Official '24 NYK playoffs thread: east semifinals vs Indy

Should the knicks trade for Damian Lillard?

  • A. Yes

    Votes: 13 25.5%

  • B. No

    Votes: 28 54.9%

  • C. IDK

    Votes: 10 19.6%

  • D. Joel Embid instead

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    51
  • Poll closed .
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After being Round 1 underdogs to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Knicks find themselves in a different position as they head into their second-round series with the Indiana Pacers.

DraftKings opened the Knicks as -225 favorites as they begin their playoff series at The Garden on Monday.

The Knicks are rather large favorites for Monday’s Game 1, coming in as 6.5-point favorites and -245 on the moneyline.

Interestingly enough, the spread for the series is Knicks -1.5, with some heavy juice pushing the Pacers to +115 on that line.

The game total for the series is 5.5 games, but oddsmakers are expecting this to go to six games based on the -160 line to go over and the series to end in six games the most likely outcome at +220 odds.

The Pacers won the regular season series against the Knicks 2-1, with trade deadline acquisition Pascal Siakam playing in two of those games (1-1).

Star forwarded Julius Randle played in only one of the three games for the Knicks and is lost for the season, while Indiana misses budding forward Bennedict Mathurin.

Defense is going to be the key factor for the Knicks in this series, as the Pacers shot 58.5 percent and 61 percent from the field, respectively, in their two regular season victories.

In the loss at MSG, they shot just 45.2 percent.

OG Anunoby, the Knicks prized trade acquisition, did not play in any of the three games and figures to match up with Siakam.

The two will be featured in a grudge match of two physical defensive stalwarts who can change the complexity of any game with their ball-hawking attitudes.
 
onewearz said:
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I love you Onez but I’m tired of your Facebook copy and paste pics and posts :lol:

Here it is in 4K!

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Savage!




(RJ could never btw)
 
Not sure what to think of this series. Game 1 will be very telling.

I know for sure a 7 man rotation won’t cut it though
 
Randle will be sorely missed this series.
ihust1e said:
Toppin vs Other Toppin + KNicks

OG vs Spicy

this could get really wild
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Obi was styling & profiling on the Bucks.

I don’t believe OG played in any of the 3 games they had this year. Mans must know each other better than than anyone else in the league so that’s gonna be spicy indeed.

Knicks gotta continue to be more physical than everyone they see.
 
Some things I’ll be looking at in game 1.

-Turner loves chucking 3s. Precious would be the best defender on him.
-Obi Toppins cherry picking especially when we all crash the boards
-Fast break points. We need to slow this game down as much as possible.
 
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