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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.