{"id":28734,"date":"2013-05-07T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28734"},"modified":"2013-05-07T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:51:43","slug":"nba-playoff-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-new-york-knicks-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-new-york-knicks-game-2-28734\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Picks: Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks, Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks
\nTuesday, 5\/7\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 185
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks are 19-9 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana came away with a 102-95 victory over New York as five-point road underdogs in Game 1 Sunday, while going OVER the posted total of 181.5, as it now possesses home-court advantage in this Eastern Conference semifinal series.\u00a0 The Pacers controlled the glass in out-rebounding the Knicks by a 44-30 margin, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Tuesday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re a big, physical team,\u201d commented Pacers center Roy Hibbert.\u00a0 Indiana is 8-3 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points, with the UNDER going 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Pacers were 19-21 overall on the road during the regular season, but have split four games away from Bankers Life Fieldhouse during the 2013 NBA playoffs.\u00a0 Hibbert finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and five blocks in the series opener, as he outplayed New York center Tyson Chandler in the paint.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the franchise has gone 0-9 in its last nine playoff losses, failing to cover the number by an average of 8.8 points.<\/p>\n

New York may have suffered a letdown after moving past the Boston Celtics in the quarterfinals, but it needs star forward Carmelo Anthony to break out of his shooting slump, as he\u2019s knocked down just 35 of 110 shots over his last four games.\u00a0 He\u2019s still averaging 28.9 points in 40.4 minutes of action, but it\u2019s something to be concerned about when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 New York is 19-9 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 17-11 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are averaging just 88.7 points during the postseason, as they\u2019ve hit just 41.5 percent of their shots, including 33.7 from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Anthony will need to get off to a great start in this affair, as he led the league in scoring 9.0 points per game in the first quarter.\u00a0 Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith needs to get over his recent woes as well, finishing 4 of 15 from the floor in the opener.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Knicks due to their 11-4 ATS mark at home, while the Pacers are 1-5 ATS versus Atlantic division opponents.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks Tuesday, 5\/7\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 185 Current Total:\u00a0 183 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana came away with a 102-95 victory over New York as five-point road underdogs in Game 1 Sunday, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[49,3622,565,83,115,1196],"class_list":["post-28734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-roy-hibbert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28735,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734\/revisions\/28735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}