Predicting Knicks vs. Pacers: Thibodeau's Crucial Adjustments

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00:00I think they are going to win tonight.

00:02I think that it's, look, it's tough because Indiana is better than them.

00:09I've started to gravitate towards that with you.

00:12But I think that Thibodeau is going to make the right changes tonight.

00:16If I were him, and listen, he knows more than me.

00:19I mean, I'd find a way at some point, even if it's just for a couple of minutes,

00:24to give some of these guys some rest and make sure they're fresh enough

00:29for the last five, two to five minutes of the game.

00:32Now, I know I play them all year to get them conditioned to this

00:35and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:37Didn't look that way the other night in game number one.

00:39Right.

00:39They were, and why?

00:42Because they also have to keep Indiana at it.

00:44They can't play these games in the 120s.

00:46The Knicks have no shot if they're playing in the 120s all night.

00:50They need to get this game into a little bit of a slower pace

00:53than what they played the other night.

00:55I know they had the lead, but that's not where they want to be.

00:58And six is the number.

01:00I would agree with you.

01:01I think they need Mitchell out there more and keep him out of foul trouble.

01:05McBride, I think they need to have Payne out there.

01:08I think they need to, believe it or not, get a chew of some minutes

01:13so that the studs, basically, they're big studs, Brunson, Big Bodega, Ananobi,

01:24and Hart are good to go for the last nine minutes, no questions asked.

01:31And that includes overtime.

01:33So you got to be able to do the extra five, no questions asked,

01:38because they weren't ready for that the other night.

01:40Now, listen, I bet on the Pacers.

01:43I had them at four and a half.

01:44I hit.

01:45They had no business winning that game.

01:47They were down 17.

01:48The game was in the bag.

01:50They had no business winning it.

01:52They know it.

01:52You know it.

01:53I know it.

01:54But they did it.

01:55For the third time in the playoffs, they have done this to teams,

01:58caught them sleeping, and then burned them at the stake.

02:01So you better be prepared, because the Pacers never go away.

02:05They never go away, that's for sure.

02:08It's a flat six right now.

02:10224 and a half is the total.

02:12I'm laying it tonight.

02:14I'm laying the six with the Knicks.

02:17And I think it's got to be under if they're going to win.

02:19Under 224 and a half.

02:21Yeah, you heard Gabe.

02:23He's like Pacers outright.

02:24They're going to go home 2-0, and they're going to win tonight.

02:27Yesterday, I told you I'm on the Pacers in six.

02:30I'm feeling sketchy about it right now, this very minute,

02:34but I'm just going to stick with it.

02:35The six, I think they'll be in the game again, no questions asked.

02:40I just know the Knicks need to find a way to win the game,

02:42and that means by one or two, I don't care.

02:44Just win the game.

02:45I mean, they effed that up the other night, nice and juicy like the Baconator.

02:50They certainly did.

02:51Most bet player props for tonight.

02:53Here we go.

02:54Brunson under, two and a half threes made.

02:57Halliburton over, 20 and a half points.

03:00Naismith over, one and a half assists.

03:02Halliburton first field goal at plus 10.50.

03:05Brunson first field goal, plus 4.25.

03:07I also saw that off of his night the other night,

03:10like 99.9% of the bets are on Naismith over two and a half threes

03:17because he was so hot the other night.

03:19Everybody's going back to Naismith.

03:21Oh, look at this.

03:22They got him at over one and a half assists.

03:24I think he'll do that as well.

03:26I like the over Brunson threes.

03:28I think he'll have at least three.

03:29I like the halitosis over 20 and a hook.

03:35And I'm not, I'm actually not going with Halliburton or Brunson first field goal.

03:40I'd take bridges.

03:42Didn't he have the first bucket in the game the other night?

03:44I mean, he comes down and rips that elbow popper as good as anybody.

03:49And I think everybody thinks it's Brunson.

03:51Look, Brunson to me, PRA, I'd be on and over with him because, I mean, he had 43 the other night.

03:57And he was, what, playing with five fouls and had 43.

04:02And, I mean, that's a big number.

04:03So, I think he's going to go off in every game well over 30.

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