Will McBride be the X-factor in Game 7?

Deciding game at Madison Square Garden between the Knicks and Pacers – betting tip and odds for Sunday night’s thriller at Wettbasis! The home side failed to capitalize on their match point in the last game and conceded a 103:116 defeat at Indiana. Now Game 7 will have to answer the question of the Boston Celtics’ opponent in the Eastern Conference finals

The hosts are relying on home court advantage here. The hosts have always won the series so far! For the final matchup between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, the forecast includes more than 14.5 points by Miles McBride for the home side.

New York Knicks – stats & current form

The franchise from the “Big Apple” relies on Jalen Brunson in Game 7. The former Mavericks player has emerged as the leader of coach Tom Thibodeau’s team following the loss of forward Julius Randle and no other player has scored more points per game in the postseason.

However, Josh Hart is no less important in defense. The shooting guard is the fourth-best rebounder in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, but his emergence is in jeopardy. Hart had to leave the court early in the last game due to a minor injury. However, due to the fact that the next game is a Game 7, he is still expected to play

Will Anunoby make a comeback?

The Knicks are also hoping for the return of OG Anunoby, who has not been able to play since the second game of the series due to injury and the power forward is also missing for the Knicks, especially from a defensive standpoint.

Against the backdrop of the tight personnel situation in the home side’s defense, predictions and odds of more than 104.5 points by the visitors in Game 7 between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are also recommended. A limit that the Carlisle squad has only failed to surpass in one of the past eight games in New York anyway

Indiana Pacers – Statistics & current form

Indiana last appeared in an Eastern Conference final in 2014. Now the basketball players from the “Circle City” are hoping to achieve this success once again. The team has already shown great strength of nerve, as it recently faced an elimination game and won it despite the resulting enormous pressure.

The 64-year-old coach Rick Carlisle had first and foremost committed his team to a highly physical style of play and thus found the key to success against the equally robust Knicks. In addition, Pascal Siakam delivered a strong game with 25 points.

The former Raptors player will now be called upon again as, unlike many other players on the Pacers, he has plenty of playoff experience. After all, “Spicy P” was already a champion once when he was still in the service of Toronto in 2019

Siakam scores more than 21 points for the Pacers again?

He also won the MIP title back then and is now getting better and better in the series against the Knicks. Siakam has scored at least 22 points in three of the past four games! In light of this, the two-time All-Star’s prediction of more than 21.5 points again in Game 7 between New York and Indiana is equally worth considering

New York Knicks – Indiana Pacers head-to-head comparison / H2H record

In the current series, both teams have three wins each and in the previous regular season, Indiana won two out of three duels. However, Indy’s away record in the recent past is not positive from the visitors’ point of view: Only two of the past twelve guest games at the “Garden” ended in defeat for the home side.

New York Knicks – Indiana Pacers betting tip

For the showdown between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, the prediction is for Miles McBride to score more than 14.5 points. The point guard already improved in the regular season compared to the previous year and is now having an increasingly strong postseason.

Due to the tight personnel situation at the hosts, he is also getting more and more playing time and the 23-year-old usually makes efficient use of it. McBride has surpassed the selected limit in the past three games!

The last game in particular was very successful from a personal perspective despite his team’s defeat. With 20 points, he recorded his second-best scoring haul in this year’s playoffs and this was not least due to his shots from downtown.

McBride successfully sent around two thirds of his six attempts from the perimeter through the hoop. Thanks to his stable performances of late, it is to be expected that the youngster will once again feature in the starting five, as he has done in the past two games