In what has already been a wild Eastern Conference through just three games, what do the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers have in store for a crucial Game 4?
A New York win on the road, and we’re down to a Best-of-3. An Indiana win, and it’s three chances to win one and get to the NBA Finals.
No messing around with player props here: our Knicks vs Pacers player props feature the main players that will shape this biggie Tuesday night.
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Knicks vs. Pacers Best Prop Picks for Game 4
Jalen Brunson Over 29.5 points (-115 at Bet365)
If you would have told a Knicks fan prior to the ultra-important Game 3 that Jalen Brunson would shoot 6-for-18 and pick up four fouls in the first half and they would go on to win, that fan would have passed out on the spot.
And yet, that’s exactly what happened. Brunson did finish with 23 points but was not his usual self all game, though he was buoyed by a 10-for-10 mark at the stripe.
Brunson’s big-play DNA makes him a candidate to always go off, but he’ll have more room to operate as Aaron Nesmith hurt his ankle in Game 3, and even if he does go, he won’t be at full strength.
Brunson has touched the 30-point plateau eight times this postseason. I don’t think New York can survive another subpar game from him and expect to even up this series.
Pascal Siakam Over 1.5 3-point makes (+155 at Bet365)
As predicted, Pascal Siakam crashed back down to earth after that 39-point explosion in Game 2, scoring 17 points.
But there’s a nice betting spot here as I’m predicting a bounceback, and a chance to cash in on Siakam’s on-again, off-again 3-point shooting.
He’s shooting a career-best 38.9% from 3-point range, but on a very regimented 4.2 attempts per game.
Siakam’s already had five playoff games with zero makes, twice against New York, including Game 3’s 0-for-1 mark from downtown.
However, Siakam has connected on at least two triples in three games in each previous series of these playoffs.
This bet is believing that a small sample trend comes through in a big game on Tuesday.
Karl-Anthony Towns Over 21.5 points (-120 at Bet365)
It was one of the best fourth-quarter performances in New York Knicks history, with Karl-Anthony Towns’ 20-point final frame pulling the Knicks out of a potential disaster en route to the win.
Would I be foolish to count on him to come through again? Maybe.
But that final period perhaps showed Towns what he might not have known (but everyone else did) all along: he’s an absolute mismatch every time down the court.
KAT is too fast for Indiana’s bigs, and punishes their smaller wings, and he should absolutely be working their defense over to help Brunson carry the offensive load.
That should continue to be the recipe for topping his 21.5-point scoring line in Game 4.
He’s crossed that total twice in this series, missing the other by a single bucket.