{"id":348108,"date":"2025-05-20T12:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348108"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:38:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:38:57","slug":"pacers-vs-knicks-game-1-nba-sgp-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pacers-vs-knicks-game-1-nba-sgp-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers vs. Knicks SGP predictions Game 1: Bet on Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Nembhard at +290"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New York Knicks look to avenge last year&#8217;s postseason loss against the Indiana Pacers when the longtime rivals meet in the Eastern Conference finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> New York is favoured to win this series, and Game 1, after besting the defending champion Boston Celtics in six games. Offseason acquisitions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/karl_anthony_towns\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/mikal_bridges\">Mikal Bridges<\/a> add a new complexion to this matchup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Pacers vs. Knicks SGP predictions for Game 1 on May 20, featuring Towns and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/andrew_nembhard\">Andrew Nembhard<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacers vs. Knicks predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Pacers +10.5 | Nembhard 6+ assists | Towns 20+ points (+290)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pacers +10.5 (-335): <\/strong>I would be shocked if the Knicks authored a blowout on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick Carlisle&#8217;s team has been a pain to play against on the road all season. The Pacers are 16-10 ATS as road underdogs, losing those games by an average of just 0.2 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New York is 2-10 vs. a -10.5 line this postseason. Five of its eight playoff wins have been by three or fewer points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indiana is 8-2 vs. a +10.5 line this postseason. It owns a +5.9 net rating on the road, which is third-best among all playoff teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And while the Knicks are in the conference finals, it&#8217;s fair to ask if they&#8217;re lucky to be here. They scraped by the Detroit Pistons with a trio of nail-biting wins before besting the Boston Celtics, who lost Jayson Tatum to an Achilles tear in Game 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana, meanwhile, made light work of the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers after putting away the Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Milwaukee Bucks in five. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:113996\">Embed: #113996<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Nembhard 6+ assists<\/strong><\/strong> (+112):<\/strong> Tyrese Haliburton gets a lot of shine as Indiana&#8217;s floor general, but his backcourt partner has been an integral part of the team&#8217;s success, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at what Nembhard has done this postseason: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14.6 PPG <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50.5 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50.0 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6.0 APG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian has been efficient across the board, and I want to tap into his ability as a passer in Game 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nembhard has reached this milestone in five of his last six games and averaged 12.0 &#8220;potential assists&#8221; per game in the conference semifinals. That&#8217;s categorized as a pass leading directly to a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had at least four assists in all seven games against the Knicks last year, clearing this mark four times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Towns 20+ points (<\/strong>-220)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: Towns wasn&#8217;t here when these teams met last year, and he could certainly be the difference between winning or losing this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big man averaged 24.4 PPG this season and made a habit of torching Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Towns is averaging 29.0 PPG in his last 10 games vs. Indiana, going 9-1 against this line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He averaged 30.3 PPG in three games agianst them this year (56.6 FG%, 46.7 3PT%). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana has played at the third-fastest pace this postseason (99.27 possessions per 48 minutes), and I expect another high-scoring matchup on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pacers vs. Knicks predictions made at 11:40 a.m. ET 05\/20\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks look to avenge last year&#8217;s postseason loss against the Indiana Pacers when the longtime rivals meet in the Eastern Conference finals. The pregame narrative: New York is favoured to win this series, and Game 1, after besting the defending champion Boston Celtics in six games. Offseason acquisitions Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":348137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-348108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pacers vs. Knicks predictions Game 1: NBA playoffs | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Game 1 Pacers vs. Knicks SGP predictions. 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