Pacers vs. Knicks Game 5 Analysis: Top Props to Consider

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00:00New York is a four-point home favorite, a total of 223.

00:04Let's start with the numbers to paint the picture for what we can expect

00:08with the next season on the brink.

00:11How do you expect the flow to look like tonight in game number five?

00:14I expect the Pacers continue doing their thing,

00:17and it's going to be to push the pace and score.

00:20Like, their team total sitting at 109, I think I saw earlier,

00:22with minus 120 juice to the over.

00:24Again, they're going to score.

00:25They have been consistently scoring the entire series.

00:28They have the one game where they're held to just 100 points.

00:30But, again, the Knicks don't have the depth.

00:32The Knicks don't want to turn this into a barn burner back and forth,

00:35and that's what the Pacers want to do.

00:37The Pacers want to make them uncomfortable and force them to play fast.

00:41The Knicks want to drag them down and, like, make this an ugly game,

00:43but they're just – they can't.

00:45They can't do that.

00:45That's what they want to do, but they haven't been successful at it.

00:48So, I see points.

00:49I see the over.

00:51You know, I don't want to see the over.

00:52I want to see the under.

00:53That's how I prefer to see games.

00:54But, ultimately, I think the over will hit,

00:56and I think the Pacers' team total over 109 is a really great option tonight.

00:59Yeah, take a look at the superstar players in this game

01:02and, quite frankly, this series.

01:03We expect Jalen Brunson to be a big part of that game tonight.

01:05His points prop at the Fan Blue Sportsbook, Tom, 30.5 points.

01:09You take a look at Tyrese Halliburton.

01:10There's been nothing short of sensational.

01:12Big shot after big shot and also an unbelievable performance in the last game.

01:16Didn't even turn the basketball over.

01:17He's listed at 20.5 points.

01:19When you take a look at the top-level guys, Halliburton and Brunson,

01:22how do you play these two guys tonight?

01:23You can easily just go to Brunson because you think the volume is going to go there.

01:28And if Cat's not healthy or he's listed as questionable with the knee, leg injury,

01:32whatever it is, after that fall at the end of the game,

01:34the ball's going to be in Brunson's hands.

01:36Surprise, surprise.

01:36He's going to take a ton of shots.

01:37But, frankly, I think the best bet on that would be Halliburton assists.

01:41Like, he's going to get everyone else involved.

01:43They're going to look to stop him and look to shut him down.

01:45He had nearly a triple-double at halftime the other day.

01:47So, they looked to shut him down.

01:49It's like, hey, Neesmith, you don't have to be as amazing as you were.

01:51Or the other game one, making, you know, six threes or whatever it was to end the game.

01:54Just make a couple.

01:55Be open.

01:56Siakam hit some more shots.

01:58Miles Turner step out and hit some threes.

01:59So, the assist from Halliburton is probably the most interesting.

02:02Yeah, it really is.

02:03And then, when you look at the volume for Jalen Brunson, of course, as well, Vecchio,

02:07he has taken at least 20 field goal attempts in 10 of 16 games for the Knicks.

02:11But, neither of the two on the road in this series in Indianapolis,

02:15despite scoring 31 points in game number four, only 19 field goal tries.

02:21Of course, Tyrese Halliburton coming off the historic performance in game number four.

02:2532 points, 15 dimes, 12 boards, and zero turnovers.

02:30That being the first 35-15 or 30-15-10 in zero turnover game in NBA playoff history.

02:38Let's talk about some of the other guys we expect to have a big night tonight.

02:43Vecchio, if you had to highlight one prop that you like above all else in game five tonight in the Garden,

02:48what would it be?

02:49Yeah, let's go to Mitchell Robinson, over seven and a half rebounds.

02:53This was sitting at minus 138.

02:55Fandle does have a boost.

02:56You can get it up to, I think it's minus 106 with a boost somewhere around there.

02:59That's where I'm playing it.

03:00Listen, if Cat isn't fully healthy, again, list this question on the leg injury,

03:04and we've seen Mitchell Robinson in the starting lineup, this is what he has to do.

03:08Like, okay, get Cat out there.

03:09He can provide a little bit of offense.

03:10Maybe he's not going to be crashing the boards on every single play,

03:13but Mitch Robb has to be out there picking up the extra boards.

03:15He also has to stay out of foul trouble, right?

03:17Four fouls, three fouls in the past few games.

03:19He's obviously in the starting lineup at the most recent game,

03:21but this is the role that he has to play.

03:23Boards, get the rebound and give it to other players to do the scoring.

03:26Yeah, chip in five, six, seven points, whatever it might be,

03:28but if Cat can't rebound, they need someone consistently down there against Turner

03:32and Siakam and Mitchell Robinson and then Hart coming off the bench

03:35have to be those two options.

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