{"id":28779,"date":"2013-05-14T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28779"},"modified":"2013-05-14T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:44:42","slug":"nba-playoff-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-indiana-pacers-game-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-indiana-pacers-game-4-28779\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Picks: New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers, Game 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers
\nTuesday, 5\/14\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 180.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 180
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks have struggled on the offensive end during the 2013 NBA playoffs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York will look to bounce back from its worst offensive showing of its Eastern Conference semifinal series with Indiana, as it suffered an 82-71 defeat as five-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going well UNDER the betting total of 183.\u00a0 \u201cOffensively, we just didn\u2019t have anything,\u201d stated Knicks coach Mike Woodson.\u00a0 Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has led the team in scoring in all nine of its postseason games, as he enters averaging 28.3 points per game in the 2013 NBA playoffs.\u00a0 New York is 8-5 ATS as road underdogs of six points or less, with the OVER going 7-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Knicks were 23-18 overall away from Madison Square Garden during the regular season, but they\u2019ve dropped all three visits to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA expert picks.\u00a0 Sixth Man of the Year award winner J.R. Smith will need to up his production if the squad plans on pulling off an upset, as he played just 24:49 in Game 3 due to dealing with a high fever.<\/p>\n

Indiana has won all four of its postseason home games by an average of 16.5 points, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines Tuesday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t want to get relaxed,\u201d commented Pacers forward Paul George.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to come out and play.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging 18.3 points and 8.2 rebounds during the playoffs, while three other probable starters are scoring in double figures.\u00a0 Indiana is 8-3 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, with the OVER going 9-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are averaging 92.2 points and allowing 89.7 since the end of the regular season, as they continue to hammer opponents on the glass, holding a 47.6-to-37.4 edge in that particular category.\u00a0 In the previous six match-ups between these two rivals, the team that has led 2-1 has gone on to win the series.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 9-4-1 in the Pacers\u2019 last 14 games.<\/p>\n

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New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers Tuesday, 5\/14\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 180.5 Current Total:\u00a0 180 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York will look to bounce back from its worst offensive showing of its Eastern Conference semifinal series with Indiana, as it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7441,6433,49,565,18,115,1918],"class_list":["post-28779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2013-nba-playoffs","tag-bankers-life-fieldhouse","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-paul-george"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779","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=28779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28780,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28779\/revisions\/28780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}