason three games against the Lakers in the opening round the first two games here in
09:34the Western Conference Finals now two and three straight up and against the spread and one thing
09:40that has really stood out to me about the Thunders performances not the fact they're up 2-0 not the
09:46fact they have that commanding lead with home floor advantage being the NBA's best team all year long
09:51but something that was maybe a slight cause of concern or at least something that was slightly
09:56missing for the Thunder early on in their opening two rounds Oklahoma City wasn't covering they won
10:03their first two games against Memphis by at least 19 points but then were tested by the Grizz in the
10:09final two games of that series had not covered DRS except once in the opening six games of their
10:16second round series against Denver just two covers in their last nine games entering these
10:22Western Conference Finals against Minnesota they have won each of the first two games of this set
10:28by 15 points they are now six and seven against the spread in their 13 games as a favorite booked
10:35as a favorite in every game so far in this postseason yeah this might be a great game too
10:40to take a look at for game number three with how electric that atmosphere is going to be in
10:43Minnesota where maybe you get in a live wager at this point saying you know what I like the
10:46Timberwolves in this game but if they start off a little bit slow and I can get them at plus five
10:51plus six plus seven early on you know they're going to have to give it their best because the
10:55most embarrassing thought process would be OKC's and OKC just comes in and absolutely blasts them
11:0115-20 point win in their own building and controls the entire length of the game but also you might
11:06be able to get an added advantage if you like OKC where you have to weather that storm early
11:10maybe it's a nine-point lead for Minnesota after one maybe it's a 12-point lead for Minnesota at
11:14the break you know OKC is going to roll like I just didn't go in our favor here for game number
11:18three we'll see in game number four this seems like an unbelievable chance to get in with some
11:23live wagering depending on what you thought about the process before the game even started
11:28yeah no doubt about it DRS that is absolutely the case and we have seen the changes of the
11:32series odds Oklahoma City now a minus 2200 favorite to win this series outright they
11:38were minus 375 before it started minus 750 entering game two last night so because of
11:45how dominant the Thunder have been we now expect this series to be over rather quickly
11:51five games is plus 176 and a four-game series sweep is plus 194 on the FanDuel sportsbook
11:59we'll see what Minnesota has to say about that in game number three tomorrow night
12:05Sheik Yildiz Alexander the NBA MVP who got to put the trophy high up into the OKC sky
12:11for his home crowd before game number two and then delivered like the most valuable player a 38-point
12:18performance to lead all scorers in game number two he scored 31 in game one his points prop
12:24remains steady at 31 and a half if you don't want to bet the over that's fine I wouldn't recommend
12:31trying to fade SG at any point with that points prop of 31 and a hook yeah it's pretty crazy like
12:36the one part I would want to fade on that points prop would be the one and a half three-point shot
12:40to maybe take it to the under just not prolific from three-point range I don't think he made a
12:44three in game number one I think he made one in game number two so that's one of those where it's
12:48like hey man how does a guard or elite scoring guard drop 30 plus points in a game and not get
12:53more than two three-point shots it's almost like the throwback like does his game sort of correlates
12:57to with DeMar DeRozan like yeah I'll score a lot of points but it's not going to come from the
13:00three-point line at this point six and a half assists will get other guys involved that might
13:04be the one that you might want to take towards the over because as we understand you have to
13:08try to shut him down which again he's the MVP everybody comes into the game hey if we shut
13:13Shea down we have a really good chance to win that game like nobody does because he's a great player
13:17but if you run more players at him by saying all right it's a road game and as I've said repeatedly
13:21Ben the secondary guys play much better home than they do on the road hey Chet you might have to
13:25drop 27 points in this game or other players might have to step up off the bench where you're not
13:29going to let Shea actually beat you which then leads you he's a team player he's an MVP guy if
13:34that shot's not there you pass it off you get seven plus assists and you catch in that ticket
13:38just thinking outside the box where the game plan is not going to be from Minnesota let Shea get his
13:43and we'll shut everybody else down yeah that doesn't work eight plus assists for Shea Gilded
13:47Alexander so far in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals over that number of
13:52six and a half and seven of the 13 playoff games for OKC Anthony Edwards a 32-point performance
13:59last night shot the ball a ton more was not overly efficient from three-point range one of
14:05nine we'll talk more about game number three with JY a little bit later on in our number three DRS
14:11I would love a combined points prop for Anthony Edwards and Julius Randall to get like 50 plus
14:17combined because to me both stars performing is key live right here on this Friday on the early
14:23line on Sports Grid to end out our week to end out this Friday's show the coach JY James Young
14:30will be here for the remainder of the early line on this Friday to recap game number two of the
14:35Western Conference Finals how quickly could it be over if Oklahoma City continues to dominate the
14:41way they have over Minnesota so far of course we'll talk game number two of the Eastern Conference
14:47Finals on this Friday night inside Madison Square Garden how will JY's Knicks perform
14:54after that devastating loss in game number one and an early look at the odds in this WNBA season
15:01now about to be into its second week JY for all of that we say thank you as always for being here
15:08the what are you talking about game one of the Knicks series I have I have no idea what you're
15:12talking about I have no idea um we do have b-roll and I have been told by our producer extraordinaire
15:20Joe Friesen to make sure that our next segment it should honestly if there was ever a time to
15:25have black and white yes b-roll in memoriam it would be for the Knicks 17 point fourth quarter
15:31advantage I have been told that we need to ask your thoughts on that game JY but not until
15:37our next segment if that makes it easier so at least you can get ready for those hardball
15:43questions let's start in the Western Conference Finals in game two last night in Oklahoma City
15:48JY we talked about how crucial it would be for Minnesota not just to attempt to take a game on
15:54the road against the Thunder in OKC but at least prove this series could be competitive to stay
16:00within the margin last night they did not OKC takes a commanding 2-0 series advantage in the
16:07Western Conference Finals with a commanding 15 point win in game number two I don't think anybody
16:14JY is surprised the Thunder have a 2-0 series lead with home floor advantage and you certainly are
16:21not you thought the Thunder could make quick work of the Timberwolves here in the Western Conference
16:26Finals how is OKC done that so far through two games it's honestly they lean on their defense
16:33until their offense just decides to show up and take over the game uh you know we looked at it uh
16:39you know kind of the same spot last night it was the third quarter 35 to 21 uh Julius Randall who
16:46to this point had been at times the most consistent player for the Minnesota Timberwolves
16:50goes one for six two turnovers in the third quarter and the team shoots a combined six for
16:5620 six made shots five turnovers and then he gave up 56.5 percent from the floor in the third
17:02it's it's simple the Oklahoma City is like it's like a old school like I'm gonna go old school
17:08boxing Donnie like this like Larry Holmes they just jab and jab you and jab you and at some
17:15point you know what I'm saying east of the south yep and then at some point for sure you don't have
17:20you you don't we all know that maybe not freeze up we all you know you just jab them and at some
17:25point Ben that the dam is going to break and the dam broke in the third quarter and when the dam
17:30breaks they have too many guys who could score you don't have enough they get you that lead and
17:36the game's over sometimes in the fourth quarter sometimes it's in the third quarter game seven
17:40against Denver was the last two minutes of the second quarter there's always going to be a point
17:44where that jab starts to really wear on you it happened in the third and he put him away
17:49hey take a look at now at the series prices and again it we still we were expectations where
17:53Oklahoma City was favored the first two games they're supposed to win on their home court as
17:57the number one seed now we shift back to Minnesota but we're not getting a lot of help here at the
18:00fan blue sports book if you think that the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to come back
18:03how about a minus three thousand price as a favor for OKC the Timberwolves at a 13 to 1 coach
18:10down in the series oh two what can Minnesota do to get back into the series and is it worth a
18:16price point of 13 to 1 to say I think they can win at least one of these games on their home
18:20court to get back to OKC I mean the only no I mean the only thing you can think about is maybe
18:25trying to take them plus two and a half and hope that like they get it to 2-2 and they lose it 4-2
18:30that's the only thing you have uh but Oklahoma City is just too good of a road team and here's
18:35the thing Donnie like game one Randall fantastic and man game two yeah fantastic Julius not good
18:45like the only chance the only chance you're gonna win with that team is if Julius Randall
18:53and Ann Edwards gives you somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 combined points that means
18:58they both have to play really well and then you get enough from McDaniels go bear who has been
19:04terrible Nas Reed Alexander Walker you know so on and so forth Mike Connelly right and then you
19:10hope that your defense keeps it there but I just look at the number of guys that that Oklahoma
19:16City can throw at Ann they can throw at Julius Randall they can just run guys out there and
19:21literally wear you out I don't see a pathway maybe to get one between three and four I'd be stunned
19:28if this goes back to OKC 2-2 so JY let's make it official that's what Minnesota could potentially
19:36try to do it's a different matter of execution how long do you think the Western Conference Finals
19:42has how many games are we going to see here in this series well before the series started I told
19:49you it was going to be OKC and five I'm sticking with five maybe they find a way to steal one of
19:54these games more likely to be a game three than a game four but I don't think this goes more than
20:00five games I think this is over and listen could it could it be a sweep absolutely but I'm gonna
20:06give Minnesota that they're gonna find a way to get one of these two at home and steal one of them
20:13by the way JY taking a look too because we had this conversation to start the show Ben it's
20:16some wild movement here like SGA was it minus 1,000 it was to be the the Western Conference
20:23Finals MVP it's minus 1900 now like we were talking about JY saying the exact like minus
20:2922 or minus 3,000 was the series price here to win it and it's like only minus 1,000 for SGA
20:34to win that award now it's up to minus 1900 which does seem like that could be value but
20:39is there anybody else like would you take an Anthony Edwards if they can come back in an 18-1
20:43Julius Randle 46-1 or even somebody else on the roster for OKC because we know the MVP of the
20:49regular season was SGA is it a foregone conclusion it's being bet like that that he's automatically
20:54wrapped up this award for the Western Conference Finals I mean listen you get off you look at the
20:59fact that you know Jalen Williams was markedly better than game one going 12 and 20 for the
21:03forward 26 points but no it's SGA and I'm not gonna take I mean listen if someone from that
21:10wants to think that Minnesota's gonna make a comeback and you want to gladly donate to the
21:15to the Juliana and Maddie Young College Fund by donating money to me for a Western Conference MVP
21:21please hit me up on Twitter at Coach Young NJ I will gladly take your money from you and take
21:27that off your hands they're not coming back no way JY you got to give them a better price if
21:32Anthony Edwards is 18-1 right now to win the Western Conference Finals MVP on FanDuel
21:37JY will even give you a discount he'll make it right plus 25-1 to make it a more enticing
21:43plus 250-1 even if you will code JY I do like that all right JY there's no doubt about it right
21:51if Minnesota is even going to extend this series to a fifth game how critically important game
21:56number three our first change of location in this set is tomorrow night on a Saturday evening
22:02in Minneapolis a three-point spread now in favor of Oklahoma City on the FanDuel Sportsbook total
22:09at 218 Oklahoma City remains a favorite JY but it's the shortest number the Thunder have laid
22:17in any of their now about to be 14 playoff games what is task number one for Minnesota
22:24to win outright tomorrow night and take game number three play with the lead they got to play
22:30with the lead they got they have to play their best quarter of basketball these playoffs and
22:35you may need like ant-man game for Lakers in the first half in the second half you need that now
22:42you need to jump them early and maybe give a mark diagonal we're gonna putt key because you got to
22:49get you also got to get your home crowd involved especially with the fact that you know in the
22:54second half at some point OKC's got to and will make a run you must come out fast you must come
23:00out strong and then the most critical part of game even if you have the lead then is the first
23:07four minutes of the second half you must come out of the locker room strong you must come out
23:12and at least keep the lead or extend it because you know right then and there mark Daniels team
23:16after break is going to come with their best punches try and get back in the game if they're
23:20down yeah no doubt about it JY and OKC has been dominant in the third quarters and really in the
23:27second halves of the first two games of the western conference finals all right that was
23:32about 10 minutes of a grace period we got to talk about just let the Knicks city dance and take it
23:38to the break here on this Friday on the early line on sports grid ahead of game number two
23:44tonight inside Madison Square Garden in the eastern conference finals the coach JY James Young
23:50is here of course JY will dive into game number two what the Knicks have to do to show that
23:56resilience after the disaster that was the fourth quarter in the final six minutes of regulation
24:03against the Indiana Pacers in game number one Donnie to your request yeah we do have some
24:10b-roll in black and white the angel that's not for Tyrese Halliburton by the way that's for the
24:17point Tyrese was just doing the choking sign he is doing quite well entering game number two so
24:31ahead of game number two tonight JY of course we go back quickly into game number one it was almost
24:38such a historic comeback you're watching it play out but you don't believe it's real you don't
24:43believe what you're seeing in Aaron Naismith going or Aaron Naismith going nuclear and Tyrese
24:49Halliburton with a shot off the heel high up into the MSG sky and coming back down inside the
24:56cylinder you don't almost don't believe what you are seeing with your very eyes what went wrong for
25:02New York what was Indiana able to muster up to pull off that historic comeback in NBA playoff history
25:10yeah I mean listen it reminds me of the Reggie Miller 25 points in the fourth quarter of game
25:16five in the 94 uh Eastern Conference Finals when the last time an Indiana Pacer did the choke sign
25:23I'm sure Reggie Miller who did the game on TNT was thoroughly enjoying it you could tell by him
25:29and Van Gunny they love the fact to see the Knicks choke but when you look at it Ben there's a couple
25:34things number one you got to make shots right and Aaron Naismith got absolutely nuclear I don't think
25:40I've seen it in the garden since that Reggie Miller uh game five and every three got bigger and bigger
25:47and what you saw with Naismith was just the ability to get a shot off now for the Knicks part
25:52they did everything and when I mean everything wrong they did everything wrong number one you
25:59get the lead in the fourth quarter with who Jalen Brunson on the bench with five fouls
26:05Deuce McBride Mitchell Robson who I think will have a bigger role Deuce as well in this series
26:11but you saw them collapse in regards to Brunson just pounding the ball into the pavement two there
26:17was you know people keep looking at Brunson I want to put the hot spot on O.G. Ananobi really quick
26:23there were two occasions that there were screens set and O.G. Ananobi who never plays drop coverage
26:29guarding a ball screen was in drop coverage and Naismith got two threes off where if you're in
26:34New York you get them off the three-point line and you get them to the basket at least you're
26:38trading Ben uh two for twos instead of two for threes right then there was the most egregious
26:44play that no one wants to talk about is Knicks up five they break the press and Jalen Brunson
26:50who could circle the dribble out and get to the foul line and get fouled probably burn another
26:55three four or five seconds off the clock getting it inside of 30 seconds decides to go for the
27:02layup gets it to O.G. I don't care about the foul no cow foul catch the damn ball we don't have to
27:08worry about it so there's all of that but then it takes it a miraculous shot by a Halliburton which
27:13he could practice that shot 5,000 times anybody knows basketball knows that you don't hit that
27:17ball there hit it that high off the rim and it dropped down like that it happens once in a
27:22lifetime well that was his once that he got so for the Knicks you got to move on and just like me
27:27as a fan you have to move on and you have to be confident that they're going to play better
27:31tonight I think Tibbs has got to get away from the Julius Randall ball that we saw in the Atlanta
27:36Seavers years ago which is just give it to your best player and say bail me out they have to do
27:41a much better job of sharing getting everybody the ball and most importantly defending the three-point
27:46line yeah coach like the optics of the game were like such a downfall and a collapse for the New
27:51York Knicks oh my goodness but we forget about how well the Knicks played for 95 percent of that
27:55basketball game and should have closed the door and have a 1-0 series price which they don't and
27:58if we are looking at the series betting right now the Pacers no surprise are the favorite at a minus
28:03154 price currently right now the fan blue sportsbook the Knicks a plus 130 price which then
28:08leads us right back into the game tonight we saw game number one coach four is four and a half
28:12were out there that's now extended to a six-point favorite for the Knicks in a total of 224 and a
28:17half the way I've been telling Ben that I want to approach this game tonight is I need energy I
28:22need the garden I need the players I love the Knicks minus three and a half to be up at the
28:27break here to at least say you know what we're going to use the first quarter we're going to
28:31play defense we're going to use the second quarter we're going to extend that lead into the second
28:34half I love the Knicks first half how are you playing this game tonight with the Knicks as a
28:39six-point favorite I think you play you say it perfectly because I also think in the first half
28:44you probably could see more of Deuce McBride and Mitchell Robinson which kind of anchors your
28:49defense to make your defense better I don't expect Aaron Naismith to come out what we did last game
28:55in the fourth quarter and do that again in the beginning they will make sure of that so
28:59I think the Knicks in the first half is a better play and then then I look at the game at
29:04halftime and if the Knicks are close or even down I'll just jump on the Knicks as a money line
29:09favorite to go ahead and win the game because I think they're going to find a way the level is up
29:13at 1-1 you pull up those odds Knicks plus one and a half games to me still looks like a really good
29:18bet because I said seven going in and the Knicks who have won five out of six road games in the
29:22playoffs I expect them to get one out of two in Indiana so to me it's still to me it's 2-2
29:27heading back to the garden for a big game five so Knicks plus one and a half and mine is 132 is
29:32what I would look at the series spread I said seven games there's seven games with some plus
29:36money to it there's no doubt about it right just because the Pacers pulled off that historic
29:41comeback it was still a tightly contested game decided by three in OT we still expect this to be
29:47a tightly contested series and the Knicks now the underdog despite being a six-point home favorite
29:53for game two tonight on their home floor here in the Eastern Conference Finals J-Y if you had
29:58to highlight a player who you expect to perform in a big way a big way in this Friday evening
30:03inside the Mecca who would that player be the guy said it was a major goat who wants to show up
30:10tonight and that's OG and Anobi who sometimes does not play well against Pascal Siakam I went
30:15to it early uh before the game look at his stocks uh steals plus blocks because OG's active
30:21defensively he'll get on the pass lane it's good enough to get a block or two and he gets a steal
30:25it's probably about two and a half for stocks look for him to go over tonight OG and Anobi
30:30he did have six combined stocks in game number one only 16 points for OG
30:37six of 15 from the floor two of eight from three the Knicks wings really that is their depth they
30:42have been fantastic so far throughout the postseason they'll need it tonight 78 combined
30:48points by the way from Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns in game one that's class half full
30:53for New York
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