The Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks will play the second game of their Eastern Conference semifinals series here on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The opening game of the series was an instant classic and provided us with one of the best postseason games that we’ve seen so far throughout this year’s playoffs. Both of these teams will be hoping to follow up the opening game of the series with another close and competitive match up here on Wednesday night and the second game of the series. The Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks both look to get one step closer to winning an NBA championship this season and getting one step closer to advancing out of the second round as well.
The Indiana Pacers will need to bounce back here in game number two on Wednesday night if they want to even up this series and steal a victory on the road against the New York Knicks. Tyrese Halliburton was pretty effective passing the basketball and their series opening loss but he will need to take over and shoot the ball a little bit more if he wants the Pacers to pull out a victory and remain competitive in this series. He had minimal attempts in one loss and that is not something with throughout the rest of the series. Otherwise, they will need their role players and Siakam to elevate to an even higher level if they want to grab a victory against New York.
Meanwhile, it was nearly perfect for the New York Knicks in the opening game of the series and Brunson put up 43 points in their game one victory. However, it awaits to be seen if you can maintain that level of play throughout the rest of the series which calls to question who will step up for the New York Knicks if Jaylen Brunson is ineffective at some point throughout this game or series?
That question was answered by the performance of Josh Hart and Dante DiVincenzo as all three former Villanova Wildcat players were the driving force behind the New York Knicks victory in the opening game of this series against Indiana. Hopefully for the New York Knicks and their fans that is not something they will have to worry about here in game two as Brunson should be productive again against an Indiana team that had all sorts of trouble guarding him in the opening game of the series earlier this week. Alongside Jaylen Brunson, both Dante DiVincenzo and Josh Hart should put up solid numbers for the second consecutive game.
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History Between These Two Teams This is essentially an old postseason arrival renewed, and these two teams are plenty familiar with each other in this new era as well. The New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers have met several times throughout the regular season and they will meet once again in the second game of this postseason series. no surprises either of these teams throughout the rest of this series. Which provides us another competitive matchup on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden as these two teams look to get one step closer to advancing to the NBA finals.
These two teams met three times throughout the regular season and on two occasions, the Indiana Pacers came away with the victory over the New York Knicks. Both teams traded victories at home and in the regular season finale. It was actually the Indiana Pacers that came away with a victory at Madison Square Garden. That is something they will look to replicate here on Wednesday night as they look even up this series before heading back to Indiana for the following two games.
Today’s Predictions I am expecting another high scoring and competitive affair here at Madison Square Garden for the second consecutive game in this series between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks. Both of these teams will likely trade buckets back-and-forth once again after combining for 238 points in the first game of the series earlier this week. That is not something that these two teams are unfamiliar with as they met in the regular season and each and every time they got together, you could expect a high scoring and back-and-forth affair between the Knicks and Pacers.
Although I do look for Tyrese Haliburton to be a little bit more effective, shooting the basketball in this game, which will keep Indiana even closer throughout this one. I still expect the New York Knicks to come away with a second consecutive victory in this series led by another incredible performance from their trio of Villanova players, especially Jalen Brunson here on Wednesday night and the second game of this series at home. New York should be pretty comfortable taking a 2 to 0 lead back to Indianapolis for the following two games of this series where they will look to keep the momentum intact, and put themselves one step closer advance to the third round.
Tips For Betting The New York Knicks have been incredible at home this season, compiling a record of 30-15 at Madison Square Garden. Their 30 victories at home was good for seventh best in the NBA this season. New York was even better as a home favorite going 27-7 in 34 opportunities. Following a victory New York had a record of 31-23, which was good for one of the best records in the NBA as well.
The Pick: Knicks -5.5 (+100)
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