Knicks Underdogs in Pivotal Game vs Pacers Tonight
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00:00Let's move over to the big one for tonight.
00:05New York Knicks go to Indianapolis tonight.
00:08They will be six-point underdogs on the road against the Pacers, a total of 215.
00:14With New York having the opportunity to close this series out, do you think they have enough
00:20juice to do this on the road?
00:21Yeah, it's definitely going to be tough.
00:23I mean, again, it's just a tale of two series based on where the games have been played.
00:29We've seen close games in this series.
00:31We've seen blowouts from both teams in this series.
00:33In the last two games, almost identical scores, just the other direction.
00:38And the Knicks are definitely playing shorthanded.
00:40There's no doubt about that.
00:41I think a lot of people thought that would carry over to game five.
00:44It didn't.
00:45New York found its mojo, perhaps being back at home.
00:48And I would kind of expect Indiana to do the same in this game.
00:51They certainly looked great in game four.
00:53They came out.
00:54The Knicks were beaten down.
00:55And certainly the Knicks are going to go for it.
00:57I mean, they're not just going to say, okay, we'll try to win game seven at home.
01:01They're going to go all out to win, as they should.
01:03But I think Indiana is going to have a little more at home.
01:06They just seem to play better there.
01:08Tyrese Halliburton is the main guy who seems to play better at home, at least in this series.
01:13And I like the Pacers, but it's tough to ever count the Knicks out, especially with Jalen
01:18Brunson playing as well as he has almost this entire playoffs.
01:22And he's the engine.
01:23So I think we're going to see a good game.
01:25I actually think it's going to be a little bit lower scoring.
01:28It's always weird to say that about a Pacers game, because they could just turn up the
01:33pace and score a ton by themselves.
01:36But I think we're going to see a really good game again tonight.
01:38But I do like the Pacers by, you know, not a comfortable margin, but not a slight margin
01:44somewhere in between.
01:45But yeah, this is another series where I'm prepared for anything.
01:49Okay.
01:50So six points spread there.
01:52And if you like him comfortable, you'd lay the six with the Pacers.
01:56Tough one tonight.
01:57How about Oklahoma City will go to Dallas.
02:01Dallas trying to close it out at home in game six tomorrow night.
02:05They are four-point favorites with a total of 209.
02:09Your expectations for Oklahoma City being able to extend this to game seven, possibly?
02:15Yeah, I mean, I think they can.
02:17There's no doubt about it.
02:18You know, what's so fascinating to me about this series is you look at everything but
02:21game one.
02:22Game one feels like the outlier of this series.
02:25But the last five games, Dallas has been consistently out rebounding Oklahoma City.
02:29Not really a surprise.
02:30We know Oklahoma City had some size disadvantages.
02:34That's sort of how they played all year.
02:36Okay.
02:37That's somewhat to be expected.
02:39But Oklahoma City is not shooting the three well.
02:41Dallas has been out shooting them from three.
02:43And for Oklahoma City to win, they have to be shooting the three a lot better.
02:48And it's tempting to look at that and say, all right, we've had five straight games shooting
02:51poorly from three.
02:53That's going to start to even out.
02:54We're too good for that not to start evening out.
02:58But you can also just say Dallas is doing something.
03:00It's affecting them.
03:01Some of their shooters are in a slump for whatever reason.
03:04And playing in Dallas is really tough for them.
03:07So I expect a good game, a competitive game.
03:10Oklahoma City always fights.
03:12They always fight.
03:13You have to give credit to that team for as young as they are.
03:16They fight.
03:17And I think they're going to make that a great game.
03:18I wouldn't be surprised by anything that happens in game six.
03:21Matt, before I let you go, only about 30 seconds here.
03:24Bronny James going to remain in the draft process.
03:30Any comments?
03:31It's a unique situation, obviously.
03:33Any comments about what could happen with him come draft time?
03:37Yeah, I mean, I think everyone knows why a team might be more interested in Bronny than
03:42other sub-six-two guards who average five and a half points at college.
03:47And did not shoot well.
03:48But, you know, I just have a tough time imagining if he had any other last name or first name
03:54that he would be garnering as much interest as he does.
03:57But he has that name, and it's working to his advantage.
04:00So we'll see what happens.
04:01But I don't know.
04:04Not too excited personally.
04:05But we'll see.
04:06I don't think it would even be a discussion.
04:08Matt Lutovsky from Sporting News.
04:10Thanks.
04:11We'll be right back after this on The Grid.
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