After their massive 20-point comeback win over the weekend, the Knicks will take on the Pacers in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night in the US.
New York looks to carry over momentum and notch the series at 2-2, while Indy hopes to tame the beast and get back to business (tip off is at 01:00 BST on Wednesday morning).
The Sporting News' US experts dives into the NBA betting odds for this conference title showdown, and previews the action to deliver our best bets, top player props, and final score prediction.
Can Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks build off the breakout second-half performance they mounted in Game 3? Or, will Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers bounce back and take a commanding 3-1 lead?
Here's our betting preview for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Pacers, including the odds, our over/under picks and the top player props.
Knicks vs. Pacers Game 4 betting tips, predictions and latest odds
All odds and props are from Betfair and are correct at time of publish.
- Win Market: Pacers 4/6 | Knicks 11/10
- Over/under points total: O 220.5 (100/110) | U 220.5 (100/110)
Betfair and bettors alike aren't fazed by Sunday's turn of events. The sportsbook still likes the Pacers to win this game, while the Over/Under market on there being 221 points or less is too tight to call.
Knicks vs. Pacers Game 4 best bets, bet builder and final score prediction
If you're betting on the Knicks to win a second-straight game, you might as well pair their 11/10 win price with Karl-Anthony Towns 20+ points and 10+ rebounds.
That three-leg bet builder yields 2.58/1 odds, on a stat line that likely needs to happen in order for New York to emerge victorious.
When KAT has been aggressive during this postseason, the Knicks have succeeded. All season long, we thought Jalen Brunson — the Clutch Player of the Year himself — was the most important player on Tom Thibodeau's team. Maybe it was Towns all along. When he's scored 20 points and hauled in eight rebounds during these playoffs, the Knicks have gone 7-2. He scored 20 and hauled in eight in the fourth quarter of Game 3, finishing with 24 and 15 on the night.
Indiana ran track meets through Games 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden. And, Thibs proceeded to run his core rotation into the ground. The haymakers had been delivered, and many declared New York dead in the water and Indy the runaway favorite to TKO its ways into the Finals. It was KAT who swung back on Saturday, putting his squad on his back in the process.
KAT's aggressive, assertive play — both inside the paint and outside the arc — put newfound pressure on the Pacers' defense. Myles Turner almost fouled out. Aaron Nesmith also battled foul trouble. Pascal Siakam finished a game-low -21. Outside of Nesmith's seven rebounds, no other Pacer had more than four. New York kept on coming until the final whistle, and it had extra life because of KAT's play — and because Thibs played nine different Knicks, not six or seven.
Call us crazy, but we think that last game — and, more importantly, that last quarter — might end up being New York's "blueprint game" of this series. If the Knicks can stay physical, keep rolling with KAT as their go-to scorer, and let their offense establish and maintain a rhythm, they can carry over that fourth-quarter momentum and punch Indy in the mouth again on Tuesday. Enjoy the scrap.
FINAL SCORE PREDICTION: Knicks 112, Pacers 107 — New York wins straight up (11/10), while the score finishes UNDER the projected total of 220.5. (100/110)