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Indiana hopes to join the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals and they have their first opportunity to do just that as we head into MSG for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. Can the Knicks bounce back and stay alive at MSG? Tip-off is set for 8:00 pm ET on TNT and I’ve prepared my Pacers vs Knicks Same Game Parlay at +344 odds. I hit my Pacers vs Knicks SGP in Game 4 so let’s make it 2 in a row! You can also find out our NBA picks for tonight’s matchup, with our experts on an 8-1 run!
Knicks ML (-180)
Karl-Anthony Towns 3+ made threes (+280)
Pacers vs Knicks Same Game Parlay odds: +344
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New York Knicks ML over Indiana Pacers (-180)
With a 3-1 lead this series is now Indiana’s to lose, but with pride kicking in and the Knicks playing at home I’m counting on them to give their full effort in Thursday’s game as they look to push this series back to Indianapolis. Coming back from 3-1 down is no easy task as only 13 teams in NBA history have done so, but there is still a glimmer of hope among Knicks fans they can win this. Indiana had a dominant offensive display in Game 4, but with Game 5 taking place at MSG, a bit of a regression is expected on that end.
New York has to do their best to slow down the tempo, as it’s quite obvious they cannot hang with this team when the game gets out of control and everyone is hitting shots. The only win for New York happened in Game 3 when we had a final score of 106-100, so the Knicks have to force Indy to play in the half court here and increase their physicality to keep the tempo of the game under control. After losing the first 2 home games in this series I expect New York to finally win one at Madison Square Garden. Let’s take the hosts to start our Pacers vs Knicks Same Game Parlay.
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Karl-Anthony Towns 3+ made threes (+280)
To wrap up our Pacers vs Knicks Same Game Parlay, we’ll bank on Karl-Anthony Towns nailing a few shots from deep. The turnaround in efficiency we are witnessing from KAT in this series is quite remarkable. After going just 3-for-19 in the second round against Boston (15.8%), KAT has worked on his three-ball quite a lot and the results are obvious. He’s canned at least 3 threes twice while making 2.5 per game on 45.5% efficiency. The series opener at home saw him drop 35 points and I’d argue he would need to deliver a repeat performance of that game on Thursday if his Knicks are to stay alive in this series.
Indiana hasn’t been playing too much defense in this series. In fact, over their last 3 games, they’re allowing the Knicks to shoot 37% from downtown, which is an increase in opponent three-point efficiency of 1.7% compared to their regular-season numbers. Towns has played in 8 elimination games in his career so far and is averaging 21.3 points and 11 rebounds per game in them. Knicks fans are counting on him to come up big here, so let’s hope he can deliver and bring home our Pacers vs Knicks Same Game Parlay.
