NEWSLETTER
The New York Knicks are slight 1-point favorites for Game 5 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, starting at 8:00 PM ET on TNT. The series is tied 2-2. The matchup has an over/under of 218.
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Knicks and Pacers Betting Trends, Records Against the Spread
The Knicks are 28-18-1 against the spread when favored by 1 point or more this season.
The Pacers have a 22-14-2 record against the spread this season when an underdog by 1 point or more.
The Knicks and Pacers average 18.1 more points between them than the over/under of 218 for this game.
Opponents of the two teams average a combined 10.4 more points per game (228.4) than this game’s over/under of 218 points.
The average total the Knicks have had in their matchups this season is three more points than this particular game’s point total.
The average point total for Indiana this year is 25.5 points higher than this game’s over/under.
New York has gone 43-36-3 ATS this season.
So far this year, the Pacers have put together a 44-35-3 record against the spread.
Knicks Stats & Insights
The Knicks are outscoring opponents by 4.6 points per game with a +376 scoring differential overall. They put up 112.8 points per game (19th in the NBA) and give up 108.2 per outing (second in the league).
The Knicks prevail in the rebound battle by an average of 4.6 boards. They are grabbing 45.2 rebounds per game (fifth in the league) compared to their opponents’ 40.6 per outing.
New York hits 13.2 three-pointers per game (10th in the league), while its opponents have made 12.5 on average.
The Knicks average 119.1 points per 100 possessions on offense (sixth in the league), and allow 114.2 points per 100 possessions (10th in the NBA).
During the 2023-24 season, the Knicks score 3.2 fewer points per home game on average than on the road (111.2 at home, 114.4 on the road), and are also giving up 5.8 fewer points per home game compared to road games (105.3 at home, 111.1 on the road).
Pacers Stats & Insights
The Pacers’ +250 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 3.1 points per game) is a result of putting up 123.3 points per game (first in NBA) while allowing 120.2 per outing (27th in league).
The 41.5 rebounds per game Indiana accumulates rank 28th in the NBA, 1.9 fewer than the 43.4 its opponents collect.
The Pacers connect on 13.2 three-pointers per game (10th in the league) while shooting 37.4% from deep (ninth-best in NBA). They are making 2.5 more threes than their opponents, who drain 10.7 per game at 36.5%.
The Pacers rank second in the NBA with 121.9 points scored per 100 possessions, and 24th defensively with 118.9 points conceded per 100 possessions.
In 2023-24 Indiana is scoring 4.5 more points per game at home (125.5) than away (121).
Knicks Key Players to Watch
Jalen Brunson is one of the Knicks’ key players terms of both scoring and assists, recording 28.7 points and distributing 6.7 assists on average.
Josh Hart scores 9.4 points per game while adding 8.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Knicks.
Donte DiVincenzo leads active Knicks in three-point shooting, making an average of 3.5 shots per game from beyond the arc.
DiVincenzo picks up 1.3 takeaways per game, while Isaiah Hartenstein collects 1.1 rejections per contest.
Pacers Key Players to Watch
Pascal Siakam has been among the team’s best in both scoring (21.7 points per game) and rebounding (7.1 rebounds per game) while adding 4.3 assists per contest.
The Pacers have gotten 20.1 points, 10.9 assists and 3.9 rebounds out of Tyrese Haliburton this season.
Haliburton averages 2.8 made threes per game.
The Pacers’ defensive effort gets a boost from Haliburton’s 1.2 steals and Myles Turner’s 1.9 blocks per game.
Knicks vs. Pacers Prediction
Over (218)
Knicks 117 – Pacers 114
