I tell you the Mavs line was wrong and it lands exactly where it should have been, covering. Sunday, Pacers ambush the Knicks in a rout.
It was a small miracle Knicks even kept game 3 close the entire way. Four starters/contributors injured + a hobbling Brunson + the emotional comeback gm2 + coming off a brutal series vs Sixers + starters overplaying every game. They should have got run off the court and showed true grit. It took a near perfect game with all time performances from Devenvenzo and a NOBODY like Alec Burks getting his first playoff mins and going 4-6 for 14 pts. Knicks bench outscored IND bench 24 to 14. The first 2 games it was IND winning the bench 92 to 15. Let that sink in. Knicks shot 52% from 3. All things that will regress big time in gm4. I repeat, a small miracle Knicks were even in the game.
The knicks were visibly spent in the 4th Q. In the last 9:45 of the game they had two (2) buckets, both from Brunson. The big 3 guards especially are beyond overworked playing insane high intensity mins every single game. They stopped getting to loose balls, they had no lift on their shots, their energy was gone, and they blew a 9 point lead barely limping to the finish line in a close loss. Had that game continued another quarter, they lose by 20.
The knicks would have been better served packing it in gm 3 and resting starters. The fact that every player went all in spells disaster. They are emotionally and physically on empty. It's really not healthy or sustainable for such an extremely limited team to come out and give 1000% game after game for 9 games in a row. Tomorrow, they hit the wall.
The Knicks roster is actually dog shitt and they've coasted on grit vs a mentally weak Sixer team + refs + underperforming Pacers team + all time performances from just about every player. Pacers bench shows up, KNicks bench and 3p% regresses, Brunson and the big 3 guards hit a wall. They are so overdue for a true letdown game for a severely limited and outmatched team it's crazy.
Knicks gm3 won bench pts by 10, won 3p%/FG%, FTs, even RBs, get all time performances from multiple players - 1000% effort game - and you still lose by 5. The Knicks need to play almost literally perfect in every category from every player while having the Pacers play suboptimally to even stay in the building.
Haliburton """questionable"""? Less than a nothing burger.
This line is way too low at -5.5. Objectively speaking, it should be around -7.5/8 like gm3. If the market had true foresight like me, it would be -10.5. Unload on -5.5 and alternative lines.
WILL DO UNLOAD ON INDY
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