The Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 18.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 22:00 UK;
Venue – Gainbridge Fieldhouse (17.923);
City – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+3) for Pacers – 1.69.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 226 – 1.57.
The Indiana Pacers are very likely to be the team to stop the New York Knicks. Rick Carlisle’s team has an excellent home court, so they have a good chance of beating the Pacers. Especially since the Pacers have won 4 of their last 5 head-to-head games in Indianapolis.
The Indiana Pacers have scored more than 120 points in 4 of their last 5 home games. The New York Knicks are also quite efficient. It looks like this meeting will be very interesting.
The Indiana Pacers lost their last meeting of the regular season. They lost on the road to the Cleveland Cavs (112-118). Bennedict Mathurin showed his best game in that meeting. The player scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Before that, the team defeated the Golden State Warriors (125:119). In the last five meetings, the Pacers have only two wins.
The Indiana Pacers dropped to eighth place in their conference. In 30 games, the Pacers had 15 wins and 15 losses.
The Pacers are averaging 114.9 points per game this season.
The New York Knicks are higher in the standings. The team is sitting in sixth place with 16 wins and 13 losses.
The Knicks continue their winning streak. It’s already six games – Sacramento Kings (112:99), Charlotte Hornets (121:102), Atlanta Hawks (113:89), Cleveland Cavaliers (92:81) and Chicago Bulls (128:120, 114:91).
The Knicks are in great form having won six meetings in a row.
The Knicks have conceded 110 or fewer points in seven of their last ten games.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Indiana Pacers: Tyrese Haliburton – Andrew Nembhard – Buddy Hield – Jalen Smith – Myles Turner.
New York Knicks: Jalen Brunson – Quentin Grimes – RJ Barrett – Julius Randle – Mitchell Robinson.
Daniel Theis (Out), Kendall Brown (Out) and Chris Duarte (Out) are listed as injured for the Indiana Pacers.
Only Obi Toppin (Out) is listed as injured for the New York Knicks.
The Pacers have scored more than 115 points in 4 of their last 5 home games. We offer to bet on “Pacers Points Under 115.5” with odds of 1.90.
Jalen Brunson averages 5.9 assists per game this season. We offer to bet on “Brunson Assists Under 6.5” with odds of 1.645.
The fixture will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (17.923) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 18th of December, 2022, at 22:00 UK Time.
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