{"id":348613,"date":"2025-05-23T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348613"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:03:34","slug":"pacers-vs-knicks-prop-picks-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/pacers-vs-knicks-prop-picks-game-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers vs. Knicks prop picks Game 2: Bet on Haliburton and Bridges on Friday night at MSG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indiana Pacers look to bank another upset win in Game 2 against the New York Knicks on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Tyrese Haliburton came up clutch and stunned the crowd at Madison Square Garden during the Pacers&#8217; improbable fourth quarter comeback in Game 1. The Knicks need a win on home court to avoid going down 2-0 in the Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m targeting Haliburton and Mikal Bridges in my Pacers vs. Knicks prop picks on May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacers vs. Knicks prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report-news\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\"><strong>NBA player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\"><strong>NBA standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Haliburton over 29.5 points\/assists (-125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain players elevate in the playoffs, and it&#8217;s obvious Haliburton is one of those guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His lengthy list of clutch moments was topped off by this last-second shot that sent the opening game to overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT A SHOT BY TYRESE HALIBURTON \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8wEwdkeRwZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/8wEwdkeRwZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s497GwRWi9\">pic.twitter.com\/s497GwRWi9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1925384911210393822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Haliburton finished that matchup with 31 points and 11 assists. Mind you, the game ended with 273 total points, and while I don&#8217;t expect that again, something similar should be in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s based on the fact that the average total in Pacers\/Knicks games this year is 247.5 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indiana plays at a fast pace. It ranked seventh in the NBA during the regular season and is third in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a team like New York is willing to match, it often leads to a high-scoring contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Haliburton is playing his best ball right now, so he&#8217;s worth targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Indiana&#8217;s point guard averaged 31 points and 9.5 assists over his last two games. He is 6-5 against this line overall in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game 2 prop prediction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bridges over 8.5 rebounds\/assists (-106):<\/strong> With the uptick in scoring comes more rebounding and assist opportunities, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridges was a beneficiary of that in Game 1, hauling in six rebounds and dishing out five assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of the series with the Boston Celtics, he has had at least five rebounds\/assists in every game while going 4-3 against this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston provided a much tougher defensive matchup, however. The Knicks scored an average of 105.6 points during seven games in that series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, we saw that the potential for offence is much higher in the East final, and I expect Bridges to keep contributing in multiple areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s 3-1 against this line vs. Indiana this year, averaging 9.5 rebounds\/assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pacers vs. Knicks prop picks made at 1:00 p.m. ET 05\/23\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers look to bank another upset win in Game 2 against the New York Knicks on Friday night. The pregame narrative: Tyrese Haliburton came up clutch and stunned the crowd at Madison Square Garden during the Pacers&#8217; improbable fourth quarter comeback in Game 1. 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