Oddsmakers don’t like the Knicks’ chances of finishing off the Pacers in six games.&n𓄧bsp;
Indiana is a solid 5.5-point favorite at BetMGM Sportsbook on its home floor ove💃r the orange-and-blue heading ꦗinto the crucial Friday night clash.
On ♎the moneyline, the Knicks are a +180 underdog versus the Pacersꦓ, who are at -225.
Through five games, the home team has won every game of th♓is enthralling second-round series.
Favorites are also 5-0 thus far, so the Knicks will need to upe🔯nd the series trendꦜ if they want to head to Boston after Friday night’s game.
The pair of teams started ꦗthe series with two high-scoring affairs, hitting the over in both Game 1 and 2.
But it’s been tough goi꧑ng for offe🃏nses since then, going under in each of the past three contests.
The Knicks won back-to-back nail-biters at Madison Square Garden to open up the series, but the Pacers bounced back as injuries mounted for New York.&nb🌜sp;
After winning a close Game 3, the Pacers 🍸blew out the Knicks a couple of days later.
On Tuesday, the short-handed Knicks returned the fav༺or with a blowout of their own.
Ba꧟rring more bad injury luck, it appears the Knicks will be favored in a potential Game 7 at MSG.
The Knicks are a -265 favorite (FanDuel Sportsbook) to win the series🐼 despite the Pacers being fa🐭vored Friday night.
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It’ll only get tou💙gher if they make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, though, where they will almost certainly be near-historic underdogs.
After finishing off the Cavaliers in five games, the Celtics remained an overwhelming favorite to make it to the NBA Finals, sitting at -950 at FanDℱuel.